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                        <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2025/7/1751853965525.png" alt="Photo Courtesy Wichita Wind Surge" />
                        <figcaption>Photo Courtesy Wichita Wind Surge</figcaption>
                    </figure><div><p><em>Wichita Wind Surge</em></p>
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<p>AMARILLO, Texas (July 29, 2025)&mdash;<a href="https://www.milb.com/player/walker-jenkins-805805?affiliateId=mlbcom-milb"><strong>Walker Jenkins</strong></a>finishes a triple shy of the cycle as the Wichita Wind Surge fell 10-8 in walk-off fashion to the Amarillo Sod Poodles at HODGETOWN. The loss in the longest nine-inning game of the year at three hours and 31 minutes snaps an eight-game win streak on Tuesday for the Wind Surge.</p>
<p>Amarillo was the first team on the board with two runs in the bottom of the second on a wild pitch and a groundout. Those would be the lone runs given up under Wichita starter <a href="https://www.milb.com/player/christian-macleod-681306"><strong>Christian MacLeod</strong></a>, who went four innings and gave up three hits and four walks to go along with three strikeouts.</p>
<p>Jenkins and <a href="https://www.milb.com/player/gabriel-gonzalez-694224"><strong>Gabby Gonzalez</strong></a> hit back-to-back solo home runs to right center and deep left to tie the game with two outs in the top of the third. <a href="https://www.milb.com/player/kyler-fedko-693459"><strong>Kyler Fedko</strong></a> put the Wind Surge ahead 3-2 on an RBI double to the center field wall.</p>
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<p>Christian Cerda tied the game 3-3 with a solo shot to left center in the home half of the sixth.</p>
<p>Wichita sent 11 men to the plate in the top of the seventh and plated five runs on six hits, bookended by a two-RBI double to the left center wall from <a href="https://www.milb.com/player/kaelen-culpepper-701785"><strong>Kaelen Culpepper</strong></a>. The scoreboard read 8-3 Wind Surge heading into the stretch.</p>
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<p>After the stretch, the Sod Poodles put up four runs on four hits, the major one being a two-run knock to center by Ryan Waldschmidt.</p>
<p>Gavin Conticello reached on a leadoff walk in the bottom of the ninth before scoring on an RBI double to left by Jose Fernandez. Ivan Melendez lifted a game-winning two-run home run out to left field to complete the comeback for Amarillo with a 10-8 win.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.milb.com/player/joel-cesar-666802"><strong>Joel Cesar</strong></a> took the loss and is now 3-4 on the season. Over two-thirds of an inning in the ninth, he surrendered three earned runs on two hits and a walk.</p>
<p><strong>POSTGAME NOTES</strong></p>
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<li>Pierson Ohl made his Major League debut earlier today as the starting pitcher for the Minnesota Twins in a loss to the Boston Red Sox. Ohl became the 39th Wind Surge player to reach and play in the big leagues.</li>
<li>Walker Jenkins and Gabby Gonzalez are the eighth pair of Wind Surge teammates to hit back-to-back home runs in 2025. Five of those eight times have come in July.</li>
<li>This game is the longest nine-inning game of the season for Wichita at three hours and 31 minutes.</li></div>

⚾️ Sod Poodles walk-off Wind Surge