February 17 2019 The Great Bend Boom scored four runs in the eighth inning and held on for a 4-3 victory over the Bakersfield Blues. Great Bend finished with six hits while Bakersfield collected five.
Sean Kiley led the Boom offensively with three hits in four at-bats and also earned the win on the mound. D. Ortiz drove in one run and B. Garcia contributed a two-run double as Great Bend broke through in the eighth. Bakersfield scored once in the second inning and once in the fifth before adding another run in the ninth.
Kiley allowed four hits and two runs over eight innings with one earned run and 11 strikeouts. Curran Lyons recorded the save despite allowing one run in the ninth while striking out three. Bakersfield starter J. Vance worked four scoreless innings and struck out three, while
David Peterson was charged with the loss after Great Bend scored four runs in his two innings.
