Newcomer Murray Helps Wingnuts Bounce Back
Published on May 31, 2011 under American Association (AA)
Wichita Wingnuts News Release
WICHITA, KS- The Wichita Wingnuts defeated the Fort Worth Cats 6-2 at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium on Tuesday night.
The Wingnuts used a pair of early three-run innings to open a 6-0 lead, giving plenty of support to Justin Murray who earned the win in his Wichita debut.
With first and second and two outs in the bottom of the second, Mike Conroy ripped a line drive single to right that scored Jorge Delgado from second base with the game's first run. During the following at bat to Thomas Fitzgerald, Conroy took off for second base, stopped halfway, and stayed in a rundown long enough for Edwin Bellorin to score from third. Fitzgerald then singled Conroy to third base to keep the rally alive. Josh Horn capped the inning with a hit-and-run single through the right side that scored Conroy and gave Wichita a 3-0 lead.
The Wingnuts scored three more in the third, highlighted by a monstroous two-run home run down the left field line from Delgado. The longball brought in Jorge Cortes from second who led off the inning with a ground rule double down the right field line. Later in the inning, and with two outs and no one on base, Bellorin doubled down the right field line and scored on Conroy's RBI double to right-center.
Murray evaded trouble in the first, getting John Allen to hit into an inning-ending double play with first and second and no outs. Murray then kept the Cats scoreless until the fifth when Marcos Rodriguez hit a two-out, two-run double into the right field corner. Murray recovered and pitched a scoreless sixth, finishing the night having allowed just the two earned runs on eight hits. Murray walked three and struck out one.
Tyler Seaman started for Fort Worth and took the loss, allowing six earned runs on 12 hits in 4.0+ innings.
Brandon Mathes, Jared Simon, and Gary Lee each chipped in a scoreless inning to close out the win.
Delgado had three hits, while Bellorin and Conroy each finished with two.
The series continues Wednesday night at 7:05 p.m. Junior Guerra goes to the mound for the Wingnuts. For tickets, call the Wingnuts' office at (316) 264-NUTS or visit the Wingnuts' official website at www.wichitawingnuts.com.
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