FINAL SCORES - AUGUST 4
New York welcomed Austin Dennis back with a leadoff homer, Lake Erie walked off Mississippi in a pitchers' duel, and Québec opened their series with a 12-0 shutout over Tri-City. Trois-Rivières, Washington, Florence, Gateway and Joliet also earned series-opening wins, while Ottawa and Brockton split a doubleheader.
WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS 4 @ NEW YORK BOULDERS 7 – The Boulders welcomed back SS Austin Dennis, after re-acquiring him in a trade with the Long Island Ducks of the Atlantic League, and he paid immediate dividends with a first pitch home run in the first inning as New York (40-34) took its home stand opener from the Windy City Thunderbolts 7-4 Tuesday afternoon at Clover Stadium.
MISSISSIPPI MUD MONSTERS 1 @ LAKE ERIE CRUSHERS 2 – The Lake Erie Crushers (30-43) returned home from their longest road trip of the season and welcomed back fans with an instant classic: a 2-1 walk off win over the Mississippi Mud Monsters (29-43) at ForeFront Field.
QUÉBEC CAPITALES 12 @ TRI-CITY VALLEYCATS 0 – The Québec Capitales rolled to a 12-0 victory over the Tri-City ValleyCats on Tuesday night at Joseph L. Bruno Stadium, putting together a dominant all-around performance to open the series.
TROIS-RIVIÈRES AIGLES 8 @ NEW JERSEY JACKALS 4 – The Trois-Rivières Aigles defeated the New Jersey Jackals for just the second time this season on Tuesday night, using a late-inning offensive surge to pull away for an 8-4 victory.
DOWN EAST BIRD DAWGS 1 @ WASHINGTON WILD THING 5 – The Washington Wild Things were victorious 4-1 over the Down East Bird Dawgs in front of a packed house on Tuesday night at EQT Park. A total of 3,607 fans filled the stands to take in the ballgame, marking the ninth sellout of the 2026 season and the largest crowd in Washington since July 23, 2024.
FLORENCE Y’ALLS 1 @ SUSSEX COUNTY MINERS 0 – The Florence Y’alls (43-30) shutout the Sussex County Miners in a 1-0 series opening win, extending their season-best win-streak to nine.
SCHAUMBURG BOOMERS 5 @ GATEWAY GRIZZLIES 6 – The Gateway Grizzlies rallied back from a 5-0 deficit at the seventh-inning stretch, scoring three runs in the seventh and three more in the ninth on back-to-back home runs by Abdiel Diaz and Dale Thomas, with the latter’s walk-off shot securing a dramatic, 6-5 win on Tuesday at Arsenal BG Ballpark.
JOLIET SLAMMERS 11 @ EVANSVILLE OTTERS 5 – The Joliet Slammers (33-36) erupted for 11 runs on Tuesday night to open their four-game series against the Evansville Otters (42-30) with an 11-5 victory, snapping Evansville's momentum with a dominant offensive performance.
DOUBLEHEADER
OTTAWA TITANS 10 @ BROCKTON ROX 3 – Playing their third doubleheader in three weeks, the Ottawa Titans (41-31) split a twin-bill against the Brockton Rox (33-40) on Tuesday afternoon, winning game one 10-3 and dropping game two by a 7-3 final.
OTTAWA TITANS 3 @ BROCKTON ROX 7 – The Brockton Rox split a doubleheader against Atlantic North Division foe Ottawa Tuesday afternoon, falling in game one before bouncing back in game two in a set of seven-inning contests.
