ZIMMERMAN'S CLUTCH DOUBLE DELIVERS WIN OVER GREYS

The New York Boulders defeated the Windy City ThunderBolts, 9-4, in their first ever visit to Clover Stadium on Tuesday. After just one hit in their previous game, the Boulders (12-9) bats were hot tonight as they racked up 13 hits against the ThunderBolts (9-13). The bulk of the damage came in the seventh inning, in which four hits resulted in six runs for the Boulders. Aiding the offensive eruption were six balls that got past ThunderBolts catcher Matt Morgan. The Boulders took an early 1-0 lead in the first inning on a sacrifice fly by Chris Kwitzer, but the lead diminished quickly in the top of the fourth inning as on a grand slam by Morgan to give Windy City the lead. Boulders catcher Joe DeLuca ended an 0-for-25 hitless streak in the bottom of the fourth with a bunt up the third base line, eventually scoring on a two-run double by Tucker Nathans to pull the Boulders within one. New York tied the game in the bottom of the seventh when Kwitzer scored on a combination of three passed balls and wild pitches. The comeback was capped with a two-run single from Matt McDermott and RBIs from Nathans and Patrick Kivlehan. Nathans finished the game 3 for 3 with three RBI. Thomas Walraven also had three hits for the Boulders. New York starting pitcher Garrett Cooper allowed four runs on six hits in 6 1/3 innings of work. All of Cooper's earned runs came from the grand slam by Morgan. Zach Schneider earned the win for the Boulders following 1 2/3 innings of relief. Jose Alcantara tossed a scoreless ninth inning in his Boulders debut.

Taking a 3-1 lead to the bottom of the seventh, the Ottawa Titans (7-15) allowed four runs, eventually falling 5-3 to the Trois-Rivières Aigles (8-14) on Tuesday. After a clean top of the first, the Aigles threatened with a pair of one-out singles off Grant Larson (loss, 1-3) in the bottom of the first. Two batters later, L-P Pelletier ripped a single to left, plating Rodrigo Orozco to open the scoring. Larson would lock in and sit down 16 of the next 17 batters he'd face from the end of the first until the seventh, keeping the Titans within striking distance. The Titans would battle their way back into the game after being silenced through four with a run in the fifth. After leaving the bases loaded in the third and fourth, Sicnarf Loopstok's RBI single tied the score. Jacob Talamante would give the Titans the lead with an RBI double, then Manny Garcia would add to the lead with a single in the sixth. In the seventh, the Aigles roared back and tallied four runs on four hits. Sending ten to the plate and knocking Larson out of the game. Larson would be charged with four runs over six and two-thirds, then Chris Burica would be charged with one run while not recording an out. Tyler Luneke (win, 1-0) and Frankie Giuliano (save, 2) would shut things down out of the bullpen, combining for three shutout frames. In the loss, Manny Garcia went 2-for-5 with an RBI, Jamey Smart extended his on-base streak to 11 straight, and Sicnarf Loopstok continued his tear by bringing his hitting streak to six in a row.

A six-run sixth inning for New Jersey was the big inning that led to the Wild Things' loss in the series opener in Paterson, New Jersey, Tuesday morning. The Jackals upended Washington 12-4 despite a three-hit, two-RBI day for Wild Things' second baseman Scotty Dubrule. New Jersey scored twice in the second on consecutive RBI singles by Austin White and Ti'Quan Forbes before Washington got on the board in the third inning on back-to-back doubles by Nick Gotta and Scotty Dubrule. That run was all Washington would get against former big leaguer Vin Mazzaro, who fanned 10 over five innings of one-run ball for New Jersey. He got a no decision as Washington was able to tie things up in the sixth inning at 3-3: New Jersey had scored in the fourth inning on a Joe Simone RBI knock.In the sixth, Andrew Czech singled home Dubrule, who had walked and stole second, to extend his on-base streak to 20 games. The next batter, Anthony Brocato, doubled home Czech. That double extended Brocato's on-base streak to 19 games. But the bottom of the sixth saw the door of the game get blown open by the Jackals. New Jersey plated six on four hits and were aided by an error on a throw from Scotty Dubrule that got by Czech at first and got out of play under the bike-rack retaining wall at Hinchliffe Stadium. The inning was highlighted by Josh Rehwaldt's first home run of the night, a three-run shot that made it 9-3. The Jackals scored three more in the eighth inning before Washington plated its final run of the contest in the ninth on an RBI double by Dubrule that scored centerfielder Robert Chayka.

Florence scored a run in the second inning and added two more runs in each of the fifth and the seventh innings as the Y'alls, presented by Towne Properties, led wire-to-wire in a 5-1 win at Schaumburg Tuesday night.  The Y'alls (13-9) have made a habit of coming from behind this season with a league-leading eight comeback wins, but they flipped the script tonight with early scoring sparked by an Andres Rios sacrifice fly RBI in the second to get the Y'alls on the board. Harrison DiNicola came through with a two-run single in the fifth, and Brennan Price capped the scoring in the seventh with a two-run, opposite field home run to take a commanding 5-0 lead. The Boomers (13-8) did not crack the score column until the home half of the seventh inning with a Gaige Howard fielder's choice ground out accounting for the Boomers' only run. The Boomers threatened in the ninth with runners on the corners and nobody out, but Kent Klyman struck out the next three batters to secure the win. The home run for Price was his fifth of the year and extended his hitting streak to eight consecutive games. Ray Zuberer, Brian Fuentes, and DiNicola each had two hits apiece. Blake Grant-Parks was the offensive highlight for the Schaumburg thanks to his two-hit evening.  Jake McMahill worked around four walks and three hits to earn his first win of the season. The righty went six innings scoreless and struck out seven. Luis Perez allowed all five runs for the Boomers over six 2/3 innings. He walked three and struck out six to take his first defeat in his first start off the seven-day injured list. Juan Pichardo worked two 1/3 innings scoreless in his first action of the season.

The Lake Erie Crushers were held to just five hits on Tuesday evening at Mercy Health Stadium and allowed four runs in the eighth inning as they dropped their series opener to the Sussex County Miners, 5-1. The loss for the Crushers (9-13) was their fifth straight at home, and their sixth in their last seven games overall, while the win for the Miners (14-6) was their third in four games against the Crushers this season. Starting pitching was excellent for both teams. Angelo Baez (3-2) was outstanding through seven innings, before running into trouble in the eighth. He retired nine in a row to start his outing and produced five 1-2-3 innings. For the Miners, Mark Moclair (1-0) was outstanding as well, as he held Lake Erie to just a run on four hits while fanning eight over seven innings. The Miners took a 1-0 lead in the top of the fifth inning. Jawaun Harris singled to left to start the inning. He then stole second base and advanced to third on a fly out, then scored the game's first run on Abraham Mow's sacrifice fly. Lake Erie tied the game at 1-1 in the bottom of the sixth. Jarrod Watkins stroked a one out double down the line in left field, before Gabe Snyder walked. Jack Harris then reached on a fielder's choice. Moclair's errant throw to second base on the play loaded the bases to Jiandido Tromp, who also reached on a fielder's choice which allowed Watkins to score. Sussex County sent all nine batters to the plate in the top of the eighth inning, and scored four times on four hits while capitalizing on an error to pull away. Oraj Anu doubled to start the inning and scored the go ahead run on Willie Escala's single to right. Edwin Mateo reached on a bunt base hit and Will Zimmerman walked to load the bases. Gavin Stupienski reached on Watkins's error at second which allowed two runs to score. Juan Santana drove in the final run of the game on a RBI base hit on the left side of the infield. Baez took the hard luck loss after allowing three runs on five hits while striking out six batters through 7.1 innings of work. Moclair picked up the win after surrendering just the unearned run on four hits with eight strikeouts in seven innings. Watkins was the only Crusher to hit safely multiple times, going 2-for-4 on the night. Tromp walked in his final plate appearance and has now reached safely in 13 straight games, while Harris went 1-for-3 and has hits in each of his last five games.