Jake Fisher kept the Joliet Slammers (7-8) off the board during his eight innings of work and the Windy City ThunderBolts (11-3) beat the Joliet Slammers, 7-1.

Fisher struck out five and allowed four walks and four hits.

The Windy City ThunderBolts blew out the Joliet Slammers thanks to 10 hits, including zero extra base hits. The Windy City ThunderBolts scored three runs in the eighth on the Windy City ThunderBolts scored in the eighth on a solo home run by Cody Keefer, a solo home run by Corey Bass, and a wild pitch.

Taylor Smart racked up two RBIs on two hits for the Windy City ThunderBolts. He singled in the second inning and homered in the fourth inning.

Marc Rutledge ended up on the wrong side of the pitching decision, charged with his second loss of the year. He lasted just four innings, walked two, struck out two, and allowed four runs.