FINAL SCORES - AUGUST 24
The Washington Wild Things moved to the brink of a playoff berth on Sunday, holding off the Mississippi Mud Monsters 7-5 at EQT Park to drop their magic number to one. Read all about it by clicking on their name on the Friday scoreboard below.
TROIS-RIVIÈRES AIGLES 5 @ QUÉBEC CAPITALES 6 - The Quebéc Capitales came away with a 6-5 victory over the Trois-Rivières Aigles in 10 innings on Sunday at Stade Canac, finishing the series with a dramatic extra-inning win.
WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS 4 @ EVANSVILLE OTTERS 9 - The Evansville Otters (37-53) bounced back into the win column with a 9-4 victory over the Windy City ThunderBolts (36-54) Sunday afternoon. Today’s win gives them the series win and the season series win over Windy City.
GATEWAY GRIZZLIES 0 @ FLORENCE Y'ALLS 4 - The Florence Y’alls, presented by Towne Properties, emerged victorious over the Gateway Grizzlies with a 4-0 win on Sunday. The win captures the overall season series versus the playoff-bound Grizzlies with a 5-to-4 game advantage for Florence.
SCHAUMBURG BOOMERS 14 @ LAKE ERIE CRUSHERS 2 - The Schaumburg Boomers pulled away late to log a 14-7 win over the Lake Erie Crushers on Sunday afternoon, sweeping the weekend road series between the two division leaders in the Midwest Conference.
BROXTON ROX 6 @ OTTAWA TITANS 10 - In an offensive-minded finale, the Ottawa Titans (49-41) slugged out a 10-6 victory over the Brockton Rox (25-51) on Sunday, getting back in the win column and securing the season series victory.
NEW YORK BOULDERS 4 @ DOWN EAST BIRD DAWGS 3 - The New York Boulders came back from 3-1 down with two outs in the eighth inning and got by the Down East Bird Dawgs, 4-3, in the rubber game of their series at Grainger Stadium.
SUSSEX COUNTY MINERS 0 @ NEW JERSEY JACKALS 1 - Arbert Cipion scored on a passed ball resulting in the only run in the New Jersey Jackals' (27-59) 1-0 win over the Sussex County Miners (52-38).
JOLIET SLAMMERS 0 @ TRI-CITY VALLEYCATS 2 - The Tri-City ValleyCats (57-33) defeated the Joliet Slammers (40-50) 2-0 in the rubber game matchup on Sunday at Joseph L. Bruno Stadium.
MISSISSIPPI MUD MONSTERS 5 @ WASHINGTON WILD THINGS 7 - The Wild Things used a bunch of early offense and held on to defeat the Mississippi Mud Monsters, 7-5, putting them on the verge of a playoff spot with the magic number coming down to one Sunday at EQT Park.
