Tuesday: Lake Erie 2, Washington 1.

Recap: Starter Billy Muldowney pitched a complete game but the Wild Things still fell to the Crushers (45-46). The winning run came in the bottom of the ninth when former Wild Thing Matt Sutton hit an RBI single.

Record: 38-52, 5th place Frontier League's East Division.

Today: Game 2 of the series at Lake Erie at 7:05 p.m.

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