The Garden City Wind (25-21) beat the Great Bend Boom (17-27) 4-2 on Friday at Clint Lightner behind Clay Ardeeser, who went 2-4 and hit a home run. He singled in the third inning and homered in the fifth inning.
Austin Boyle racked up seven strikeouts in the the Garden City Wind win. Boyle allowed two earned runs, three hits and two walks over six innings.
Ryan Santhon brought the heat against the Garden City Wind during his outing. Santhon held the Garden City Wind hitless over two innings, allowed no earned runs, walked none and struck out three.
Stephen Swagerty (1-4) was the games losing pitcher. He lasted just six innings, walked six, struck out five, and allowed four runs.