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Wind Surge Drop First Game Of Season Against Amarillo

Wichita's Jorel Ortega and Ben Ross both slug their seventh home runs of the season
July 23, 2024

AMARILLO, Texas—The Wichita Wind Surge dropped a series opener 12-3 against the Amarillo Sod Poodles on the road at HODGETOWN. After tying and taking the lead through five and a half innings, nine consecutive runs flooded the night away. Amarillo scored first on a balk in the bottom of the

AMARILLO, Texas—The Wichita Wind Surge dropped a series opener 12-3 against the Amarillo Sod Poodles on the road at HODGETOWN. After tying and taking the lead through five and a half innings, nine consecutive runs flooded the night away.

Amarillo scored first on a balk in the bottom of the first when A.J. Vukovich was awarded the plate after a two-out triple to the left-center gap. While there was a chance for a second to come across an inning later, Jeferson Morales recorded his first outfield assist as a pro from left field to end the inning.

Ben Ross tied the game after lofting his seventh home run of the season, a solo shot, over the left field wall on the first pitch he saw in the top of the fourth.

Jesus Valdez found a pitch he liked in the home half of the fifth, scorching a homer of his own to left for a 2-1 Sod Poodles advantage. Morales rewound to a defensive play a few innings ago by throwing out another runner trying to score to end the frame.

Jorel Ortega smacked a two-run blast off the batter’s eye, his seventh of the season, in center with just one out in the top of the sixth to give the lead to Wichita at 3-2.

Following Ortega’s blast, a pair of walks and a single loaded the bases for Amarillo in the last of the sixth; while the Wind Surge went to the bullpen, Kristian Robinson laced a two-run single to left. J.J. D’Orazio followed with an RBI knock to center in the next at-bat, and then a groundout brought in a fourth ahead of a two-run longball by Vukovich to the right-center berm.

Three more Sod Poodle runs scored in the seventh and eighth on a respective RBI base hit to center from Kristian Robinson and a two-run jack to left by Tim Tawa before the end of the night.

Jaylen Nowlin now stands at an even .500 record of 5-5 after the loss. He surrendered four earned runs on eight hits with two walks and seven strikeouts through five and one-third innings.

The Wind Surge continue their series with the Amarillo Sod Poodles at HODGETOWN tomorrow, Wednesday, July 24, at 7:05 PM. You can listen to Wind Surge games on windsurge.com or watch them online at MiLB.TV and Bally Live. For ticket information, please visit windsurge.com.