The Crushers defeated host Gateway, 6-4, on Sept. 2 to end a five-game losing streak. Kenen Irizarry and Jarrod Watkins each hit solo home runs. Sam Frontino had two hits, two runs scored and an RBI. John Tuccillo had two hits, including a double. Yasel Santana (5-6) pitched five innings to earn the win. He […]
Host Windy City beat the Crushers, 5-4, via the Frontier League’s sudden-death rules in 11 innings on Aug. 31. The Thunder Bolts’ Micah Yonamine hit a two-run single with two outs in the ninth to force extra innings tied at 2-2. Scout Knotts put the Crushers back out in front, 4-2, in the 10th with […]
Host Windy City scored twice in the eighth inning to pull ahead of the Crushers and win, 3-1, on Aug. 30. Lake Erie had tied the game at 1-1 in the top of the eighth when Kenen Irizarry drew a bases-loaded walk. But the Thunderbolts responded with a two-out, two-run double, and the Crushers went […]
Josh Harris hit two of the Crushers’ three home runs, and Lake Erie routed host Florence, 14-10, on Aug. 24. Harris hit a two-run blast in the third inning and added another two-run shot in the ninth. He has nine home runs and 42 RBI this season. Kenen Irizarry hit the Crushers’ other home run, […]
After spotting the Crushers a 2-0 lead, host Florence cruised to a 12-4 victory Aug. 23. The Y’alls scored at least one run in six innings. They got to Lake Erie starter Jonaiker Villalobos for six runs in 3 1/3 innings. Josh Rego hit a two-run home run for the Crushers in the first inning, […]