Hockey / Omaha Black Sox Defeats The Sioux Falls Pilots After Late Game Single, 5-4

Omaha Black Sox Defeats The Sioux Falls Pilots After Late Game Single, 5-4

Date:  Source: Sioux Falls Pilots
  • After eight lead changes in Thursday's game at Fricke Field, Omaha Black Sox finally pulled out a 5-4 win over the Sioux Falls Pilots.
  • Omaha Black Sox took the lead in the seventh inning and held on for the victory. Omaha Black Sox scored on an RBI single by CJ Neumann off Bryce Hanson, plating Derek Miller.
  • Neumann paced Omaha Black Sox at the plate. Neumann went 3-4, drove in one and scored one run.
  • Ben Reznicek got a hit in each of his two at bats. He singled in the second inning and doubled in the seventh inning.
  • Mitchell Kresnik got the win for Omaha Black Sox. He pitched one shutout inning. He struck out one, walked none and surrendered one hit.
  • Hanson was the game's losing pitcher. He lasted just 1 2/3 innings, walked one, struck out two, and allowed three runs.
  • In the top of the first, the Sioux Falls Pilots grabbed the early lead, 1-0. After Connor Merriam doubled, Colton Cosner doubled, scoring Merriam.
  • After posting one run in the third, Omaha Black Sox again scored one in the sixth. In the third, Omaha Black Sox scored on an RBI single by Mitchell Kresnik, plating Neumann.
  • Omaha Black Sox answered the Sioux Falls Pilots' top inning with two runs of its own in the seventh for walk-off win.