Cowart Leads Wingnuts to Another Shutout
Published on August 23, 2010 under American Association (AA)
Wichita Wingnuts News Release
FORT WORTH, TX- The Wichita Wingnuts blanked the Fort Worth Cats 5-0 at LaGrave Field on Monday night.
Wingnuts' starter Adam Cowart picked up where Kevin Angelle left off on Sunday, tossing seven-plus scoreless innings to earn his sixth win of the year. Cowart struck out two and walked one while allowing only five hits.
Cowart escaped a first inning jam, stranding a runner on third. Jeremy Sauceda tripled to center with one out, but Cowart retired Kevin Thompson on a comebacker and John Allen on a flyball to right.
Wichita broke the game open early, scoring four times in the top of the second. Facing starter Joel Kirsten, Carlos Rivera led off with a long double that landed just fair inside the right field line. Rivera moved to third on a single through the left side by Raul Gonzalez. After Jorge Delgado was hit by a pitch, Michael Bell slugged a triple to center field that cleared the bases and gave Wichita a 3-0 lead. Jeff Christy followed with a sacrifice fly that made it 4-0. Delgado hit a towering home run off of Kirsten leading off the top of the ninth to extend the lead to 5-0.
Cowart cruised after being handed the big lead, allowing multiple runners just once and allowing only one runner past second. From the fourth through the seventh, Cowart retired 12 batters in a row.
Dustin Pease and Luke Massetti finished the game for the Wingnuts, working two scoreless innings. Kirsten took a complete game loss, allowing all five earned runs while striking out eight. The win pulls the Wingnuts into a first place tie with Sioux Falls and withing a half game of Lincoln for the second-best overall record in the North Division.
The series continues Tuesday at 7:05 p.m. All the action can be heard locally on Oldies 93.5 KWME and worldwide at www.kleyam.com The Wingnuts return home on Friday, August 27th when they host El Paso. For tickets, call the Wingnuts' office at (316) 264-NUTS.
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