June 22 2023 The Garden City Wind defeated the Blackwell Flycatchers 12-7 after scoring in six of the first seven innings. Garden City collected 10 hits and committed no errors while Blackwell finished with eight hits and one error.
Blackwell took a 4-1 lead with a four-run fourth inning, but Garden City answered with two runs in the bottom half to tie the game. The Wind then broke through with five runs in the fifth and added three more in the sixth to build a 12-6 advantage. Blackwell scored once in the seventh, but Garden City held on for the win.
Dominic Enbody powered Garden City with a home run and four RBIs.
Najay KIng went 2-for-4 with an RBI, while
Reyes Willis also collected two hits and an RBI.
Devon Zielke,
Neil Taylor and
Terry Daniels each had one hit and one RBI, and
Leo Gallegos scored three runs. Garden City also received home runs from Zielke and Enbody.
Chris Cuppini earned the win after allowing no hits or runs in 1.1 innings while striking out one and walking one.
Jordan Harris started for Garden City and allowed six runs on six hits in 4.2 innings.
Luke Poselovic took the loss for Blackwell after surrendering 10 hits and nine runs, eight earned, in four innings. Blackwells offense included home runs by
Dominick Pisano,
Jack Skantze and
Jaylon Thornton; Skantze finished 2-for-5 with two RBIs and Thornton went 2-for-3 with two RBIs.
