Wingnuts rally for 7-6 win over T-Bones
The Wingnuts overcame a two-run deficit in the eighth inning and beat the T-Bones 7-6 on Tuesday night in Kansas City, Kan.
Newcomer Martin Medina led off the Wingnuts’ eighth with a walk, Dustin Geiger singled and Richard Prigatano walked to load the bases. Harrison Kain hit into a forceout, driving in Medina to make it 6-5. Leo Vargas’ single drove home Geiger to tie the score.
Zack Cox led off the ninth with a walk, stole second, moved to third on a wild pitch and scored on Brent Clevlen’s sacrifice fly.
Frankie Reed pitched the final two innings, allowed one baserunner and got the win. Kevin Osaki also pitched two innings of scoreless relief. The T-Bones scored six runs in the first four innings against Wichita starter Charlie Leesman.
Clevlen and Leo Vargas each homered for the Wingnuts.
Before the game, the Wingnuts signed catcher Martin Medina and right-handed pitcher Chad Nading. Medina played the last five seasons in the White Sox and Blue Jays organizations. To make room the team released pitchers Andrew Taylor and Santos Rodriguez.
Wichita | ab | r | h | bi | Kan. City | ab | r | h | bi |
Stringer 2b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Rodriguez rf | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Cox 3b | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Frias ss | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Clevlen dh | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Massey cf | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Mittelstaedt lf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gallas dh | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Medina c | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Blackwood 1b | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Geiger 1b | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Swingle c | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Prigatano rf | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Tierney 3b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kain cf | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Kuzdale lf | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Vargas ss | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | Wiley 2b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals | 34 | 7 | 10 | 7 | Totals | 36 | 6 | 12 | 5 |
Wichita | 031 | 000 | 021 | — | 7 |
Kansas City | 302 | 100 | 000 | — | 6 |
E— Leesman, Tierney. DP— Kansas City 2. LOB— Wichita 8, Kansas City 11. 2B— Geiger, Prigatano, Vargas, Frias, Wiley. HR — Clevlen (5), Vargas (2), Massey (4). SB — Kain 2, Kuzdale. SF — Clevlen. S — Massey, Tierney.
Wichita | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Leesman | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
Osaki | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Reed W,2-1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Kansas City | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Cooper | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
Tols | 1 1/3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
DeLuca L,0-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Zawacki | 2/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
WP — Leedman 3, Osaki, Reed, DeLuca 2.
T— 3:11. A— 3,564.
This story was originally published June 7, 2016 at 10:29 PM with the headline "Wingnuts rally for 7-6 win over T-Bones."