FINAL SCORES - AUGUST 12
Just three weeks left! The playoff race is heating up, and clinching scenarios could be happening as soon as next week. With that, here is the first scoreboard of the week. Click on your favorite team to read more about their game!
LAKE ERIE CRUSHERS 6 @ GATEWAY GRIZZLIES 13 - The Gateway Grizzlies finally got their bats going again on Tuesday night, scoring 13 runs on 14 hits to beat the Lake Erie Crushers 13-6, snapping a three-game losing streak at Arsenal BG Ballpark.
EVANSVILLE OTTERS 3 @ MISSISSIPPI MUD MONSTERS 4 - The Mississippi Mud Monsters weathered an Evansville comeback attempt in the ninth inning and took the opener over the Otters 4-3 at Trustmark Park on Tuesday.
FLORENCE Y'ALLS 0 @ OTTAWA TITANS 1 - Backed by eight clean innings from Kaleb Hill (win, 4-3), the Ottawa Titans (39-39) got a big pinch-hit RBI single in the last of the eighth from Kaiden Cardoso in a 1-0 win over the Florence Y'alls (34-43) on Tuesday night.
WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS 4 @ JOLIET SLAMMERS 5 - The Joliet Slammers outlasted the Windy City ThunderBolts in a 5-4 contest at Slammers Stadium on Tuesday night.
SCHAUMBURG BOOMERS 7 @ SUSSEX COUNTY MINERS 3 - The Schaumburg Boomers set a single-season franchise record for homers while amassing six extra-base hits to power past the Sussex County Miners 7-3 on Tuesday night in the opener of a six-game roadtrip to New Jersey.
TRI-CITY VALLEYCATS 8 @ NEW YORK BOULDERS 5 - The Tri-City ValleyCats (47-29) defeated the New York Boulders (43-33) 8-5 on Tuesday at Clover Stadium. Manager Greg Tagert earned his 100th win with the ‘Cats, joining Pete Incaviglia (159), Ed Romero (134), and Gregg Langbehn (127) as the fourth skipper to reach the century mark.
DOWN EAST BIRD DAWGS 1 @ BROCKTON ROX 4 - The Brockton Rox scored two runs apiece in the third and eighth innings for a 4-1 victory over the Down East Bird Dawgs on Tuesday night at Campanelli Stadium.
WASHINGTON WILD THINGS 17 @ TROIS-RIVIÈRES AIGLES 1 - Behind a five-hit night for Ben Watson to match the Wild Things’ single-game hits record and eight different players with at least one RBI, Washington matched a single-game hit high for the year with 22 hits and scored 17 times to take down the Trois-Rivières Aigles in the series opener, 17-1.
NEW JERSEY JACKALS 1 @ QUÉBEC CAPITALES 2 - Anthony Quirion launched a walk-off home run in the ninth inning to give the Capitales a 2-1 series opening victory over the New Jersey Jackals at Stade Canac on Tuesday night.
