Last season the Crushers were built on great pitching and solid defense.

On Wednesday, they didn't get much of either in a 13-7 loss to Rockford to fall to 2-3.

One of last year's most consistent starters, Travis Risser was roughed up for the second time this season. Risser fell to 0-2 allowing six runs on five hits in just two innings. The defense, which set a record for fielding percentage, committed four errors.

Trailing 8-2 in the fifth, the Crushers scored five times in the sixth to close within one run.

Andrew Davis's second double of the game knocked in the first two runs of the big inning, and Kellen Kulbacki followed Davis's two-bagger with an RBI single. Collins delivered the fourth hit of the inning with a run scoring double down the right field line, and Chris Luick drove in the final run of the inning on a groundout.

The Crushers were held to just one hit the rest of the way, while the Riverhawks scored twice in the seventh inning, and plated a trio of runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to put the game out of reach.