The Lake Erie Crushers (8-5) pounded the Windy City ThunderBolts (7-6) on Thursday 12-4 at Standard Bank Stadium.

The Lake Erie Crushers scored four runs in the sixth on the Lake Erie Crushers scored in the sixth on a single by Juan Sanchez, , an RBI double by Emmanuel Quiles, and a two-run single by Brian Hagget.

It was a good day at the plate for the Lake Erie Crushers' Sanchez. Sanchez went 4-6, drove in one and scored one run.

It was a good day at the plate for the Windy City ThunderBolts' Ryan McIntyre. McIntyre went 2-4, drove in one and scored one run. He singled in the first inning and homered in the ninth inning.

Connor Whalen got the win, running his season record to 1-1. He allowed three runs over 6 2/3 innings. He struck out six, walked one and surrendered six hits.

Daniel Cropper ended up on the wrong side of the pitching decision, charged with his second loss of the year. He allowed six runs in four innings, walked one and struck out three.