Brent Clevlen, Harrison Kain boost offense in Wingnuts’ win
Brent Clevlen and Harrison Kain each drove in three runs as the Wingnuts beat the Lemurs 7-5 on Saturday night in Laredo, Texas.
The Wingnuts scored two runs in the third, fifth and seventh innings, and added a single run in the ninth to build a 7-2 lead.
Clevlen had a sacrifice fly in the third, Kain hit a two-run single in the fifth, Clevlen and Kain each had RBI-doubles in the seventh and Clevlen homered in the ninth.
The Wingnuts survived a shaky bottom of the ninth. Jesse Pratt allowed a double and a one-out homer that pulled the Lemurs within 7-4. Wichita turned to closer Frankie Reed. He faced five batters with the following results: strikeout, homer, walk, hit batter, strikeout.
Wichita | ab | r | h | bi | Laredo | ab | r | h | bi |
Stringer 2b | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | Martinez cf | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Cox 3b | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | Morrisn dh | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Clevlen dh | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Castro lf | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Mittlstt ss | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | Jewett ph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
MChavz 1b | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Phipps rf | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Kain cf | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ZChavz c | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Salgado rf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Valera 3b | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Dean c | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pulfer 2b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Vargas ss | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Posso 1b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
MMdna lf | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Rondon ss | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Norris pr | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Totals | 38 | 7 | 14 | 7 | Totals | 36 | 5 | 10 | 4 |
Wichita | 002 | 020 | 201 | — | 7 |
Laredo | 000 | 200 | 003 | — | 5 |
E— MChavez. LOB— Wichita 7, Laredo 11. 2B— Striner, Cox 2, Vlevlen, Kain, Martinez, ZChavez, Rondon. HR — Clevlen (15), Morrison (4), Phipps (13). SF — Clevlen, Pulfer. SB — Phipps. CS — Castro.
Wichita | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
EMedina W,4-3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Nading | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Harvey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Pratt | 1/3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Reed | 2/3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Laredo | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Lous L,3-2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
Perez | 1 2/3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Usui | 1 1/3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Testa | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
HBP — by EMedina ((Posso), by Reed (Valera). WP — Nading. PB — ZChavez.
T— 3:38. A— 656.
This story was originally published July 30, 2016 at 10:57 PM with the headline "Brent Clevlen, Harrison Kain boost offense in Wingnuts’ win."