The extended their franchise-record winning streak to 10 games Friday night, beating the Evansville Otters, 9-5, in Evansville, Indiana.
With the Traverse City Beach Bums losing Friday night, the Crushers take over second place in Frontier League Eastern Division. The regular season ends Sept. 4.
Friday's game saw the Crushers have to take the lead four times in getting the win, the team reported. Finally, in the seventh inning, the Crushers went on top to stay. With the bases loaded and one out, Evan Sharpley struck out, but the third strike was a wild pitch that got by Evansville catcher Bryson Rahier, and Patrick Norris came in from third with what would be the game-winning run.
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Evansville second baseman Ryan Still misplayed a ground ball by Chris Luick later in the seventh, and it went into centerfield, allowing two more runs to score.
Jason Taylor had two hits and two RBI for the Crushers. Andrew Davis had three hits and an RBI. Luick had two hits.
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Kelyn Schellenberg (3-1, 1.75 earned run average) pitched two-thirds of an inning of relief of starter Thomas Campbell to get the win.
The Crushers and Otters play at 7:35 p.m. Saturday. Josh Roberts (8-4, 3.82) gets the start for the Crushers.
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