Grand Prairie 10, Amarillo 2 — Box Score
Grand Prairie AirHogs 2B Matthew Burns and C/LF Ryan Gasporra accounted for a combined six hits and six RBI as the AirHogs handled the Amarillo Sox 10-2.
Burns and Gasporra each went 3-for-6 with three RBI and a runs scored in the game. 1B/C Brian Peterson, who followed right behind Burns and Gasporra in the batting order, had a team-high four hits and score a pair of runs. DH Alex Nunez also had a strong night at the plate as he went 3-for-6 with two RBI. On the mound, starting pitcher Bennett Whitmorepicked up the win as he tossed seven innings and allowed just one run on six hits.
For the Sox, RF Joe Weik went 2-for-4 and scored a run and both DH Kyle Nichols and CF Jason Martin each had an RBI.
Wichita 10, Laredo 7 — Box Score
Eight different Wingnuts combined for 11 hits as Wichita downed the Laredo Lemurs 10-7.
All but one Wingnut had at least one hit in the game and the fifth through eighth batters in the order had all of Wichita’s nine RBI. 2B Abel Nieves, C Chris McMurray and 3B Taylor Oldham each had two RBI and RF Carlo Testa had a team-high three RBI. Wichita put up a pair of runs in the first inning but the Lemurs matched those runs by the third inning. The Wingnuts took control with seven runs in the fourth and fifth innings and never trailed again.
For the Lemurs, four different batters had two-hit games including LF Harrison Kain who had a team-high two RBI.
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