TULSA, Okla.– Wichita’s offense fell silent as Tulsa took game four of the series Friday 5-1.
For the third time in the last four games, Wichita opened the scoring first. With Roy Morales standing on third base, Yeltsin Encarnacion brought Morales home with a single up the middle and putting Wichita ahead 1-0. Encarnacion picked up his first RBI in a Wind Surge uniform on the play as well. Tulsa was able to keep Wichita off the board for the rest of the game and put up five unanswered runs as they walked away with a 5-1 victory.
Chris Vallimont did his best to keep the Surge in the game. Vallimont finished with two runs on four hits and recording nine strikeouts in 4 and two thirds innings of work.
Tulsa starting pitcher John Rooney recorded his third consecutive appearance with at least seven strikeouts, matching his season-high with nine. The southpaw picked up the no decision after leaving the game with a 1-1 tie.
In each of the first five innings, Wichita left runners on base, totaling nine runners left stranded through the five frames.
Wichita will play game five of the series against the Tulsa Drillers Saturday night. First pitch is set for 7:05 p.m. at ONEOK Field.