FINAL SCORES - AUGUST 19

Evansville secured their series against Washington, dropping their magic number to nine, while Florence reached 50 wins for the first time since 2021. New Jersey moved back into sole possession of first place, Ottawa and Down East each won their third straight, and Windy City, Tri-City, Québec and Joliet also picked up victories on Wednesday.

WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS 6 @ SCHAUMBURG BOOMERS 0 – Tyler Wehrle tossed six shutout innings as the ThunderBolts beat the Schaumburg Boomers for the second day in a row, 6-0 at Wintrust Field Wednesday afternoon.

EVANSVILLE OTTERS 6 @ WASHINGTON WILD THINGS 3 – The Evansville Otters (53-33) took game two and the series on the road against the Washington Wild Things (56-30) on Wednesday night, 6-3.

MISSISSIPPI MUD MONSTERS 1 @ OTTAWA TITANS 8 – The Ottawa Titans (49-36) earned their third win in a row, defeating the Mississippi Mud Monsters (33-52) 8-1 on Wednesday, powered by stellar pitching and two jacks off the bat of rookie Caleb Burr.

FLORENCE Y’ALLS 14 @ LAKE ERIE CRUSHERS 2 – The Florence Y’alls (50-35) clobbered Lake Erie 14-2 on Wednesday night to take home the series and secure a 50-win season for the first time since 2021.

NEW YORK BOULDERS 0 @ NEW JERSEY JACKALS 7 – The Jackals took care of the Boulders on Wednesday night with a 7-0 shutout to move back into sole possession of first place.

TROIS-RIVIÈRES AIGLES 3 @ DOWN EAST BIRD DAWGS 9 – Colby Backus homered for the third consecutive game and the Down East Bird Dawgs erupted for nine runs across the sixth and seventh innings to cruise past the Trois-Rivières Aigles 9-3 at Historic Grainger Stadium Wednesday night, winning their third straight game and taking a commanding 2-0 series lead at 39-47.

TRI-CITY VALLEYCATS 7 @ BROCKTON ROX 5 – The Tri-City ValleyCats scored six-straight unanswered runs and rallied past the Broxton Rox, 7-5, on August 19.

SUSSEX COUNTY MINERS 2 @ QUÉBEC CAPITALES 16 – The Québec Capitales defeated the Sussex County Miner Miners 16-2 on Wednesday night at Stade Canac, after running away with the game in the sixth inning.

GATEWAY GRIZZLIES 3 @ JOLIET SLAMMERS 3 - The Joliet Slammers rallied late before defeating the Gateway Grizzlies in Sudden Death on Wednesday night at Slammers Stadium, handing Gateway their 11th consecutive road loss.