FINAL SCORES - AUGUST 8
Ottawa extended their winning streak to four games and their unbeaten series streak to 10, while Down East clinched a series win and moved within one victory of the first sweep in franchise history. Washington shut out Evansville for the second straight night, Schaumburg erupted for 18 runs, Sussex County swept their doubleheader against New York, and Brockton, Québec and Gateway also earned wins, while Windy City and Tri-City split their doubleheader.
TROIS-RIVIÈRES AIGLES 5 @ OTTAWA TITANS 12 – The bats got going early as the Ottawa Titans (45-31) beat the Trois-Rivières Aigles (27-50) by a final score of 12-5 on Saturday night, extending the win streak to four and the series unbeaten streak to ten in a row.
FLORENCE Y’ALLS 7 @ BROCKTON ROX 8 – The Brockton Rox earned their second consecutive win over the Florence Y’alls (45-32) on a game-winning sacrifice fly, securing an 8-7 victory.
DOWN EAST BIRD DAWGS 9 @ LAKE ERIE CRUSHERS 4 – Kalae Harrison homered and drove in three runs as the Down East Bird Dawgs pulled away for a 9-4 victory over the Lake Erie Crushers at ForeFront Field Saturday night, clinching the series win and setting up a chance at the first sweep in franchise history Sunday afternoon.
EVANSVILLE OTTERS 0 @ WASHINGTON WILD THINGS 2 – The Washington Wild Things shut out the Evansville Otters for a second straight game to win by a score of 2-0 Saturday night at EQT Park. The Wild Things improved to 53-24 on the season, extending their lead in the Central Division to eight games, while the Otters move to 45-32 with the loss.
NEW JERSEY JACKALS 9 @ QUÉBEC CAPITALES 11 – The Québec Capitales erased an early deficit with an eight-run inning on Saturday night, rallying past the New Jersey Jackals for an 11-9 victory.
JOLIET SLAMMERS 5 @ GATEWAY GRIZZLIES 9 – The Gateway Grizzlies were down 5-0 in the fifth inning on Saturday against the Joliet Slammers, but proceeded to surge late, scoring nine unanswered runs in their final four turns at bat for a crucial, 9-5 victory at Arsenal BG Ballpark that evened the weekend series at one game apiece.
MISSISSIPPI MUD MONSTERS 4 @ SCHAUMBURG BOOMERS 18 – The Schaumburg Boomers scored in six different innings and cruised to an 18-4 victory over the Mississippi Mud Monsters before another full house at Wintrust Field (7,920) on Saturday night.
DOUBLEHEADERS
SUSSEX COUNTY MINERS 16 @ NEW YORK BOULDERS 9
SUSSEX COUNTY MINERS 7 @ NEW YORK BOULDERS 6 – The Sussex County Miners swept Saturday’s doubleheader against the New York Boulders at Clover Stadium, taking the opener 16-9 before completing the sweep with a 7-6 victory in the nightcap.
WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS 4 @ TRI-CITY VALLEYCATS 3 – The ThunderBolts held off the Tri-City ValleyCats for a 4-3 win in game one of a doubleheader before dropping the nightcap 7-5 for a split at Joseph L. Bruno Stadium Saturday night.
WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS 5 @ TRI-CITY VALLEYCATS 7 – The Tri-City ValleyCats scored six runs in the first two innings and took the nightcap of a doubleheader against the Windy City ThunderBolts, 7-5, in front of 2,321 hearty souls at Joseph L. Bruno Stadium on August 8.
