You could see it coming Saturday night.
Lake Erie batters were getting to Jay Monti, but just weren't finishing things off like they should in a 7-5 win over Rockford.
But then the squad made its third trip through the lineup and it exploded into a scene where the Crushers could do no wrong.
Lake Erie, which has won three of five games at home, picked up eight hits in the sixth and seventh to erase a one-run deficit.
“I was talking to Gordie and said the second time around – third time around – we’d get to him,” Crushers center fielder Luke Hetherington said. “We were just looking for a pitch middle away to drive it. I knew that third time through we’d get to him.”
Lake Erie knocked around the RiverHawks on four consecutive hits in the sixth and strung together four in five at-bats in the seventh to blow it wide open.
That's what the Crushers have done on the homestand so far and it's leading to some exciting baseball.
While this squad has dropped two, when they need to, the Crushers step on the gas and string together hits.
Lake Erie coach John Massarelli talked about getting to the starting pitcher either at the start of his outing, near the middle of it or at the end and that's what the Crushers are doing.
It's led to some big innings and big innings win baseball games.
Heck, the squad almost erased a seven-run deficit on Thursday to win. So far this season, these guys are proving they're really never out of any game.