Wichita Wind Surge
WICHITA - Edouard Julien led the Wind Surge to a 7-6 victory over the Arkansas Travelers on Saturday night with a three-run, walk-off homer in the bottom of the ninth.
It was Wichita’s fifth straight win.
After Arkansas took an early 3-0 lead, Chris Williams hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the fourth inning to shrink the lead to one. Williams later added a two-run RBI double that scored Andrew Bechtold and Cole Sturgeon to give the Surge a 4-3 lead.
The Travelers scored the next three runs, including two in the top of the ninth to take a 6-4 lead. Shortstop Riley Unroe hit an RBI triple to score Tanner Kirwer and Unroe scored on a wild pitch
Notes: DaShawn Keirsey Jr. extended his hit streak to seven games and tallied his team-leading 26th stolen base… Williams hit his fifth home run and tallied his 18th RBI in the series… The Surge tallied their eighth walk-off victory of the season…
Coming Up: The Wind Surge and the Travelers will face off in the series finale Sunday. First pitch is at 1:05 p.m. and gates open at noon. Louie Varland will get the start on the mound for Wichita and Connor Jones will take the hill for the Travelers. Catch the game on MiLB.com and Windsurge.com.