The Hens pitching staff is nearly as depleted as the Tigers right now, and another bullpen day did not go well. The offense rallied late but couldn’t close the deal as they lost the first of the series in Indy.
The Indians built an early lead off of Garrett Hill and Austin Schulfer, but in the fourth Andrew Navigato doubled in Akil Baddoo to cut the lead in half to 2-1 Indy. Unfortunately, Andrew Magno got knocked around for three runs in the fifth, and Brenan Hanifee gave up two more, one earned, in the sixth. That made it 7-2, as Navigato drew a walk and later scored on a Riley Unroe single in the top of the sixth.