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.
