Boone and Baker Boost Kansas City into Series Win

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Winnipeg, MB — In the first series with Winnipeg this season, the Monarchs took the rubber match on Wednesday night in a 7-3 victory over the Goldeyes.

Just as they did in the first game yesterday, Kansas City produced three tallies in the first frame to take an early lead and they never looked back. Nick Martini and JD Davis continued to show why they spent time in the big leagues as they both led off with base hits. Saul Garza reached on a fielders choice and that brought up Luken Baker with one out. History repeated itself as Baker crushed a three-run homer in back-to-back days. The former Arizona Diamondback now has seven RBI’s in only nine AB’s.

It was a very similar start from the first innings as Martini and Davis both led off with a single to open up the third. Garza’s first hit of the night was a big one when he lined a ball to left field and Martini scored.

 

Just an inning later, Boone continues to rake in home runs and he did so this time with a two-run bomb. With Hudson Head on first, Boone saw the payoff pitch and cranked his eighth homer this season and ever since his return, he’s produced an RBI in five of the past eight contests.

Grant Gambrell earned his third start of the season while throwing six innings and produced one strikeout. He received a lot of support from the exceptional Monarch defense to grab his third win this season.

Winnipeg added two tallies in the bottom half of the fourth with RBI singles from Adam Hall and Jiandido Tromp. The Goldeyes cut the lead in half in the seventh inning when they opened the frame with a double from Kevin Garcia. Two batters later, Ramon Bramasco drove a ball into right field and scored Garcia. That was the final Goldeye run of the night as Kansas City continued to shut them down.

In the eighth inning, itt was Baker yet again who cooked up another homer. Out of the 11 plate appearences, Baker has three home runs. Just an astounding number from the Houston native.

 

Durbin Feltman showed why he is an all star as he struck out the side in the final frame to seal a Monarch win. Kansas City will wrap up the road trip with a three-game set in Fargo tomorrow night. First pitch is at 6:00 at Newman Outdoor Field.