July 28 2021 The Garden City Wind defeated the Colorado Springs Snow Sox 11-5 after collecting 17 hits and scoring in five different innings. Garden City and Colorado Springs exchanged runs in the first before the Wind moved ahead with two runs in the third and added one in the fifth for a 4-3 lead.
Garden City broke the game open with four runs in the sixth and three more in the eighth. Taylor Barber went 5-for-5 with four runs scored and a double, while Preston Rackley drove in three runs and scored twice. Manuel Blanco also had three hits and three RBI, and Alex Nielsen added two hits, two RBI and a triple. Garden City received additional RBI from C. Cartaya Jr. and Austin Labarber.
Travis Tanaka led Colorado Springs with four hits and four RBI, including a home run. Dakota Popham also homered and finished with two hits and one RBI, while Markus Bracey collected three hits and scored twice. The Snow Sox finished with 13 hits but were held scoreless after the fifth inning.
Tanner Stilts earned the win for Garden City after allowing 10 hits and five earned runs in six innings, with four strikeouts and one walk. Zakary Jordan Noah Parsons and Devin Malone combined for three scoreless innings in relief. Colton Walker took the loss for Colorado Springs after giving up 11 hits and eight runs in 5.2 innings, although four runs were earned; he struck out five and walked four.
