Best Games, No. 9: Tribe Top Toledo in Back-and-Forth Affair
INDIANAPOLIS - Riding a six-game winning streak and atop the IL West entering play on May 20, the Indianapolis Indians found a way to beat the visiting Toledo Mud Hens, 8-7, despite three defensive errors, five walks and 13 hits surrendered. Jason Rogers played a significant role in the victory going
INDIANAPOLIS - Riding a six-game winning streak and atop the IL West entering play on May 20, the Indianapolis Indians found a way to beat the visiting Toledo Mud Hens, 8-7, despite three defensive errors, five walks and 13 hits surrendered.
Toledo capitalized on all three of Indy's defensive miscues, including a two-out error by
The Tribe leveled the score in the second as Rogers and
Trailing 4-2 going to the bottom of the third, Rogers cranked a
The score remained 4-4 until the sixth when a walk, fielding error by
The Indians hung a crooked number after the stretch to go up 8-5. Weiss was hit by pitch to start the inning and Terdoslavich then worked a walk. Following a Barnes sacrifice bunt and groundout off the bat of
Down to one last reliever due to a doubleheader the day prior, Tribe skipper Andy Barkett was forced to ride the right arm of
He allowed four singles in the ninth - the last by
The resilient win was Indy's seventh straight, improved its record to 23-18 and extended the division lead to three games.