The Mud Hens went with a bullpen game in this one and made it work. LHP Bailey Horn has only made one start over 110 appearances since 2022, but he’s used to those pressure situations as a reliever. Horn worked out of trouble in the first with a pair of strikeouts but needed fellow lefty PJ Poulin to come in with the bases loaded in the second. Poulin did his job, getting out of the jam with a strikeout, but Iowa scored on him in the third. Fortunately, Toledo had already taken the lead and traded a double play for that run.
Bryce Rainer returns to Lakeland lineup, leaves in ninth, Toledo takes series lead
