The Lake Erie Crushers (16-15) and the Traverse City Beach Bums (12-19) both threatened with rallies, but it was the Lake Erie Crushers that eventually took advantage of them in a 1-0 win at Wuerfel Park.

The fact that the Lake Erie Crushers grouped all of their runs into the seventh inning helped them take advantage of their hits.

The Lake Erie Crushers had no answer for Alex Phillips, who kept runners off the basepaths in his appearance. Phillips gave up just three hits, allowed one earned run, walked none and struck out four during his six innings of work.

Trevor Longfellow improved to 2-1 on the year by picking up the win for the Lake Erie Crushers. He struck out none, walked none and surrendered no hits.

Phillips (0-2) took the loss for the Traverse City Beach Bums.