WICHITA, Kan. – Ryder Jones pushed across the first two runs of the game - and in Riverfront Stadium history - with his two-RBI single in the top of the fourth inning as the Amarillo Sod Poodles struck first and scored late to take game one of the six game series in Wichita by a score of 3-2.
7,908 were in attendance for the Wind Surge opener. The team was originally conceived as a Triple-A squad, but a reorganization of Minor League Baseball prompted by the pandemic dropped the Wichita franchise to the AA affiliate of the Minnesota Twins before they played a game in the ballpark.
The Wind Surge threatened in the eighth and ninth innings but Junior Garcia delivered a strike out to finish off the Wind Surge threat and earn his fourth save of the season for Amarillo.
Amarillo improved to 5-2 and the Wind Surge fall 5-2 on the season.
The homestand continues Tuesday at 7:05 p.m. with Austin Schulfer getting the start for Wichita.