NEW SERIES START AROUND THE LEAGUE AS QUEBEC CONTINUES WINNING STREAK

Lake Erie vs Florence
The Florence Y'alls (6-12) defeated the Lake Erie Crushers (8-11) at Thomas Moore Stadium 8-3 on Friday night. The Y'alls lead the series one game to none. 

The Crushers scored two runs in the first inning on back-to-back home runs to start the game. Kenen Irizarry (2) and Jackson Valera (3) hit solo shots to give the Crushers a 2-0 lead. 

The Y'alls would reciprocate the scoring in the bottom of the second and take a 3-2 lead on a solo home run by Anthony Brocato (3) and a two run home run by Casey Combs (2) who returned to the Y'alls lineup for the first time since May 29th. 

The Crushers would respond with an RBI single by Jared Mang to tie the game up 3-3 in the top of the third.

Florence scored four more runs in the seventh inning on a two run home run by Brennan Price (5), an RBI single by Craig Massey and an RBI double by Harrison DiNicola to give the Y'alls a 7-3 lead. For good measure the Y'alls would score on a wild pitch in the bottom of the eight inning but that would end the scoring for the night on both sides. 

Crusher's starter Jay Alvares (1-1, 4.79) threw six innings in his outing that resulted in a loss. He allowed six hits, four earned runs, walked two and struck out 10 batters. Gleyvin Pineda would come in relief.
Y'alls starter Jared Cheek (0-1, 6.61) would receive a no-decision in his outing that lasted six and two-thirds innings .He allowed three earned runs on seven hits, no walks and struck out six batters. Kent Kylam and Joe Dougherty would come in from the bullpen to finish the game. Kylman (1-0, 0.00) earned the win after throwing one and one-third innings with two hits, no runs, walks or strike outs.  

Washington vs Joliet
The Washington Wild Things (12-7) defeated the Joliet Slammers (9-11) at Duly Field on Friday night. The Wild Things lead the series one game to none. With this victory the Wild Things hold sole possession of first place in the West. 

The Wild Things scored all the runs they would need in the fourth inning to win the ballgame. Ian Walters and L.G. Castillo would both hit RBI singles to left and center field to take a 2-0 lead. 

It took the Slammers until the fourth inning to put a run on the board thanks to the long ball of Brylie Ware (1) to cut the lead in half. Unfortunately, that would be the only run the Slammers would get across the plate.
Rob Whalen (4-1, 2.59) started for the Wild Things and earned the win in his quality start. He allowed three hits and one earned run through seven innings of work. Whalen would walk two and strike out eight batters. Jake Pilarski and Lukas Young would come in relief. Young (4) earned the save pitching in the ninth inning and recording one strike out.
Slammers starter Logan Schmitt (0-1, 2.84) took the loss in his first appearance in the Frontier League this season. He allowed seven hits and two earned runs through six and one-third innings of work. He walked two and struck out two batters as well. Chandler Brierley and Cole Stanton came in relief. 

Evansville vs Gateway
The Evansville Otters (11-8) overpowered the Gateway Grizzlies (10-9) at GCS Ballpark 13-4 on Friday night. The Otters lead the series one game to none.
The Otters hit for the cycle to score 12 unanswered runs in the first five innings of the ball game. Five home runs were hit by four different Otters. In the fifth inning every run scored was hit in cycle fashion as well. Zach Biermann hit his second home run of the game to start the scoring in the fifth, Miles Gordon hit an RBi single, Gary Mattis hit a two RBI triple, and J.R. Davis hit an RBI double to make it 12-0. 

Despite the overkill of runs, the Grizzlies managed to score in the eighth on a two-run home run by Isacc Bernard in the eighth to make it 12-2.  The Otters however would score one final run on an RBI single by Gordon to make it 13-2. 

The Grizzlies scored twice more in the ninth on a Clint Freeman home run and on a RBI single by Bernard making it 13-4. The Grizzlies would not be able to make the nine run comeback. 

Evansville's starter Justin Watland (1-1, 2.35) earned the win and threw seven innings allowing two hits, no runs, walking two batters and striking out seven. Samson Abernathy, Brady Tedesco and Joe Riley came in relief. 

Gateway's starter Sam Gardner (1-1, 7.13) took the loss. He threw four and one-thirds innings allowing nine hits, nine earned runs, walking one and striking out seven batters. Carter Hayes came in to pitch the rest of the ball game in relief. 

Windy City vs Schaumburg
The Windy City ThunderBolts (11-8) defeated the Schaumburg Boomers (11-8) at Ozinga Field 6-5 on Friday night. Windy City leads the series one game to none. 

Schaumburg scored in the top of the first inning on a Braxton Davidson RBI single to take an early 1-0 lead. 

Windy City would retaliate in the bottom of the second inning scoring five runs on a Brynn Martinez RBI double, Jose Layer's two-run homer to left field and a Jarius Richards solo homer run to make it 5-1. 

Schaumburg would answer in the next half inning by loading the bases and tying the game on a grand slam by Davidson to tie the game 5-5. The Bolts would score the winning run in the fourth inning on a single by Layer and an errant throw to score the unearned run to make it 6-5.
Schaumburg's starter, Kyle Arjona (1-1, 3.80) took the loss. He allowed seven hits, six runs, five earned through six innings of work. He would not allow any walks and struck out eight batters. Juan Pichardo and Thomas Niucoll came in relief.

Windy City's starter Miguel Ausua (0-0, 3.92) received a no-decision after throwing just four innings. He allowed five runs, four earned, on four hits, walking four and striking out three batters. Niel Abbatiello and Justin Miller would come in relief. Abbatiello (1-0, 7.88) would earn the win in just one and two-thirds innings of work allowing one hit, no runs, two walks and striking out four batters. Miller (2) earned the save throwing the last three and one-thirds innings of the game allowing just one hit, no runs, one walk and recording two strikeouts. 

Quebec vs New Jersey 

The Quebec Capitales(16-3) defeated the New Jersey Jackals(6-10) by a score of 14-3 Friday night. 

The Capitales started off the scoring with a single by Webb Little and another single by David Glaude in the top of the second inning to lead 2-0. But the Jackals answered right back with two of their own. Santiago Chirino started off the scoring bottom of the second, hitting a triple down the right field line, which scored Jason Agresti all the way from 1st base. George Bell Jr. then knotted the score at two with a sacrifice fly.

But the tie would not last for very long as the Capitales third baseman T.J. White cracked one deep over the left field wall to give the Capitales back the lead 3-2 for good. Then Quebec scored on Jackals pitching on a wild pitch in the top of the 4th and a Jeffry Parra two run homer, giving Quebec a 6-2 advantage.

And Quebec answered again in the top of the 5th with another Webb Little single to score Jonathan Lacroix, extending the lead to 7-2. Then the Capitales widened the deficit even more, scoring six runs in the top of the seventh inning and one more for good measure in the ninth to win 14-3.

However there were two Frontier League debuts for the Jackals. Mizuki Akatsuka, a switch-pitcher from Japan, made his first American professional baseball appearance, working two innings, striking out four and showing off his unique glove, firing strikes from both sides of the mound. 

After Akatsuka came out, Owen Reith who, until this game, was serving as the Jackals Clubhouse Attendant, providing pre game meals, equipment and doing their laundry. The sidearmer allowed just one run and four singles to close the Jackals pitching ledger on the evening in his debut.

Empire State vs New York Boulders  

The New York Boulders(8-11) defeated the Empire State Greys(0-19) by a score of 8-5 on Friday night. 

The Greys, who have opened the season with 19 straight losses, jumped in front 1-0 in the first inning on an RBI groundout by Jordan Hollomon-Scott.

The Boulders answered with a run in their half of the first on a run-scoring groundout by Chris Kwitzer; then went ahead 4-1 in the second inning on RBI singles from Francisco Del Valle and Nathans, along with Smith's bases loaded walk.

Jake MacKenzie's solo home run, his third of the year, increased the New York lead to 5-1.

The Greys chipped away, though, getting single runs in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings to inch within 5-4. Willies Estrada scored on a wild pitch in the fifth, then Scott hit a solo home run, his second of the year, before Will Decker's RBI single in the seventh cut their deficit to one run.

Max Smith's two-run single in the seventh inning provided the Boulders with some breathing room, scoring David Vinsky and Tucker Nathans and giving New York an 8-4 lead.

Trey Woosley added an RBI single in the eighth inning for the Greys.

Robby Rowland went the first seven innings on the hill for the Boulders, allowing four hits and four runs, while walking one and striking out five as he picked up the win and improved to 2-1 on the season.

Johsson Arias surrendered four runs on four hits over 3 1/3 innings while walking three and striking out four as he took the loss and fell to 0-3 on the year.

Trois-Rivières vs Tri-City 

The Tri-City ValleyCats(11-7) defeated the Trois-Rivières Aigles(8-9) by a score of 4-3 Friday night. 

The newest starting pitcher for the ValleyCats, Leo Crawford made his first start of the 2022 season, and kept the Aigles' bats quiet in the top half of the first inning.

Tri-City would start similarly to Trois-Rivieres, as starter Sam Poliquin kept the 'Cats at bay, the only blemish to his first inning would be a Denis Phipps single. He would be retired as he tried to steal second base to end the first inning.

The Aigles would start off the scoring in the road half of the second inning. Vaibhav Desai would lift a single into right field, driving in Steve Brown. That would be one of only two runs Crawford would give up in his inaugural outing.

Carson McCusker would lead the bottom of the third inning off with a walk, bringing 'Cats catcher Jonah Girand up to the plate. The backstop made the most of his first at-bat of the game, launching a double off of the left center field wall, bringing McCusker all the way around from first base to score. 

Both Poliquin and Crawford would silence their opposition bats over the next two innings. However in the sixth, everybody's bats woke up.

In the road half of the sixth, the Aigles would take their second lead of the night on a two out double off the bat of Canice Ejoh. That would spell the end of Crawford's outing, enter Adam Hofacket. Hofacket would strike out Valibhav Desai to strand Ejoh to limit the Aigles scoring to only one run.

Tri-City would send Girand up to lead off the bottom of the sixth, and he would launch a double off the right center field wall. Jesus Lujano would follow Girand with a double to the left field corner of the ballpark, bringing Girand around to score. The trio of doubles would be completed when Juan Santana would launch a double off the top of the wall in right center field, tying the game at three. The tie wouldn't last long, as Juan Silverio would bloop a single into right field, bringing Santana around to score.

The action wouldn't pick up again until the top of the ninth, as ValleyCats closer Trey Cochran-Gill entered to try to shut the door. Canice Ejoh would lead off the inning with an infield single. Vaibhav Desai would then bloop a single into left field, and the fleet footed Ejoh would come around to score, cutting the lead to 4-3.

Dustyn Macaluso would bunt Desai over to second base, and a sacrifice fly off the bat of Campagna, moving Desai to third. Ricardo Sanchez would rocket a ground ball to Pavin Parks, who fired it over to Brad Zunica to put the bow on another comeback victory.

Ottawa vs Sussex County 

The Ottawa Titans(11-6) defeated the Sussex County Miners(10-9) by a score of 11-5 on Friday night. 

The Titans got on the board first in the fourth when Clay Fisher singled to score Jacob Sanford.  

The Titans would tack on more in the fifth when Sanford doubled to score A.J. Wright. Fisher would single again to help add a run. Tyrus Greene would also single along with a walk to Jackie Urbaez to complete the Titans four run inning. 

The Miners would finally get on the board in the bottom of the fifth when Ariel Sandoval singled to score Errol Robinson. Nick Garland doubled to score Sandoval and a wild pitch would score Garland to make the score 5-3.  

The Titans would add more runs in the seventh when Sanford singled along with Brendon Dadson to score two more runs to make the score 8-3. The Titans would finish out their scoring for the night by adding two more runs to make the score 10-3.

The Miners would add a run in the eighth and ninth but ultimately would not be enough and would lose 10-5.  

Grant Larson gets the win for the Titans while Jose Taveras gets the save. Dwayne Marshall gets charged with the loss for the Miners.