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The Wichita Wingnuts (1-0) beat the Kansas City T-Bones (0-1) 8-0 at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium on Thursday night. Prior to the game, the Wingnuts retired the number "3" in honor of their late bench coach Brian Rose who passed away on January 31st of this year.  A video celebrating Rose's life was shown, while Rose's wife Lupe threw out the ceremonial first pitch and was presented with Brian's game-worn jerseys. Starting pitcher Jon Link fired seven shutout innings to earn the win, allowing just three hits and never letting a runner past second base.  Link struck out four, did not issue a walk, and retired the final nine batters to face him. Offensively, the Wingnuts were led by two returning players.  C.J. Ziegler slugged a three-run home run down the left field line in the bottom of the third inning that gave Wichita a 4-0 lead.  Ziegler also accounted for an unearned run in the bottom of the first when T-Bones' second baseman Devin Goodwin made an errant throw to first on a fielder's choice.

Friday night's game between the Wichita Wingnuts and Sioux Falls Pheasants at Sioux Falls Stadium has been suspended due to a power outage and inclement weather with the Pheasants leading 7-5 with two outs and no one on base in the bottom of the seventh inning. Friday's game will be completed late Saturday afternoon at 4:30 p.m.  Saturday's original game will go on as planned at 6:05 p.m. and is still scheduled for nine innings. Ryan Khoury led off the game with a double down the right field line and later scored on an error by left fielder Ridge Carpenter with John Rodriguez at the plate.

Indiana State scored a run in the 10 th inning to defeat Wichita State 1-0. Tyler Wampler led off the 10 th inning with a single through the left side and advanced to second on a fielding error. After an intentional walk to Landon Curry, Cale Elam threw out Wampler at third on a bunt attempt. Jeremy Lucas then singled down the left field line off the glove of Tyler Baker to score Curry for the 1-0 win. Mikel Mucha went 2-for-3 for the Shockers, while Casey Gillaspie, Micah Green and Taylor Doggett each had a hit. Reliever Cale Elam took the loss.

The Wichita Wingnuts (27-8) defeated the Sioux City Explorers (17-20) 5-2 at Lewis and Clark Park on Saturday night. Wichita has won eight games in a row. Ryan Hinson delivered eight great innings to improve to 5-1 and earn his 16th win all-time as a member of the Wingnuts.  The 16 victories over the last two years tie him with Brad Davis for third most in team history. Wichita grabbed a 1-0 lead in the top of the third inning.  Jared McDonald led off with a double down the right field line, and took third on Mike Conroy's sacrifice bunt.  Ryan Khoury drove in McDonald with a line drive single to right-center.

The Wichita Wingnuts (31-14) lost 10-5 to the Grand Prairie AirHogs (33-13) at QuikTrip Park on Friday night. Wichita has lost four games in a row for the first time since June 18th-22nd of last year. The Wingnuts had a 4-0 lead after three and a half innings, but Grand Prairie rattled off 10 unanswered runs starting in the bottom of the fourth to take the lead. Brian Myrow started the AirHogs' comeback with an RBI single down the right field line in the bottom of the fourth inning.

The Wichita Wingnuts beat the Kansas City T-Bones 11-6 at Community America Ballpark on Sunday evening. Already leading 2-0 in the top of the sixth, the Wingnuts broke the game open with an eight-run outburst.  David Peralta led off with a solo home run to right-center. Two batters later, Taylor Freeman beat out a groundball at first for an infield single. Freeman stole second base and then scored on a two-out, RBI single down the left field line from Ryan Khoury. An error and a walk loaded the bases for Wichita, setting up C.J. Ziegler's two-run single down the left field line that made it 6-0. After Mitch Einertson drove in Wichita's seventh run with a line drive single to center, Peralta slugged a three-run home run over the right field wall.

The Wichita Wingnuts beat the St. Paul Saints 10-1 at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium on Tuesday night. Josh Lowey improved to 7-0 with eight terrific innings, while C.J. Ziegler cracked his league-leading 12th and 13th home runs of the year to support an offensive attack that scored in five different frames. With one out and no one on base in the second, Ziegler hit the first of his two home runs--a line drive that cleared the fence just to the left of the batter's eye in center field--to give the Wingnuts a 1-0 lead.  David Peralta followed with a single up the middle and took third on Justin Tellam's groundball single through the left side.  Peralta scored when Jared McDonald lifted a sacrifice fly to center field.  Jake Kahaulelio drew a bases loaded walk later in the inning to force in Wichita's third run. After the Saints manufactured a run against Lowey in the top of the third, Juan Richardson led off the bottom half with an infield single to shortstop.  Richardson advanced to second base on Adam Frost's throwing error, took third on Ziegler's groundout to second, and scored on a Peralta groundball single to center.

The Wichita Wingnuts (32-18) lost 3-2 to the Amarillo Sox (28-23) at Amarillo National Bank Sox Stadium on Tuesday night. Wichita mounted a late comeback that ultimately fell one run short, with Amarillo's bullpen stranding the tying run in scoring position in both the eigth and ninth innings. Trailing 3-0 in the top of the sixth, Jared McDonald reached on an error by second baseman Jake Opitz. Two batters later, Ryan Khoury tripled into the right field corner to put the Wingnuts on the board.

Junior catcher Alex DeLeon went 2-for-5 with a three-run double and a total of four RBIs, while sophomore Frank Duncan earned his first collegiate victory as Kansas downed Middle Tennessee, 7-3, to give Ritch Price his 300th victory at KU Friday afternoon at Reese Smith Jr. Field. Price, who has been at Kansas since 2003, becomes the second Jayhawk head coach to amass 300 victories at the school - joining Floyd Temple, who won 483 games from 1954-81. Price's latest club fell behind early, but used some clutch hitting for a come-from-behind victory.

The Wichita Wingnuts (46-34) lost 3-1 to the Winnipeg Goldeyes (47-32) at Shaw Park on Saturday evening. Winnipeg erased a 1-0 Wingnuts' lead in the bottom of the sixth inning.  With one out and no one on base, Amos Ramon homered to deep left field to tie the game.  Price Kendall and Chris Roberson followed with back-to-back walks.  A double steal attempt resulted in Kendall getting thrown out at third base for the second out of the inning. ...

The Wichita Wingnuts (1-0) beat the Kansas City T-Bones (0-1) 8-0 at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium on Thursday night. Prior to the game, the Wingnuts retired the number "3" in honor of their late bench coach Brian Rose who passed away on January 31st of this year.  A video celebrating Rose's life was shown, while Rose's wife Lupe threw out the ceremonial first pitch and was presented with Brian's game-worn jerseys. Starting pitcher Jon Link fired seven shutout innings to earn the win, allowing just three hits and never letting a runner past second base.  Link struck out four, did not issue a walk, and retired the final nine batters to face him. Offensively, the Wingnuts were led by two returning players.  C.J. Ziegler slugged a three-run home run down the left field line in the bottom of the third inning that gave Wichita a 4-0 lead.  Ziegler also accounted for an unearned run in the bottom of the first when T-Bones' second baseman Devin Goodwin made an errant throw to first on a fielder's choice.

Wichita State scored the winning run in the top of the ninth inning to defeat Missouri State 3-2 in game one of a three-game series. Tanner Dearman went 3-for-5 with two RBI, while Taylor Doggett went 3-for-4 with an RBI. Starter Cale Elam earned a no decision. He went 6.2 innings and gave up two runs on eight hits with four strikeouts. Reliever Albert Minnis earned the win as he pitched 2.1 shutout innings with three strikeouts. Taylor Doggett led off the third inning with a triple to left-center and scored on a single from Tanner Dearman to give the Shocks a 1-0 lead.

Courtesy of Wichita State - WICHITA, Kan. -   Johnny Coy blasted a three run homerun over the centerfield wall in the sixth inning to lead the Shocker hitting attack to an 11-3 win in game two of the three game series with Indiana State. Wichita State (18-14) tallied 13 hits for the game, Coy was 2-for-5 with three RBI and Casey Gillaspie went 3-for-5 with three RBI for the Shockers. Indiana State (12-13) got the scoring started early in the first inning. A leadoff walk from Landon Curry led to an RBI single from Robby Ort to give Indians State a 1-0 lead.

The Wichita Wingnuts (52-38) beat the Gary SouthShore RailCats (45-46) 6-4 at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium on Friday night. Tied at 3-3 in the bottom of the seventh, the Wingnuts rallied for three runs to take the lead. Ryan Khoury was hit by a pitch leading off and stole second base. RailCats' reliever Andrew Johnston retired Jake Kahaulelio and John Rodriguez, with a wild pitch during Rodriguez's at bat moving Khoury to third base. With two outs, C.J. Ziegler lined a two-run homer to left on a full count to make it 5-3. Greg Porter followed with an infield single.

The Wichita Wingnuts (51-38) lost 14-9 to the El Paso Diablos (44-43) at Cohen Stadium on Wednesday afternoon. Wichita had an 8-3 lead heading into the bottom of the fourth before the Diablos scored 11 unanswered runs over the fourth through eighth innings.  In the fourth, Jermy Acey drew a leadoff walk, took third on a double to left-center from Zane Chavez and scored on Daniel Nelson's sacrifice fly to right.  Chavez took third on...

The Wichita Wingnuts (50-37) lost 11-5 to the Sioux City Explorers (39-48) at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium on Sunday afternoon. After the Wingnuts took a 5-2 lead in the bottom of the second, Sioux City rallied for nine unanswered runs from the third through the sixth.  In the top of the third, Mike Murphy led off with a single to center and advanced to second when Brandon Newton beat out a sacrifice attempt.  Wally Backman Jr. sacrificed the...

The Wichita Wingnuts (46-34) lost 3-1 to the Winnipeg Goldeyes (47-32) at Shaw Park on Saturday evening. Winnipeg erased a 1-0 Wingnuts' lead in the bottom of the sixth inning.  With one out and no one on base, Amos Ramon homered to deep left field to tie the game.  Price Kendall and Chris Roberson followed with back-to-back walks.  A double steal attempt resulted in Kendall getting thrown out at third base for the second out of the inning. ...

The Wichita Wingnuts (46-33) defeated the Winnipeg Goldeyes (46-32) 8-3 at Shaw Park on Friday night. Three Wingnuts' pitchers combined on the club's second three-hitter in three games.  Josh Lowey started and became the American Association's first 13-game winner, yielding just two hits over seven strong innings. Wichita scored four runs in the top of the fourth inning to take the lead.  Tied at 1-1, Mike Conroy reached first on an infield single.  After Mason Morioka lined out to left field, Greg Porter singled through the left side to advance Conroy to second base.  A double steal put runners on second and third.  Conroy then scored the go-ahead run on a fielder's choice by David Peralta.  Peralta hit a groundball to first base where Conroy slid home ahead of Josh Mazzola's throw to the plate.  Jessie Mier, Wilberto Ortiz, and Steve Carrillo followed with consecutive RBI singles to give the Wingnuts an 8-3 lead.

The Wichita Wingnuts (43-30) defeated the Sioux Falls Pheasants (34-39) at Sioux Falls Stadium on Saturday night. The Wingnuts went ahead for good with a four-run top of the fifth inning that gave them a 7-3 lead.  Mike Conroy doubled down the right field line with one out and scored on a groundball single to right from John Rodriguez.  Mark Wagner followed with a single to left while Greg Porter reached on an error by first baseman Jared...

Friday night's game between the Wichita Wingnuts and Sioux Falls Pheasants at Sioux Falls Stadium has been suspended due to a power outage and inclement weather with the Pheasants leading 7-5 with two outs and no one on base in the bottom of the seventh inning. Friday's game will be completed late Saturday afternoon at 4:30 p.m.  Saturday's original game will go on as planned at 6:05 p.m. and is still scheduled for nine innings. Ryan Khoury led off the game with a double down the right field line and later scored on an error by left fielder Ridge Carpenter with John Rodriguez at the plate.