It took 3:23 to do it, but the Lake Erie Crushers took a 2-1 lead in the Frontier League playoffs Friday night, defeating Kalamazoo 4-2, in front of the 2,569 fans at All Pro Freight Stadium.

Now the Crushers have a chance to end the series at home on Saturday afternoon, when they face the Kings in Game 4 of the series.

“The goal is to win three games before the other team does,” Lake Erie manager John Massarelli said after the game. “We want to do it tomorrow, we don’t want to have to go back to Kalamazoo.”

J.J Pacella came on to strike out the side in the ninth in to seal the win for the Crushers.

Eddie Tisdale and Gordon Gronkowski each had two hits for Lake Erie.