July 16 2024 The Garden City Wind defeated the Blackwell Flycatchers 14-10 in an eight-inning game. Garden City collected 13 hits without an error while Blackwell finished with 12 hits and one error.
Garden City built an early lead with four runs in the first inning before adding three in the third and four in the fourth. The Wind scored three more in the fifth to take a 14-2 advantage. Blackwell answered with seven runs in the fourth and one in the eighth but could not complete the comeback.
Robert Morosetti led Garden City with two hits and four RBI while Jordan Wright also drove in four runs. A. Vasquez went 3-for-4 with three runs and one RBI and Jordan Williams added two hits and two runs. Garden City homered three times with Morosetti hitting a two-run homer and Wright and Zane Bandfield also going deep.
Blackwells J. Dice had two hits and three RBI with a home run. Rey Lozano went 2-for-5 with two RBI and Markus Bracey scored twice while driving in two. Ted Broxterman earned the win after allowing 10 hits and nine earned runs in four innings with seven strikeouts. Armando Ceballo recorded the save by allowing two hits and one earned run over four innings while striking out four. Alex Jacobs took the loss for Blackwell after surrendering 11 earned runs in four innings.
