Surge Fall Short in Texas
June 9, 2023 - Texas League (TL)
Wichita Wind Surge News Release
SAN ANTONIO, TX - The Wind Surge hit a pair of home runs from Seth Gray and Yunior Severino but its was not enough as Wichita fell to the San Antonio Missions 5-4. In the fourth game of the six-game series San Antonio extended their series lead 3-1.
The Missions did not waste any time scoring. The Missions got a pair of hits and scored a run on a Daniel Johnson ground out.
The Wind Surge responded with a nice second inning of their own. After two quick outs, Alex Isola doubled on a line drive to left field and Jake Rucker was hit by a pitch. This set up Gray to hit a three-run homer over the right field wall that gave the Surge the lead.
Pierson Ohl made his pitching debut for the Wind Surge. He settled down after allowing one run in the first and pitched three scoreless innings after that. The day fell apart for Ohl in the bottom of the fifth inning when he gave up four runs and was replaced by Hunter McMahon. McMahon was able to strike out one of the batters he faced and escaped the inning with no more runs scored.
The Surge had a late glimmer of hope when Yunior Severino crushed his own solo home run in the top of the eighth with two outs. Efrain Contreras pitched six inning and earned the win for the Missions and Nick Hernandez retired the final four batters to earn the save.
The Wind Surge fall to 22-32 for the season. The first place Missions improve to 30-25 for the season.
NOTES: Yunior Severino hit his 13th home run of the season and is second in the Texas League. The first pitch temperature of 95 degrees is the hottest game of the season. The Wind Surge added catcher Kyle Schmidt from Class A Fort Myers. David Banuelos was placed on the injured list. The Surge also transferred pitcher Alex Phillips from injured list to a rehab assignment with FCL Twins.
BROADCAST: ESPN Wichita 92.3 FM, Milb First Pitch App, Windsurge.com, MiLB.tv and Ballys Live app.
UPCOMING: The Wichita Wind Surge continue their road trip in Texas. They will take on San Antonio for the fifth game of the series at 7:05. RH David Festa for the Surge will face RH Nolan Watson for the Missions.
NEXT HOME GAME: The Wind Surge return home on Tuesday, June 20th to play Arkansas Travelers at Riverfront Stadium. The Surge will be home for a two week homestand which includes the first ever postgame concert on Saturday, June 24th "The Spazmatics".
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