Jul 17, 2022

Wind Surge win Saturday

Posted Jul 17, 2022 12:08 PM

Wichita, KS -- Edouard Julien led the Wind Surge to a 7-6 victory over the Arkansas Travelers on Saturday night with a three-run, walk off homer in the bottom of the ninth. It was Wichita’s fifth straight win.

After Arkansas took an early 3-0 lead, Chris Williams hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the fourth inning to shrink the lead to one. Williams later added a two-run RBI double that scored Andrew Bechtold and Cole Sturgeon to give the Surge a 4-3 lead.

The Travelers scored the next three runs, including two in the top of the ninth to take a 6-4 lead. Shortstop Riley Unroe hit an RBI triple to score Tanner Kirwer and Unroe scored on a wild pitch.

The Surge tallied their eighth walk-off victory of the season…

The Wind Surge and the Travelers will face off in the series finale Sunday. First pitch is at 1:05 p.m. and gates open at noon.