Wingnuts let one slip away in ninth
Michael Hur’s single in the bottom of the ninth inning drove in Cory Morales from third base with the winning run, giving the Texas AirHogs a 4-3 win over the Wingnuts on Wednesday night in Grand Prairie, Texas.
The loss ended the Wingnuts’ five-game winning streak.
Wichita scored twice in the third inning to take a 2-1 lead, and made it 3-1 in the sixth inning before Texas scored twice in the bottom of the sixth to tie the score.
Chad Nading struck out the side in the seventh for the Wingnuts and Seth Harvey threw a 1-2-3 eighth. Fabian Roman took over in the ninth and after retiring the first batter he walked Morales, then allowed a single to Michael Valdez before Hur ended the game.
The three-game series concludes Thursday night.
Wichita | ab | r | h | bi | Texas | ab | r | h | bi |
Stringer 2b | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | Hur cf | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Cox 3b | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sanchez ss | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clevlen dh | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Reynolds lf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mittlstt cf | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Rodrigz 1b | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Chavez 1b | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | Byrd dh | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Prigtno rf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lenahan rf | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Dean c | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Bistgne 2b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Salgado lf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Morales 3b | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Vargas ss | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Valdez c | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Totals | 34 | 3 | 7 | 3 | Totals | 34 | 4 | 11 | 4 |
Wichita | 002 | 001 | 000 | — | 3 |
Texas | 010 | 002 | 001 | — | 4 |
E— Sanchez 2, Rodriguez. DP— Wichita 1, Texas 1. LOB— Wichita 11, Texas 8. 2B— Mittelstaedt, Dean, Byrd, Lenahan. 3B — Rodriguez. HR — Lenahan (6). SF — Byrd. SB — Dean, Vargas.
Wichita | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Brown | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Nading | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Harvey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Roman L,2-1 | 1/3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Texas | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Shepherd | 6 1/3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 |
Culp | 1 2/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Oaks W,2-3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
HBP — by Shepherd (Stringer). WP — Brown.
T— 2:58. A— 385.
This story was originally published July 20, 2016 at 10:16 PM with the headline "Wingnuts let one slip away in ninth."