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September 6, 2013 - American Association (AA) News Release


Wichita 13, Grand Prairie 0

Pitching was undoubtedly the story for the Wingnuts in their semifinals series against the AirHogs. Wichita is heading back to the Championship Series for the second straight year after rattling off three consecutive shutout performances in a sweep of Grand Prairie. The Wingnuts completed the three-game sweep with a 13-0 victory in front of their home crowd at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium.

Left-hander Anthony Capra clearly earned his victory with 7.1 solid innings on the hill. Capra struck out nine men, while only allowing three hits and a walk against the Grand Prairie offense. Andrew Aizenstadt and Josh Dew carried the rest of the load, as the pair held the AirHogs hitless over the final 1.2 innings. Aizenstadt finished the eighth inning for Capra, while Dew finished off the game in the ninth. The end result was a remarkable 30 shutout innings in three games for the Wichita pitching staff.

Even if Capra and company had turned in less-than-stellar outings, the Wichita offense would have picked them up in spades. The Wingnuts pounded home 13 runs on 19 hits, as six different Wichita hitters tallied multiple hits. Ryan Khoury, C.J. Ziegler and Brent Clevlen each had three hits, but Khoury was the biggest run-producer. The leadoff hitter drove home a team-leading three runs in the win, including a homer in the sixth and a pair of doubles in the second and seventh innings.

Gary SouthShore 3, Fargo-Moorhead 1

Thanks to a complete-game, three-hit performance by starter Billy Spottiswood, the Gary SouthShore RailCats find themselves one win away from reaching the American Association Championship series. Spottiswood held the RedHawks' offense to just one run and struck out five, en route to a 3-1 win at the U.S. Steel Yard. The victory gives Gary SouthShore a 2-1 series edge.

Spottiswood faltered early, giving up a solo home run to leadoff hitter Zach Penprase on the third pitch of the game. But, that was all the right-hander would surrender. Over the next nine innings, three more men reached base against Spottiswood and nobody advanced past first base. Spottiswood concluded his brilliant performance by retiring the last 15 men he faced.

RedHawks' starter Brian Ernst also pitched admirably over eight innings, but the three runs he surrendered on one swing in the first inning were enough to down Fargo-Moorhead. The RailCats loaded the bases on a single, a walk and an error, bringing Craig Maddox to the plate. Maddox cleared the bases with a triple, giving Gary SouthShore a 3-1 lead. Both pitchers controlled the remainder of the game and the RailCats held on to win by that score.


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