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Best Games, No. 1: Tribe Blank Bulls to Force Game 4

Indy earns first playoff shutout at Victory Field
Joey Terdoslavich played a key role in Indy's 5-0 triumph over Durham on Sept. 8 at Victory Field. (Photo by Adam Pintar)
November 5, 2017

Facing elimination against Durham in the 2017 Governors' Cup Playoffs, the Indianapolis Indians extended their season one more day thanks to a 5-0 win in Game 3 of their semifinal matchup. Nick Kingham set the tone with seven scoreless innings in the triumph over the Bulls.

Facing elimination against Durham in the 2017 Governors' Cup Playoffs, the Indianapolis Indians extended their season one more day thanks to a 5-0 win in Game 3 of their semifinal matchup. Nick Kingham set the tone with seven scoreless innings in the triumph over the Bulls.

Indy matched its scoring output from Games 1 and 2 combined with three runs in the third against right-hander Burch Smith. Kevin Newman started the inning with a single and stolen base before taking third on an Erich Weiss single to right. Joey Terdoslavich then cleared the bases with a double to deep center, giving the Tribe their first lead of the series. Terdoslavich later crossed home on a Jacob Stallings sacrifice fly.
Kingham faced little trouble throughout the night and had an exclamation point added in the seventh on a nifty double play turned by Weiss and Edwin Espinal.
The Indians left the Bulls little hope for a comeback by scoring two additional runs in the eighth. Terdoslavich opened with a single and pinch-runner Justin Maffei promptly swiped second after being inserted. Bulls shortstop Willy Adames later committed an error with two outs that made it 4-0, and Anderson Feliz provided further damage with a run-scoring single to left.