Story by Narrative Science.

The Lake Erie Crushers (22-30) refused to relinquish the lead after grabbing it early against the Washington Wild Things (24-31), recording a 17-3 victory on Tuesday at CONSOL Energy Park.

With 17 runs in the first three innings, the Lake Erie Crushers left no doubt about the eventual outcome.

An RBI double by Chandler Brock, an RBI double by Jose Barraza, a fielder's choice, an RBI triple by Boo Vazquez, an RBI single by Emmanuel Quiles, and a three-run double by Brock in the first inning and and a sacrifice fly by Austin Prott during the second inning fueled the Lake Erie Crushers' offense early.

Brock racked up six RBIs on three hits for the Lake Erie Crushers.

Hunter Adkins racked up 10 strikeouts in the the Lake Erie Crushers win. Adkins allowed three earned runs, four hits and three walks over six innings.

Despite the loss, the Washington Wild Things' Tim Giel dominated the Lake Erie Crushers' batters, giving up zero runs and striking out six.

Ernesto Zaragoza (5-4) was the game's losing pitcher. He allowed seven runs in one-third of an inning, walked none and struck out none.

The Lake Erie Crushers easily handled the Washington Wild Things pitching as seven hitters combined for 16 hits, 16 RBIs and 15 runs scored.