The Crushers won the first game Friday night, 5-2, then lost the second game, also 5-2. The first game was very strange. Since it was the completion of a game that was rained out in early July, the Crushers were the road team even though the game was played at All Pro Freight Stadium. Paul Fagan was strong again, not allowing an earned run in eight innings. Tyler Johnson hit one of the longer home runs at the Freight this season, jacking one 3/4 of the way up the Weed Pro hill on the other side of the left field wall. Why anyone in this league would throw him a first-pitch fastball is beyond me.

In the second game, Dan Horvath from Wellington High School went 4.2 innings to get the win for the Sliders. Great to see a local kid do well. He had tons of family and friends in the stands and rewarded them with a great performance. The Crushers lost a half game in the standings because Kalamazoo won, so they will enter play Saturday four games back in the East.

Morning Journal mini-bat day Saturday for the first 1,000 fans. See you at the Freight.