Wingnuts

Starter Ryan Hinson gave up just one run over 6 and two-thirds innings while John Rodriguez went 3-4 with 4 RBI, leading the Wingnuts to a 9-5 victory over Laredo on Thursday night. The win is the second victory for the 'Nuts in the best of five series against the Lemurs.  Wichita has a chance to clinch the series on Friday night at home.

The Wichita Wingnuts defeated the Laredo Lemurs 6-0 in Game One of the American Association Division Series at Uni-Trade Stadium on Wednesday night. Wichita leads the best-of-five series 1-0. Josh Lowey improved to 5-1 lifetime in the postseason with seven shutout innings to earn the win.  Lowey scattered four hits, walked two, and struck out four.  Lowey is now 5-1 with a 2.88 ERA in nine career playoff starts. Lowey worked out of the only jam he faced in the bottom of the second.  With the bases loaded and two outs, Anthony Scelfo drilled a deep flyball to right-center field that was caught by a sprinting David Peralta.  Following the threat, Lowey retired 16 of the final batters to face him through the end of the seventh.

The Wichita Wingnuts (59-41) defeated the St. Paul Saints (52-48) 10-4 in their regular season finale at Midway Stadium on Monday afternoon. It was Wichita's 59th win of the season, setting a new franchise record. Second baseman Jake Kahaulelio went 2 for 5 in the win to seal the Wingnuts' third batting title over their first five years.  Kahaulelio finished at .372 (89 for 239), eight percentage points in front of Grand Prairie's Brian Myrow (115 for 316, .364). The Wingnuts overcame an early 3-0 deficit in the win.  In the top of the second, Wichita loaded the bases with no outs and scratched out their first run when Jessie Mier was hit by a pitch.  Two batters later, Steve Stanley lined a single to left field that scored the tying runs.

The Wichita Wingnuts (56-39) defeated the El Paso Diablos (44-50) 5-4 at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium on Tuesday night. The Wingnuts won their fourth consecutive game in their final turn at bat, scoring the winning run in the bottom of the ninth.  Tied at 4-4, Jared McDonald led off with a single and took second on Mason Morioka's sacrifice bunt.  After Steve Stanley was intentionally walked, a wild pitch moved the runners to second and third. ...

The Wichita Wingnuts defeated the El Paso Diablos 1-0 in the game one of their double header on Monday night to clinch the American Association Central Division.   Steve Stanley drove in the game-winning run with a two-out, RBI single to center in the bottom of the seventh.   Josh Lowey earned the win with a complete game, two-hit shutout. The win was Lowey's 15th of the season to set an American Association single-season record. It was also Lowey's first career regular season complete game.

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.