Blasters beat Wingnuts 10-6
The Wingnuts scored early but couldn’t protect the lead, losing to Joplin 10-6 on Friday night at Lawrence-Dumont to start a six-game homestand.
T.J. Mittelstaedt hit a three-run homer in the first, and Leo Vargas led off the second and scored on Zack Cox’s single for a 4-0 lead after two innings. The Blasters scored two runs off Wingnuts starter Jon Link in the third, but the Wingnuts’ Christian Stringer singled to drive in Brennen Salgado in the fourth to make it 5-2.
Joplin took a 6-5 lead against Link in the sixth, starting the inning with a double, a single and an error by Vargas. After two outs, Geraldo Valentin homered to put Joplin on top.
The Blasters added a run in the eighth against Chase Johnson, then three in the ninth off of Chad Nading.
The three-game series continues Saturday at 7 p.m.
Joplin | ab | r | h | bi | Wichita | ab | r | h | bi |
Glasser 2b | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Stringer 2b | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Valentin 1b | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Cox 3b | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Gomez dh | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Clevlen dh | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Polston pr | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Mittlstt cf | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Valerio c | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | Chavez 1b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Bogden ss | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | Prigtno rf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Smith cf | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Dean c | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Kruefer rd | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | Salgado lf | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Tierney eb | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Vargas ss | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Huth lf | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Totals | 44 | 10 | 19 | 10 | Totals | 35 | 6 | 10 | 6 |
Joplin | 002 | 004 | 013 | — | 10 |
Wichita | 310 | 100 | 001 | — | 6 |
E— Vargas. DP— Wichita 2. LOB— Joplin 8, Wichita 7. 2B— Valerio, Smith, Krueger, Stringer, Chavez, Vargas. HR — Valentin (8), Mittelstaedt (9). SF — Clevlen. SB —Bogden. CS — Stringer.
Joplin | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Hess | 4 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
Rivera W,1-3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Castillo | 1 1/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Ortega | 1 2/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Picht | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Wichita | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Link L,7-4 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
Johnson | 1 2/3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Nading | 2/3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Pratt | 2/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
HBP — by Rivera (Salgado). WP — Johnson. PB — Valerio
T— 3:22. A— 3,384.
This story was originally published July 22, 2016 at 10:37 PM with the headline "Blasters beat Wingnuts 10-6."