Hens win finale in front of sellout crowd
The Mud Hens went out with a bang, as they ended the season in front of the 25th sellout of the year with a 7-4 victory over the Indians. The game was ended fittingly with a 4-6-3 double play with the duo of Omar Infante and Brendan Ryan ending the
The Mud Hens went out with a bang, as they ended the season in front of the 25th sellout of the year with a 7-4 victory over the Indians. The game was ended fittingly with a 4-6-3 double play with the duo of
It didn't take long for the Indians to jump out to an early lead against Mud Hens starter Josh Turley. The second batter of the game,
The Indians tacked on another in the third to take a two-run lead when
Toledo answered in a big way in the bottom of the third as they batted around and scored five runs to take the lead. Kody Eaves started things off with a leadoff single and scored on a one-out double off the bat of
After allowing the run in the third, Turley settled in by blanking the Indians in the fourth and fifth to keep the game at 5-2.
In the bottom of the fifth, the Hens tacked on two more runs.
Turley turned in another scoreless inning in the top of the sixth as he stranded a pair of singles by striking out
In the top of the eighth, Turley ran into trouble for the first time since the third inning and allowed a two-run home run to
The Hens went down in order in the bottom of the eighth and entered the ninth with a 7-4 advantage and closer
The Hens finish the season with a 70-71 record which was boosted by a great last month of the season. In August and September, the team played its best baseball of the season, accumulating a 24-12 record.