Surge Road Win Streak Halted at 6
Published on September 2, 2021 under Texas League (TL)
Wichita Wind Surge News Release
WICHITA, KS - The Wind Surge were unable to hold off the Travelers towards the end of the game as Arkansas tied the series after a 4-3 game two win.
Both squads were held scoreless until the third inning when the Wind Surge broke through. Aaron Whitefield reached base after a strikeout and throwing error by catcher David Sheaffer. The error proved costly for Arkansas as Roy Morales ripped a line drive to the right field wall after the Travelers recorded what would've been the final out of the inning. Morales drove in Whitefield from first with his 11th double of the year and the Surge were on the board first.
Wichita added another run in the fourth to double their lead to 2-0. Spencer Steer led off the inning with a fly ball to center field that allowed him to slide into third safely for his second triple of the season. A couple of batters later, Jermaine Palacios brought Steer home with a groundout to first base. While this was going on, Chris Vallimont was working on the mound as he gave up his lone run in the fifth to leave with an impressive performance and the lead.
After one Traveler crossed the plate in the fifth, the Wind Surge pushed the lead back to two runs in the next half inning. The Surge used a small ball approach to knock in the third run of the game. Roy Morales led the inning off with a single to left field. Morales then stole second and advanced to third after a groundout from Austin Martin pushed him to third base. Next, Spencer Steer hit a fly ball to left field that allowed Morales to tag from third and score on the play and put Wichita ahead 3-1. Morales finished the night 3-4 at the plate with an RBI and a run scored.
Despite the strong performance by Vallimont, the Travelers managed to come back and take the lead in the eighth. Arkansas scored two in the bottom of the seventh off a two-RBI double from Julio Rodriguez to tie the game. In the eighth, the Travs took the lead off a fielder's choice on a groundout to pitcher Erik Manoah by David Sheaffer.
Wichita had a chance to tie the game in the ninth with runners on first and second but were unable to come through as Arkansas evened the series.
Chris Vallimont held the Travs to just one run on three hits over 5.0 innings in his 19th start of the year. Vallimont, who was second in the league in strikeouts before tonight, recorded nine k's in his outing.
NOTES: The Surge added catcher Stevie Berman from the Los Angeles Dodgers organization. He was acquired in a trade for reliever Andrew Vasquez. The Surge had their longest road winning streak of the season, snapped at six.
COMING UP: Wichita will play game three of the series against the Arkansas Travelers tomorrow evening (09/02). First pitch is set for 7:10 pm from Little Rock, AR. Wichita will start RHP Cole Sands (2-1, 2.93 ERA) against Arkansas RHP Matt Brash (2-1, 1.89 ERA). RADIO/TV: KGSO 1410 AM and 93.9 FM, MiLB.TV and Windsurge.com.
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