Garden City Wind Hold Off Great Bend Boom 10-9

July 24 2016 The Garden City Wind held off the Great Bend Boom 10-9 in a high-scoring contest. Garden City collected 14 hits without committing an error while Great Bend finished with 12 hits and two errors.

Garden City built an early 7-0 lead with three runs in the first inning and four more in the second. Great Bend answered with five runs in the fourth, then added one run in the sixth, one in the seventh and two in the eighth. The Wind scored once in the fourth and twice in the sixth to maintain the lead through the finish.

Beau Welborn powered Garden City with two hits, three runs and five RBI, including a home run. Clay Ardeeser went 3-for-4 with two RBI and a double, while Joey Cecere added two hits and two runs. For Great Bend, Darryl Baca went 3-for-4, and Logan Trowbridge and Clayton Truex each homered and drove in two and one runs respectively.

Scott Torrey allowed five runs in 3.2 innings for Garden City before Cameron Powers earned the win with 1.1 scoreless innings. Chris Gammon recorded the save with a scoreless ninth. Great Bend starter Ian Miller took the loss after allowing 10 runs nine earned on 11 hits in six innings.