WICHITA, KS- The Park City Rangers shut out the Pratt Drillers 7-0 tonight in a special NBC Showcase game at Lawrence Dumont Stadium.
Pitcher Wade Morrison earned the victory for Park City, as the Rangers held Pratt to just three hits. Justin Kemp, a catcher for Wichita State University, hit a home run for Park City. The Rangers blew open a close game with four runs in the seventh inning.
The 74th annual National Baseball Congress World Series will take place from August 1-15 at L-D Stadium. The Wichita Wingnuts, meanwhile, return home on Monday to host the Sioux Falls Canaries, beginning a seven-game home stand. For tickets or more information call the Wingnuts office at (316) 264-4625.
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BY JEFFREY LUTZ, The Wichita Eagle-
Injury had already set in for the Wingnuts by the time Beau Torbert stepped to the plate in the eighth inning Monday night.
Three pitches into the at-bat, Torbert provided the insult.
Needing a home run to complete the cycle, Torbert shot a 2-0 Blake Gailen fastball well over the wall in center field, capping Sioux Falls' 13-1 win at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium.
Torbert's eighth-inning plate appearance was the only drama in the first game of Wichita's seven-game homestand. The Canaries led 2-0 after two innings and virtually put it away with four runs in the fourth.
"I knew what I needed," Torbert said. "I was looking for a good pitch and I was probably going to put a little harder swing on it. That worked out -- I got a good pitch to hit."
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DURHAM, NC -- The American Association of Independent Professional Baseball held its annual league tryout camp on March 27-28 at LaGrave Field in Fort Worth, TX. Eight players were taken in the draft, seven of which were pitchers.
The Wingnuts selected pitcher Demetri White out of LeTourneau University in Texas.
Players selected in the 2008 American Association Tryout Camp Draft:
1. Wichita Wingnuts – LHP Demetri White (Le Tourneau University)
2. Brockton Rox – LHP Jacob Ramos (Grayson Community College)
3. Pensacola Pelicans – RHP Tyler French (Western Oregon University)
4. Sioux City Explorers – RHP Shane Roelle (Hastings College)
5. El Paso Diablos – LHP Paul Schmidt (UCLA)
6. Sioux Falls Canaries – RHP Billy Weitzman (Briarcliff University)
7. Fort Worth Cats – LHP Schuyler Tripp (Indian Hills Junior College)
8. Pensacola Pelicans – OF Joe Hicks
