Garden City Wind defeat Colorado Springs Snow Sox 7-3 on July 2 2021

July 2 2021 Garden City Wind scored five runs in the fifth inning and held on for a 7-3 victory over the Colorado Springs Snow Sox. Garden City finished with nine hits, while Colorado Springs collected six hits and committed three errors compared with one error by the Wind.

Kyle Adkins earned the win with a complete-game effort, allowing six hits and three runs, two earned, while striking out four and walking none. Adkins also contributed at the plate with two hits, two runs, one RBI and a home run. Chaz Lopez took the loss for Colorado Springs after allowing seven runs on eight hits over five innings, with four strikeouts and one walk. Dylan Farinacci followed with three scoreless innings and four strikeouts.

Taylor Barber went 2-for-3 with two runs, two RBIs and a walk for Garden City. Alex Nielsen added two hits and two RBIs, and the Wind also received a double and an RBI from Adkins. Garden City scored once in the third, once in the fourth and five times in the fifth to build its 7-0 lead.

Colorado Springs scored its first run in the eighth inning and added two more in the ninth. Robert Malone had two hits and an RBI, Alex Jackson had a hit and an RBI, and Peter Bocchino hit a solo home run for the Snow Sox.