The Topeka Golden Giants lit up the scoreboard at Hummer Sports Park tonight, scoring 13 runs on 16 hits against the FCA Grays. (The Grays scored 2 runs on 8 hits.)
The Giants' offensive highlights were numerous, too numerous to mention each one. So for a change of pace, I'll focus on defense tonight. Starter Travis Blankenship pitched five shutout innnings, scattering 5 FCA hits. Dustin Stoval took over in the top of the 6th and also pitched very effectively, allowing 2 runs on 3 hits in the last 4 innings.
Both pitchers benefited from the Giants defense, which really seemed to come together tonight. There were two very nice 6-3 plays. In the 2nd, FCA batter Ryan Sinclair hit a ground ball right up the middle, which looked like a sure base hit to cenerfield. Giants shortstop Ty Legan managed to snag it, deep behind second base, and made a long throw to Chad Griffen at first, just in time to make the putout. Later, in the 7th, Joe Hosey, who had moved to short as part of some Golden Giant substitutions, was involved in a similar 6-3 play. Hosey hustled over behind second to get to a well struck ground ball and quickly threw to first. His momentum carried the throw a bit offline, but Griffen was able to stretch out towards right field to make the play.
It was announced at the game tonight that the Giants will travel to Beatrice tomorrow, for a road game that was not listed on the original schedule. The next home game is Friday night when the Clarinda A's come to Topeka.
The Topeka Golden Giants are now 5-4 overall and 3-4 in the MINK.
Update: Brett Scott hit a home run in the bottom of the 4th, a previous version of this post incorrectly attributed it to Ty Legan.
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Brett Scott hit the homerun not Ty Legan.
Yeah, sorry about that, when I finally got around to reading the paper today, I realized I'd gotten it wrong.
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