Wingnuts Clobber Pelicans

July 30, 2009

The Wingnuts clobbered the Pelicans 12-4 in Wichita on Wednesday. With the victory, the Wingnuts won the three-game series two games to one. The Wingnuts wasted no time in claiming the ballgame, jumping out to an 8-0 advantage after two innings.

Five Wingnuts came home in the bottom of the first inning, including Josh Horn after he blasted his first of two doubles en route to four hits. Michael Sharp collected two RBI on a single, as Wichita had six total hits in the very first frame.

The second inning started the same way for the Wingnuts, with Horn hitting his second double. He and Dustan Mohr both scored when Kelly Hunt hit his league-best fifteenth home run of the season to put Wichita up 8-0.

The Wingnuts added another run in the third inning when Horn scored from first on a double by Nick Blasi. Blasi would score the next Wingnuts run in the fifth inning, hitting a one-out double, and scoring on a single by Greg Porter.

Wichita ended their offensive outburst in the seventh when Greg Porter connected for a two-run shot that brought in Horn and himself. 12-0 Wingnuts.

Pensacola tallied four runs in the top of the eighth, but it wasn’t nearly enough. After starter Derek Blacksher pitched seven innings of three-hit ball, Tyler Rhoden started the eighth inning by giving up a hit to Lester Contreras. Dallas Christison followed by reaching on an error by the second baseman. Francisco Leandro singled to load the bases, and Kevin Reynolds collected the only Pelican RBI by drawing a walk to score Contreras. Three more Pelicans would score when the second baseman committed another error on a ball hit by Antoin Gray. Gray ended up on second base and Christison, Leandro, and Reynolds scored to make the scoreboard read Wichita 12, Pensacola 4.

The score would hold and the Wingnuts claimed the game and the series. Jason Navarro started the game and took the loss after lasting just two innings, yielding eight runs (all earned). He allowed nine hits and two walks, striking out one. Tyler Wilson relieved him by pitching three innings and striking out two, but Wilson gave up two runs on six hits with a walk. Joey Wedner pitched the sixth and seventh innings and allowed two runs of his own on three hits. Ulysses Roque pitched a scoreless eighth on two hits.

Lester Contreras had two hits while Leandro, Burch, and Rodriguez each had one.

The Pelicans will use Thursday to travel back to Pensacola. They start a three-game home series against the Fort Worth Cats on Friday at 6:35 p.m. The entire weekend will be Woodstock themed, with tie-dying on Friday and fireworks following Saturday’s game. More information is available at www.pensacolapelicans.com.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under Sports