Saltdogs throw two-hit shutout at Wingnuts
The Wingnuts’ offense went silent in the final game of the team’s homestand, generating two hits in a 5-0 loss to Lincoln on Wednesday night at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium.
Saltdogs starter Jeff McKenzie allowed a first-inning single to leadoff hitter Christian Stringer, the only Wingnuts hit until Brent Clevlen’s one-out single in the ninth inning. McKenzie walked five batters and departed after 5 1/3 innings. Three relievers finished the shutout.
Lincoln got a run in the first off Wichita starter Jon Link with two singles and a sacrifice fly, added two in the sixth on Jon Smith’s triple, then tacked on two runs in the eighth off Chase Johnson.
Wednesday was the Wingnuts’ final home game for nearly three weeks – they next play at Lawrence-Dumont on Aug. 16. Wichita’s next 14 games are on the road.
Lincoln | ab | r | h | bi | Wichita | ab | r | h | bi |
Kuzdale cf | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Stringer 2b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Alen 3b | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Cox 3b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jacobs lf | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Clevlen dh | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Leveret 1b | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Mittlstt cf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Darby rf | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Chavez 1b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Smith dh | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | Medina c | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Urps 2b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Salgado rf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wiggins c | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Dean lf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Moreira ss | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Vargas ss | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 35 | 5 | 11 | 5 | Totals | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Lincoln | 100 | 002 | 020 | — | 5 |
Wichita | 000 | 000 | 000 | — | 0 |
DP— Lincoln 1, Wichita 1. LOB— Lincoln 6, Wichita 5. 2B— Wiggins. 3B — Smith. SF — Jacobs. SB — Darby, Mittelstaedt. CS — Moreira, Stringer.
Lincoln | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
McKenzie W,4-3 | 5 1/3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
Cook | 1 2/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Orosey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Shackelford | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Wichita | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Link L,7-5 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
Johnson | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Nading | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
WP — Johnson.
T— 2:32.
This story was originally published July 27, 2016 at 9:51 PM with the headline "Saltdogs throw two-hit shutout at Wingnuts."