Duo of home runs clinch win for Toledo
Toledo, Ohio - The Toledo Mud Hens and Pawtucket Red Sox concluded their three game series on Sunday at Fifth Third Field with Toledo winning, and taking the series, with a 6-4 victory.
Toledo, Ohio - The Toledo Mud Hens and Pawtucket Red Sox concluded their three game series on Sunday at Fifth Third Field with Toledo winning, and taking the series, with a 6-4 victory.
Toledo logged two home runs in the game, one via inside the park and one traditional.
Toledo kept the momentum going in the second. Mikie Mahtook began the inning with a double, moving to third on a single by
With one out in the third, Willi Castro pitched in, ripping a double off the left field wall. Mahtook then came to the plate to smash his team leading 17th home run of the season, and second in as many games, to extend the lead to 4-1.
Castro struck again in the bottom of the fifth. Leading off, Castro sent a shot off the center field wall, rounding all the bases for an inside the park home run, the first inside the park home run for the Mud Hens since
On the mound for Toledo,
After Castro's second double of the game,
In the top of the ninth,
What's Next:
The Mud Hens will have Monday off before taking to the road for six games. First up for Toledo are the Buffalo Bisons beginning Tuesday with first pitch scheduled for 7:05 p.m. Buffalo is scheduling
#RoadToDetroit Report (according to MLB.com Prospect Watch):
8. OF Daz Cameron: 1 for 5, 3B
11. IF Willi Castro: 3 for 4, 2 2B, HR, RBI
14. RHP Beau Burrows: 5.1 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
18. RHP
21. RHP
27. OF Jacob Robson: 0 for 3, RBI
30. OF Danny Woodrow: 2 for 4, 2 SB
Hens' Notes:
- Sunday's game marks the final time this season Toledo will take the field as the Mud Crawlers, a promotion paired with Toledo's Jeep Fest Weekend.
- Prior to the start of Sunday's game,
- In nine games with the Mud Hens, Frank Schwindel has tallied 14 RBI, being without one in just two games.