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Wichita Wingnuts 6 Salina Stockade 1
This game was played on 5/21/2017 at Lawrence Dumont Stadium
WICHITA, Kans. (May 21, 2017) – Jordan Cooper flipped seven sparkling shutout innings in his Wingnuts debut, as Wichita took the series finale with the Salina Stockade by the score of 6-1 on Sunday afternoon at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium.
The Wingnuts (3-1) got the scoring started in the home half of the fourth inning, when catcher Zac Fisher grounded a two-out single off Salina starter Joe Robinson (0-1) to plate TJ Mittelstaedt and Matt Chavez.
Wichita tacked on a run in the sixth courtesy of a Richard Prigatano RBI single, but squandered a chance for more when Brennen Salgado was cut down trying to score on a pitch in the dirt.
Cooper (1-0) was at his best in the middle innings, retiring 13 consecutive Salina hitters after a leadoff single in the third. He allowed just two hits, notching five strikeouts without issuing a walk.
Mittelstaedt lifted a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh to increase the Wichita lead to 4-0.
Roche Woodards two-out RBI double in the eighth off reliever Eddie Medina plated the lone Salina (1-3) tally, cutting the deficit to 4-1. But in the bottom half, a wild pitch scored Prigatano and Harrison Kain lined an RBI single to deliver the final margin.Medina set the Stockade down in the ninth, securing the series victory for the Wingnuts.
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