Sam Montgomery came off the bench and never even had to swing his bat as Montgomery reached on a error in the nine to lead the Washington Wild Things (23-14) to a 5-3 win over the Lake Erie Crushers (19-18) on Friday at All Pro Freight Stadium.

With the Washington Wild Things trailing by one in the ninth inning, reached on an error.

Todd Kibby was effective even in defeat, mowing down seven the Washington Wild Things batters and allowing one run.

Matt Sergey got the win, running his season record to 1-0. Sergey struck out none, walked none and gave up no hits.

Jason Wilson couldn't get it done on the rubber for the Lake Erie Crushers, taking a loss. He lasted just one-third of an inning, walked one, struck out none, and allowed four runs.