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9/4/2017-Wichita
Wingnuts 4 Salina
Stockade 1
This game was played on
9/4/2017 at Lawrence Dumont Stadium
WICHITA, Kans. (September 4, 2017) – The
Wichita Wingnuts scored three in the third and
that proved to be enough as they wrapped up the
regular season with a 4-1 sweep-clinching win
over the Salina Stockade Monday afternoon at
Lawrence-Dumont Stadium.
After both teams went down in order in the
first two frames, Salina (18-81) put two on in
the top of the third, but Tyler Kane (12-1)
turned them away to keep the contest scoreless.
The Wingnuts (61-38) grabbed the lead in the
home half. Jacob Morris tripled to right to
plate a pair and then scored on a Christian
Stringer sacrifice fly.
The Stockade picked up their lone run of the
afternoon in the fifth. With two outs, Jimmy
Heck doubled, and then came around on a Javion
Randle single.
The fifth was the final frame for Kane, who
allowed just four base runners over five
innings to earn his team-leading 12th win of
the season.
The Wingnuts added an insurance run in the
bottom of the sixth. With two outs, Richard
Prigatano singled, stole second and was brought
home on a Brennen Salgado single to stretch the
lead to three.
Following Kane, Josh Goossen-Brown worked a
pair of scoreless frames, Mike Devine faced the
minimum in the eighth, and Ryan Kussmaul
retired Salina in order in the ninth to lock
down his fourth save.
The Wingnuts finish the regular season 61-38,
half a game behind the Winnipeg Goldeyes for
the leagues best record. Wichita also went 37-
16 at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium.
The Wingnuts begin the first round of the
American Association playoffs on Wednesday
night at U.S. Steel Yard against the Gary
SouthShore RailCats. First pitch for Game 1 is
set for 7:10 p.m., and the game will be
broadcast on 1410 AM/93.9 FM KGSO, TuneIn and
www.americanassociationbaseball.tv.
After the first two games of the first round
are played on the road, the Wingnuts will
return to Lawrence-Dumont Stadium for Game 3 of
the best-of-five series on Saturday, September
9 at 7:05. For information on playoff tickets,
group outings, and party packages, call the
Wingnuts main office at (316) 264-NUTS, or
visit the Wingnuts official website at
www.wichitawingnuts.com.
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