Indians top US Military All-Stars 8-6

Box Score

Wichita, KS - The Indians (1-1) won their first game of the NBC World Series this afternoon 8-6 over the US Military All-Stars, advancing to Sunday's loser bracket.

Indians starter Joey Rosas (3-1, 3.04 era) gave up a run in the first but settled down to throw 5 innings (5 hits, 1 run, 3 SO) to pick up his 3rd win of the season. The Indians answered the All-Stars run in the first by tying the game at 1-1 on a Matt Winkelman (.341) RBI groundout. The tribe would add three more in the third inning started by LF Loren Storey (.360) who opened with a bunt single and stole second. 1B Bo Bowman (.343, 2 HR, 38 RBI) walked and Matt Winkelman knocked home Storey with his second RBI of the day and 23rd on the season. RF Tyrese McDaniel knocked home his 25th and 26th RBIs on the season with a single up the middle to give the Indians a 4-1 lead.

In the 6th, C Dave Morehead (3-4 on the day) opened with a single and moved to third on 3B Willie Keene's 11th double of the season, his second hit of the day. A walk by Evan Wells set up the bases loaded for CF Daniel Robertson (.343) who drove a high fastball to left-center for a 2-run double to make it 6-2 Indians.Loren Storey's sacrifice fly to left field scored Wells and Bo Bowman's RBI single with 2 outs knocked home Robertson to give the Indians an 8-2 lead.

LHP Derrick Saito (2-0, 4.15 era) relieved Rosas for 2 innings before RHP Tyler Backus closed the door with 2 innings of no-hit ball, striking out Kevin Garcia to end the game, Backus' third strikeout victim on the day. The All-Stars added two in the ninth on two errors by the Indians.