Garrett Gould makes Wingnuts debut in 7-2 win over Joplin
Former Maize standout Garrett Gould made his debut with the Wingnuts on Friday night in Joplin, Mo., starting and pitching three innings as Wichita beat Joplin 7-2.
Jesse Pratt and Chase Johnson followed Gould with five shutout innings before the Blasters scored once in the ninth against Fabian Roman.
The Wingnuts’ offense took advantage of the long ball – Matt Chavez and Brent Dean hit two-run homers in the second inning, Harrison Kain hit a bases-empty homer in the fourth and Brent Clevlen led off the sixth with a homer.
Gould was chosen in the second round of the 2009 baseball draft by the Dodgers and reached Double-A in 2013. He underwent elbow surgery after the 2014 season and didn’t pitch in 2015.
Gould took the place of Ryan Kussmaul in the rotation. Kussmaul’s contract was purchased by the Diamondbacks organization. Kussmaul made three starts with the Wingnuts and had a 1.62 ERA in 16 2/3 innings.
The Wingnuts also released first baseman Dustin Geiger, who hit .234 with two homers in 37 games.
Wichita | ab | r | h | bi | Joplin | ab | r | h | bi |
Stringer 2b | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Mesa rf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Cox 3b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Leon 2b | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Clevlen rf | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Valentin 1b | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Mittelstt dh | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Cabrera lf | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Chavez 1b | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Valerio c | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Prigatano lf | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Terrero dh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Kain cf | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Morales 3b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dean c | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Shannon ss | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vargas ss | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Johnson cf | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 34 | 7 | 8 | 7 | Totals | 31 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
Wichita | 040 | 101 | 010 | — | 7 |
Joplin | 010 | 000 | 001 | — | 2 |
DP— Wichita 1. LOB— Wichita 7, Joplin 5. 2B— Cox, Pirgatano, Leon, Valentin. HR — Clevlen (9), Chavez (2), Kain (1), Dean (2), Cabrera (8). SF — Kain, Terrero. SB — Stringer, Cox, Mittelstaedt, Prigatano. CS — Mittelstaedt, Terrero.
Wichita | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Gould | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Pratt W,2-1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Roman | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Joplin | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Rosebeck L,0-1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
Hodges | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Zgardowski | 1 1/3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Fuentes | 2/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Capellan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
WP — Rosebeck, Capellan.
T— 3:04. A— 1,072.
This story was originally published July 1, 2016 at 10:18 PM with the headline "Garrett Gould makes Wingnuts debut in 7-2 win over Joplin."