A pretty brutal night for the Mud Hens pitching staff made for a tough homecoming. Hours before the game, catcher Tomas Nido was called up to Detroit in place of Jake Rogers, who is down with an oblique injury. Whether that factor played into the outcome at all is hard to say, but Lael Lockhart Jr. and reliever Ryan Miller took the brunt of the punishment and Lockhart was uncharacteristically sloppy in terms of command.
Lockhart hit Christian Franklin to start the game. A single from Moises Ballesteros followed, and then the pair performed a double steal. The throw to third got away from Hao-Yu Lee at third and Franklin scored, but Lee recovered to cut down Ballesteros at the plate.