August 10 2020 The Salina Stockade rallied for seven runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to defeat the Houston Apollos 17-15. Salina finished with 16 hits, while Houston collected 18, but the Stockade overcame a three-run deficit in the final inning to secure the victory.
Houston opened the scoring with three runs in the first inning and added one in the fifth and three in the sixth to take a 7-5 lead. The Apollos then scored eight times in the top of the eighth, but Salina answered with its decisive seven-run outburst. Salina also scored twice in the first, once in the fourth and fifth innings, five times in the sixth and once in the seventh.
Jared Gay led Salina with four hits, two runs and three RBI, including a home run.
Hudson Bilodeau added three hits, two runs and four RBI with a home run, while
Eddie Grimaldo drove in three runs and
Alex Nielson contributed two hits and two RBI. For Houston,
Aaron Stubblefield went 4-for-6 with four runs and two RBI, and Yale Hughes collected three hits, three runs and three RBI.
Jordan Gonzalez drove in three runs.
Chase Stacy earned the win after recording the final out of the eighth inning, and
Trevor Wick worked a scoreless ninth with three strikeouts for the save. Houstons
Ben Tingen took the loss after allowing four runs in two-thirds of an inning. The game featured 32 combined hits and 32 runs.
