July 20 2024 The Garden City Wind defeated the Austin Weirdos 6-1 at Clint Lightner. Garden City scored once in the first inning, added two runs in the second and broke the game open with a three-run fifth. Austin’s lone run came in the eighth. The Wind finished with nine hits and no errors while the Weirdos had three hits and four errors.
Joey Wright led Garden City with two hits, two RBI and his seventh home run of the season.
Robert Morosetti and
Zach Elias each added two hits and an RBI, while
Jacob Talamante went 1-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored. Wright’s two-run homer accounted for two of the Wind’s five RBI.
Jake Norris earned the win after holding Austin scoreless on two hits over seven innings. He walked two and struck out seven.
Henry McDonald allowed one run in the eighth before
Gavin Peterson closed out the game with a scoreless ninth. Austin starter
Tyler Blair took the loss despite working eight innings, allowing nine hits and six runs, four earned, with four walks and one strikeout. The game was listed as being played under protest by Garden City.
