Red Wings Rally But Fall Short to Indy, 5-3

The Red Wings lost Saturday night’s contest 5-3 against the Indianapolis Indians at Victory Park.

The Wings gave *RHP Mason Thompson *(0-3) the start on the mound for game 5 of the series against Indianapolis. He gave up one earned run on 3 hits and struck out 3 in his two innings of work.

In the second inning, *3B Jake Alu *smoked his 5th double of the season to left field. But the Wings couldn’t push him across as they went hitless the rest of the frame. Alu's extra-base hit extends the club's consecutive games with a double streak to 5 games.

This was primarily a bullpen night for the Wings as they had 4 pitchers throw 2 innings apiece.

RHP Andres Machado relieved Thompson in the third. He gave up 3 runs (all earned) on 3 hits and fanned 4 in his two innings.

Down 4-0 after four innings, the Wings brought in RHP Connor Sadzeck. He gave up 1 run through two innings on 1 hit and struck out 2.

With two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning, CF Donovan Casey made a diving catch to end the frame and rob the Indians of a bloop single.

Down 5-0 in the top of the eighth inning, *C Taylor Gushue *grounded into an RBI fielder’s choice to make it 5-1.

*LHP Alberto Baldonado *struck out 2 and didn’t give up a hit in his two innings..

The Red Wings rallied late in the top of the ninth on an RBI single from 1B John Nogowski and an E4 that made the score 5-3. But the Wings would leave the bases loaded to end the game.

The Red Wings look to bounce back Sunday afternoon at 1:35pm as they’ll give the ball to *RHP Daniel Ponce de Leon *(1-2).

​You can find the box score attached here.