Garden City Wind Defeat Weimar Hormigas 13-8

June 16 2022 The Garden City Wind scored six runs in the first inning and built an early advantage on the way to a 13-8 victory over the Weimar Hormigas. Garden City finished with 14 hits and led 10-1 after three innings before Weimar mounted a late challenge with four runs in the ninth. Koki Matsuda paced the Wind attack by going 4-for-5 with three runs and two RBI. Alex Nielson added three hits, two runs and one RBI, while Neil Taylor drove in four runs. Brandon Pugh reached base four times with four walks and contributed two RBI as Garden City scored in each of the first five innings. Weimar collected nine hits, including two each from TJ Dailey and Ryan Diaz. Dailey had one RBI, while Dylan Gausman drove in two runs. The Hormigas scored three times in the fourth inning and four more in the ninth, but could not overcome the early deficit. Garden City committed one error compared with three for Weimar. Keisy Portorreal earned the win after allowing six hits and four earned runs in five innings, with four walks and four strikeouts. Sage Holderfield followed with two scoreless innings and three strikeouts, and Jackson Rutledge added a scoreless ninth with three strikeouts. Trevis Sundgren took the loss for Weimar after surrendering nine hits and 11 runs, eight earned, in 3.1 innings; he walked six and struck out one. Jacob Banda worked 4.2 innings and allowed two earned runs on five hits.