IL1 Indianapolis Indians

Indy Falls in Dramatic Fashion, 7-6 in 11

Published on April 30, 2017 under International League (IL1)
Indianapolis Indians News Release


MOOSIC, PA - Anderson Feliz crushed his first Triple-A home run - a three-run blast in the second inning - but Dustin Fowler capped a 5-for-6 performance in dramatic fashion, belting a walk-off homer in the 11th inning to complete the cycle and a 7-6 victory for the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders over the Indianapolis Indians Sunday afternoon at PNC Field.

Fowler's heroics nearly came to fruition in the ninth, when he drove a double near the top of the right-field wall. That two-bagger helped Scranton/W-B (12-10) tie the game at six, thanks to a wild pitch uncorked by Angel Sanchez (0-2) later in the inning. The score remained 6-6 until Fowler's final at-bat.

Indianapolis' (7-15) offense did its damage through the first four innings against Caleb Smith. Fresh off a season-high 13-hit outburst, the Indians racked up eight hits through 3.1 frames against Smith, totaling three runs in both the second and fourth innings.

The RailRiders (12-10) plated three runs on three hits and an error in the home half of the first against Drew Hutchison, but Feliz erased Indy's deficit with one swing in the second, cranking a Smith fastball into the Tribe's bullpen in left.

Scranton/W-B regained the lead in the third on a solo homer by Clint Frazier, his third of the season.

The Indians responded in the fourth by sending nine batters to the dish. Austin Meadows started the frame with a bunt single and scored on a Jacob Stallings double. Tied at four, Eury Perez gave the Tribe their first lead with a single to center. Justin Maffei then singled ahead of a Christopher Bostick walk, leading to an infield single off the bat of Max Moroff that made it 6-4.

The home team pulled within one run in the fifth on two hits and another Indy defensive miscue. With runners at the corners and two down, Hutchison gathered himself and struck out Rob Refsnyder to stall the rally.

The RailRiders threatened again in the sixth, seventh and eighth, leaving the tying run on the bases in each frame. They leveled the score in the ninth before dropping Indy to 1-3 in extra-inning affairs on Fowler's fourth dinger of 2017.

Ernesto Frieri (1-0) was credited win the win and put the finishing touches on a dynamite performance from the RailRiders' bullpen. Five relievers combined for 7.2 shutout innings, scattering four hits and three walks with 10 punchouts.

Following a league-wide off day on Monday, the Indians open a three-game homestand on Tuesday night against the Toledo Mud Hens at Victory Field. Right-hander Tyler Eppler (2-1, 2.45) will start for Indy, opposite Mud Hens southpaw Chad Bell (1-2, 1.25). First pitch is set for 7:05 p.m.

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