June 26 2016 The Salina Stockade defeated the Great Bend Boom 11-7 in 10 innings at Al Burns Field. Salina finished with 15 hits and overcame four errors, while Great Bend collected six hits and committed no errors.
Salina broke through with six runs in the fifth inning to take a 6-2 lead. Great Bend answered with one run in the fifth and five more in the seventh to move in front 7-6, but the Stockade scored four times in the 10th inning to secure the victory.
Morgan Blatnik led Salina with three hits, two runs and a walk.
Jean Carlos Peralta also had three hits, including two doubles, while
Mike Rachun went 2-for-4 with two RBI and two walks.
Nick Wagner,
Ray Hernandez, S. Palumbo,
Dalton Bernardi and
Ryo Haruyama each drove in a run.
Keifer McCLendon earned the win after allowing no hits and striking out four in 2.1 innings of relief.
Dalton Bernardi struck out 10 in six innings for Salina.
Phillip Ramos took the loss for Great Bend after allowing four runs in 2.1 innings. Jonathan Tasis drove in two runs for the Boom, and
Logan Trowbridge had three walks and one RBI in the losing effort.
