Wingnuts Outlast T-Bones in Sunday Matinee Marathon
Published on June 17, 2012 under American Association (AA)
Kansas City Monarchs News Release
WICHITA, Kan.- Taylor Freeman took a walk-off walk in the bottom of the 10 th inning as Wichita outlasted Kansas City, 6-5, in a four hour and two minute marathon at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium on Sunday.
Leading 4-3 going into the bottom of the seventh, Wichita tacked on one run on a sacrifice fly by Ryan Khoury that scored Mike Conroy. Trailing 5-3 in the top of the eighth, Kansas City fought back against Wichita hard-throwing right-hander Edgar Martinez.
Martinez walked three T-Bones in the frame and gave up two runs on two hits and a Wingnuts error. With Justin Bass on first and Bubby Williams on second, Brandon Jones blooped a single to left to drive home Williams. Left fielder Mike Conroy misplayed the ball, allowing Bass to score all the way from first as the T-Bones knotted the ballgame at 5-5. KC then had the bases loaded with only one out later in the frame but couldn't push another run across, as Martinez struck out Devin Goodwin looking and retired Reid Fronk on a popup to short.
The Wingnuts loaded the bases with no outs in the bottom of the eighth but did not score. Kansas City forced out Juan Richardson at the plate for the first out. Wingnuts catcher Taylor Freeman popped out to pitcher Jake Wiley on a suicide squeeze attempt for out No. 2, and Conroy fouled out to Goodwin at third base for the final out.
The score remained tied until the bottom of the 10th. With the bases loaded and one out, Freeman took a bases loaded walk to win the game.
Wiley (1-3) took the loss, allowing one earned run in two innings of work. The right-hander walked four. Wichita right-hander Matt Nevarez (3-1) earned the win, pitching two innings of scoreless baseball. Fronk homered to right-center in the fourth inning, his second of the series and third of the season. Kansas City left sixteen men on base in the contest.
The rubber match loss drops Kansas City to 13-16 overall. KC is back at CommunityAmerica Ballpark on Monday night to begin a three-game series versus the El Paso Diablos and a seven-game homestand overall. The first pitch is set for 7:05. Tickets are available by calling 328.5618.
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