Wichita Wind Surge
WICHITA – Aaron Sabato blasted a walk-off grand slam in the 10th inning to defeat the Tulsa Drillers 9-5 Wednesday night. Sabato’s first Wind Surge home run gave the Wind Surge their sixth straight win and eleven of their last twelve. The first place Surge extend the lead to a season high six games in the division.
The Wind Surge took the lead early with two runs in the first inning provided by an RBI single from Alex Isola and bases loaded walk from Cole Sturgeon.
The Surge extended their lead to 4-1 after four innings after an RBI groundout from Austin Martin and a wild pitch that scored Yunior Severino.
Cody Laweryson had a solid start tonight for the Wind Surge going four innings giving up three hits and striking out four Drillers’ hitters. He was relieved by Osiris German in the fifth.
Abiatal Avelino blasted a two-run home run in the sixth for the Drillers to tie the game at four. He finished the night 3-5. He was a triple shy of the cycle.
Will Holland gave the Wind Surge a late lead after an RBI single in the bottom of the seventh.
Casey Legumina blew the save in the ninth after giving up a solo home run to Ismael Alcantara, tying the game at five. Legumina returned in the tenth inning and held the Drillers scoreless to record the win. Jordan Leasure suffered his second loss.
Notes: The Wind Surge are now 11-3 in extra innings…Alex Isola extended his hit streak to 12 games…Edouard Julien tied his season high for walks in a game with three…The Wind Surge have 31 walks in their last two games...Austin Martin returned to the lineup for the first time since July 1…Aaron Rozek was added from Cedar Rapids…Leobaldo Cabrera was placed on the development list.
Coming up: The Wind Surge will face the Tulsa Drillers Thursday for Game 3 of the series. First pitch will be at 7:05 p.m. with the gates opening at 6 p.m. LHP Brent Headrick will take the mound for the Wind Surge. The Drillers will start newly called-up RHP Nick Nastrini. Catch the game on MiLB.com and Windsurge.com.