Indians prevent sweep

The Indianapolis Indians looked to get on the board against the Railriders and prevent the sweep at home. Drew Hutchison got the start for Indianapolis and the Railriders started Brady Lail. Clint Frazier drew a one out walk then Rob Refsnyder tripled to right to score Frazier for a 1-0 Railriders lead. Ji-Man Choi drew a walk. Refsnyder would score on a Ruben Tejada sacrifice fly to right for the 2-0 Railriders lead. Mason Williams would fly out to  center to end the Top half of the first. Chris Bostick would single to center to lead off the bottom half of the first. After back-to-back flyouts, Bostick would end get caught stealing at second to end the inning. Mark Payton led off with a single to right. Payton would move to second on a wild pitch. Cito Culver reached on an error moving Payton to third and Culver got to second. Hutchison would strike out the next three batters to end the top of the second. Gift Ngoepe drew a two out walk but Jason Rogers would fly out to right to end the inning, keeping the Indians off the board once again. Hutchison threw a 1-2-3 third inning to keep it a two run deficit. Eric Wood would lead off with a walk and Danny Ortiz singled to right for first and second to start off the third. Lail got the next three batters out to extend the scoreless streak of Indianapolis. Hutchison threw his second consecutive 1-2-3 inning in the fourth. Lail threw a 1-2-3 fourth to keep it a two run lead. Hutchison threw for the third straight inning a 1-2-3 inning in the fifth. Lail answered with a 1-2-3 inning of his own. Cody Dickson came in to pitch the sixth for the Indians. Dickson continued what Hutchison did, retiring the Railriders 1-2-3 in the sixth. Chris Bostick led off with a single to center, then Max Moroff drew a walk for a first and second with no outs. Austin Meadows made it second and third with one out with a grounder to first. Elias Diaz broke the drought with a 2 RBI single to right which scored Bostick and Moroff to tie the game at 2. Lail got the next two batters out to keep it a tie game. Dickson threw another 1-2-3 inning in the seventh. Joe Mantiply came in to pitch the seventh for the Railriders. Eric Wood and Ortiz each drew one out walks. After a flyout, Moroff drew a walk to load the bases with two outs. Chasen Shreve came in to pitch for the Railriders. Austin Meadows then singled home Wood to give the Indians a 3-2 lead. A forceout got the Railriders out of the inning. The former Railrider Johnny Barbato came in to pitch for the Indians. Barbato then threw a 1-2-3 inning in the eighth. Gift Ngoepe hit a bunt single with one out. Following a strikeout, Wood doubled home Ngoepe to make it 4-2 Indians. A groundout got Shreve out of the inning. Edgar Santana came in for the save for the Indians. Santana threw a 1-2-3 ninth for the save as the Indians prevented the sweep with a 4-2 victory.

Thoughts on the game: The Indians finally broke through by scoring not just a run but four runs. The pitching was phenominal for Indianapolis. They retired the final twenty-one Railriders which was seven straight innings of retiring the side. Chris Bostick had a great game, going 2 for 4.

Up Next: The Railriders get a day off and then return home for a seven game homestand starting on Tuesday. They start a three game set with Louisville on Tuesday. The Bats pitcher has yet to be determined. The Railriders will go with Caleb Smith.

Railriders 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Indianapolis 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 x 4

Railriders
SS Wade 4 0 0 0
LF Frazier 3 1 0 0
DH Refsnyder 4 1 1 1
1B Choi 3 0 0 0
2B Tejada 3 0 0 1
CF Williams 3 0 0 0
RF Payton 3 0 1 0
3B Culver 3 0 0 0
C Castillo 3 0 0 0

3B: Refsnyder

Indianapolis
LF Bostick 4 1 2 0
SS Moroff 2 1 0 0
CF Meadows 4 0 1 1
C Diaz 4 0 1 2
1B Terdoslavich 4 0 0 0
2B Ngoepe 3 1 1 0
DH Rogers 4 0 0 0
3B Wood 2 1 1 1
RF Ortiz 3 0 1 0

2B: Wood

Pitching
Railriders
Lail 6 IP 4 H 2 R 2 ER 3 BB 2 K
Mantiply (L) 0.2 IP 0 H 1 R 1 ER 3 BB 0 K
Shreve 1.1 IP 3 H 1 R 1 ER 0 BB 1 K

Indianapolis
Hutchison 5 IP 2 H 2 R 2 ER 2 BB 5 K
Dickson (W) 2 IP 0 H 0 R 0 ER 0 BB 0 K
Barbato (H) 1 IP 0 H 0 R 0 ER 0 BB 2 K
Santana (S) 1 IP 0 H 0 R 0 ER 0 BB 1 K

Triple-A Scoreboard
Buffalo 5 Columbus 4
Syracuse 8 Norfolk 2
Lehigh Valley 1 Toledo 0
Omaha 4 New Orleans 2
Louisville 4 Durham 3 (13)
Round Rock 8 Iowa 7 (13)
Memphis 4 Oklahoma City 3
Reno 4 El Paso 3
Colorado Springs 6 Nashville 5
Albuquerque 3 Tacoma 2
Fresno 5 Salt Lake 2
Pawtucket/Gwinnett PPD
Rochester/Charlotte PPD
Las Vegas 6 Sacramento 7 (10)

MLB Scoreboard
Reds 7 Cubs 5
Astros 6 Rays 4
Phillies 5 Braves 2
Red Sox 6 Orioles 2
Pirates 2 Yankees 1
White Sox 6 Indians 2
Tigers 13 Twins 4
Cardinals 6 Brewers 4
Rangers 5 Royals 2
Rockies 8 Giants 0
Blue Jays 6 Angels 2
Mariners 11 Athletics 1
Dodgers 6 Diamondbacks 2
Marlins 7 Padres 3
Nationals 3 Mets 6