San Antonio right-hander allows one hit over seven innings as Wichita drops sixth straight
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WICHITA, Kan. — The Wichita Wind Surge (21-29) opened a six-game homestand Tuesday night at Equity Bank Park with a 4-1 loss to the San Antonio Missions (21-31) behind a dominant performance from right-hander Ian Koenig, who allowed just one hit over seven innings while being charged with one earned run.
The Wind Surge struggled offensively, recording just seven baserunners in the loss. Wichita's lone hit came from Kyle DeBarge in the first inning. Jamie Ferrer extended his on-base streak to five games after being hit by a pitch in the seventh inning.
On the mound, Wichita received quality relief appearences from Darren Bowen and Yehizon Sanchez. Bowen struck out two in a scoreless inning, lowering his ERA to 2.96 while recording his eighth scoreless appearance of the season. Sanchez made his Double-A debut and recorded his first strikeout at the level during two scoreless innings of relief.
THE RUNDOWN
Sam Armstrong got the start for Wichita and worked around a single while striking out one in a scoreless first inning.
The Missions opened the scoring in the top of the second, stringing together a single and a double to plate one and take a 1-0 lead.
The Wind Surge answered in the bottom half of the inning, drawing a pair of walks before a throwing error at first base allowed a run to score, tying the game at 1-1.
San Antonio regained the lead in the third after a leadoff walk advanced into scoring position and later came around to score on an opposite-field single.
After trading scoreless frames, the Missions added a pair of runs in the fifth. A pair of singles and a double plated one before a sacrifice fly extended the lead to 4-1.
Darren Bowen entered in the seventh and struck out two during a scoreless inning of relief.
Yehizon Sanchez followed in the eighth and made an impressive Double-A debut, striking out one over two scoreless innings.
Wichita could not overcome the deficit and dropped its sixth consecutive game.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Wichita leads the Texas League with 75 home runs.
- DH Jamie Ferrer has reached base safely in five consecutive games.
- RHP Sam Armstrong made his 10th start of the season and allowed two runs over four innings.
- RHP Darren Bowen recorded his eighth scoreless appearance of the year.
- RHP Yehizon Sanchez made his Double-A debut and recorded his first strikeout at the level during a scoreless outing.
TRANSACTIONS
- RHP Nick Mikolajchak assigned to Wichita from Triple-A St. Paul.
- RHP Kyle Bischoff activated from the temporarily inactive list.
- RHP Paulshawn Pasqualotto assigned to Wichita from High-A Cedar Rapids.
- RHP Yehizon Sanchez assigned to Wichita from High-A Cedar Rapids.
- LHP Jake Higginbotham promoted to Triple-A St. Paul.
- RHP Mitch Mueller assigned to Low-A Fort Myers.
STAT OF THE DAY
1 — Yehizon Sanchez made his Double-A debut and recorded his first strikeout at the level during two scoreless innings of relief.
WHAT'S NEXT
The Wind Surge continue their six-game series against the San Antonio Missions at Equity Bank Park with game two Wednesday at 6:35 p.m. Games can be heard on windsurge.com and viewed on MiLB.TV and Bally Sports Live. For tickets, visit windsurge.com/tickets.
Photo: Kyle DeBarge — Ed Bailey