The Mud Hens struggled at the plate early on in this one, but they poured it on against the Red Wings’ bullpen—a weird phrase to type for a Detroit sports fan—and pulled away late to make it two in a row.
Troy Watson’s conversation to starting continued to go well and the offense beatdown the Bats again on Thursday. Watson fired 4 2/3 innings of one-run ball, with that lone run in the first inning being unearned due to a throwing error by Jace Jung at third.