Wichita Outlasts Whisker City in Marathon
WHISKER CITY – After 16 innings, the Wichita Somethings finally defeated the tenacious Whisker City Fighting Lionelles. After both teams battled back and forth, they went into extra innings tied at 4. In the top of the 13th, Wichita (1-0) added three runs to make it 7-4. Whisker City (0-1), however, would not go out quietly. They tied it up quickly and sent the game to the 14th.
In the top of the 16th, it would be Ward Dejesus that hit the game-winner with a 380 foot shot to left field. Whisker City was getting runners in scoring position in the bottom of the inning, but failed to convert. Wichita held on for an 8-7 opening day victory.
“It was not a sprint, that’s for sure,” Rob Gregory, Wichita’s manager stated. “I’m just happy that we held on. They’re a tough team, and we were fortunate to fight them off.” The two teams will meet again on Tuesday in game two of a three game series.
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R |
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E |
| Wichita |
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1 |
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0 |
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0 |
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2 |
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0 |
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0 |
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0 |
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4 |
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8 |
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18 |
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0 |
| Whisker City |
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1 |
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0 |
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0 |
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3 |
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7 |
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23 |
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1 |
| 16 Innings W: Richard Smith (1-0) L: David Martinez (0-1) |
| Wichita Somethings |
| Player |
AB |
R |
H |
BI |
BB |
K |
AVG. |
| Otis Blumer SS |
7 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
.286 |
| Martin Wright RF |
8 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
.125 |
| Austin Reed 1B |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
.000 |
| Jonathan Mitchell 1B |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
| James Cooper 1B |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
.333 |
| Jeffrey Meza LF |
4 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
.750 |
| Charles Chaney LF |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
.000 |
| Santiago Javier LF |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
| Ward Dejesus 3B |
7 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
.571 |
| Arthur Montgomery CF |
8 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
.375 |
| Larry Heikkinen 2B |
7 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
.143 |
| Harry Walker C |
7 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
.143 |
| Ricky Rush P |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
| Manuel Clark |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
| Raymond Matthews P |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
| Timothy Schreier P |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
| Franklin Graham P |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
| Richard Smith P |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
.000 |
| Raymond Ferguson P |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
| Juan Allison P |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.000 |
| Totals: |
64 |
8 |
18 |
8 |
6 |
14 |
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| 2B: Juan Allison (1, David Foster); Arthur Montgomery (1, Robert McWilliams); Ward Dejesus (1, David Martinez); Martin Wright (1, David Martinez); Otis Blumer (1, Robert McWilliams); 3B: Arthur Montgomery (1, Robert McWilliams); HR: Ward Dejesus (1, David Martinez); RBI: Ward Dejesus 3 (3); Larry Heikkinen 2 (2); Jeffrey Meza (1); Martin Wright (1); Otis Blumer (1); SB: Larry Heikkinen 1 (1); |
| Wichita Somethings Pitching |
| Player |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
K |
HR |
ERA |
| Ricky Rush |
6.1 |
9 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
5.68 |
| Manuel Clark |
0.2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Timothy Schreier |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Raymond Matthews |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Franklin Graham |
0.2 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
40.50 |
| Richard Smith (W, 1-0) |
3.1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Pitches/Strikes: Ricky Rush (121/92); Richard Smith (47/32); Raymond Matthews (33/23); Timothy Schreier (23/15); Franklin Graham (19/10); Manuel Clark (7/6); Batters Faced: Ricky Rush 28; Richard Smith 13; Raymond Matthews 12; Timothy Schreier 8; Franklin Graham 7; Manuel Clark 2; |
| Whisker City Fighting Lionelles |
| Player |
AB |
R |
H |
BI |
BB |
K |
AVG. |
| Freddy Mosher SS |
7 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
.429 |
| William Lord RF |
8 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
.250 |
| Andrew Salazar C |
6 |
1 |
6 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
.750 |
| Steven Nelson 3B |
8 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
.125 |
| Kurt Popovich 2B |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
.200 |
| Jason Daugherty 2B |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
| Lawrence Wirth 2B |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
.000 |
| Rex Maxfield CF |
8 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
.250 |
| Tony Heatherly LF |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.250 |
| John Ray LF |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
.500 |
| Nicholas Lopez 1B |
7 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
.571 |
| Robert McWilliams P |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
| David Martinez P |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
.000 |
| Williams Willoughby P |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
.000 |
| Johnny Pilkington P |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.000 |
| James Martin P |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
| Justin Mouzon P |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
| David Foster P |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
| Kevin Cochran P |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
| Totals: |
68 |
7 |
23 |
7 |
1 |
13 |
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| 2B: Nicholas Lopez (1, Franklin Graham); Steven Nelson (1, Richard Smith); Andrew Salazar (1, Ricky Rush); Freddy Mosher (1, Ricky Rush); HR: Andrew Salazar (1, Ricky Rush) RBI: Andrew Salazar 5 (5); Nicholas Lopez (1); John Ray (1); SB: Johnny Pilkington 1 (1); John Ray 1 (1); Rex Maxfield 1 (1); CS: Andrew Salazar 1 (1) Errors: Freddy Mosher (1, 1); |
| Whisker City Fighting Lionelles Pitching |
| Player |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
K |
HR |
ERA |
| Robert McWilliams |
7 |
10 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
5.14 |
| David Foster |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Kevin Cochran |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0.00 |
| David Martinez (L, 0-1) |
4.1 |
6 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
8.31 |
| James Martin |
0.2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Pitches/Strikes: Robert McWilliams (115/81); David Martinez (97/ 71); David Foster (36/23); Kevin Cochran (17/13); James Martin (12/10); Batters Faced: Robert McWilliams 33; David Martinez 21; David Foster 10; Kevin Cochran 6; James Martin 2; |
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