Wichita Wingnuts

Wingnuts keep scoring, beat Winnipeg 9-7

The Wingnuts scored in each of the first six innings and beat the Goldeyes 9-7 in Thursday night in Winnipeg.

Leo Vargas and Matt Chavez hit home runs for Wichita.

The consistent run production helped overcome Winnipeg’s four-run second inning. The Wingnuts scored two runs in the third to take a 5-4 lead, and after the Goldeyes scored again in the bottom of the third to make it 5-5 the Wingnuts tacked on a run in the fourth to reclaim the lead, then two more in the fifth for and 8-5 lead and another in the sixth to make it 9-5.

Wingnuts starter Alex Bosher survived the second-inning outburst and stuck around for 7 2/3 innings, picking up his 10th win of the season.

Wichita

ab

r

h

bi

Winnipeg

ab

r

h

bi

Stringer 2b

4

1

1

0

Heisler lf

5

0

2

1

Cox dh

5

1

1

0

Gonzalez ss

4

1

0

0

Mittlstt 3b

3

2

1

0

Cabrera rf

5

0

0

0

Chavez 1b

3

1

2

4

Abrcrmbi cf

5

1

1

0

Kain cf

4

0

1

1

Romanski dh

4

3

3

2

Salgado lf

3

1

0

0

Rohm 1b

4

1

3

2

Prigtno rf

5

0

0

0

Grider 2b

3

0

1

1

Dean c

4

1

0

0

Darvill 3b

4

1

1

1

Vargas ss

4

2

4

2

Tanabe c

2

0

0

0

Rogers ph

1

0

0

0

Murphy c

0

0

0

0

Totals

35

9

10

7

Totals

37

7

11

7

Wichita

212

121

000

9

Winnipeg

041

000

020

7

E— Kain, Vargas. LOB— Wichita 8, Winnipeg 6. 2B— Mittelstaedt, Chavez, Kain, Heisler, Abercrombie, Romanski, Darvill. HR — Chavez (10), Vargas (3). SF —Chavez, Kain, Grider. SB — Vargas 2.

Wichita

IP

H

R

ER

BB

SO

Boshers W,10-3

7 2/3

10

7

6

1

4

Nading

 1/3

1

0

0

0

0

Reed S,16

1

0

0

0

0

1

Winnipeg

IP

H

R

ER

BB

SO

McGovern L,5-3

3 2/3

6

6

5

2

6

Lotzkar

1 1/3

1

2

2

2

0

Anderson

3

2

1

1

0

3

Kennedy

0

1

0

0

1

0

Shimo

1

0

0

0

0

1

HBP — by Reed (Murphy), by McGovern (Mittelstaedt), by Kennedy (Salgado). WP — McGovern, Lotzkar 2. PB —Tanabe.

T— 3:10. A— 5,584.

This story was originally published August 11, 2016 at 10:44 PM with the headline "Wingnuts keep scoring, beat Winnipeg 9-7."

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