Red-hot Zack Cox homers, leads Wingnuts to 3-2 over Joplin
Zach Cox led off the bottom of the eighth with a home run, powering the Wingnuts to a 3-2 win over Joplin on Wednesday night at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium.
Cox also drove in Richard Prigatano in the first inning for Wichita’s first run. The homer was the third hit of the night for Cox. He has a homer in four of the last eight games. During that stretch he’s 18 for 36 and has raised his season average from .237 to .279.
Left-handed pitcher Todd Kibby made his first appearance for the Wingnuts. He allowed a run in the first, then followed with four scoreless innings. Chase Johnson threw 2 2/3 innings of scoreless relief, and Frankie Reed earned his 11th save.
Joplin | ab | r | h | bi | Wichita | ab | r | h | bi |
Smith cf | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Prigtno rf | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Glasser 2b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Stringer 2b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Valentin 1b | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Cox 3b | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Valerio dh | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Mittlstt cf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tierney 3b | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | MMdina c | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Wietlispch c | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chavez 1b | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Sulivan c | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dean lf | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Krueger rf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Salgado dh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Polston ss | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Vargas ss | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Huth lf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
Totals | 29 | 2 | 5 | 2 | Totals | 30 | 3 | 8 | 2 |
Joplin | 100 | 001 | 000 | — | 2 |
Wichita | 110 | 000 | 01x | — | 3 |
E— Stringer. LOB— Joplin 7, Wichita 7. 2B— Chavez, Dean. HR — Cox (7). SF — Krueger. SB — Smith, Prigatano, Cox.
Joplin | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Fuentes | 5 1/3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Romero L,0-2 | 2 1/3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Ortega | 1/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wichita | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Kibby | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
Roman | 1/3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Johnson W,4-0 | 2 2/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Reed S,11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
HBP — by Fuentes (Salgado); by Kibby (Valentin). WP — Fuentes.
T— 2:44.
This story was originally published July 13, 2016 at 10:15 PM with the headline "Red-hot Zack Cox homers, leads Wingnuts to 3-2 over Joplin."