Thursday: Lake Erie 1, Washington 0.

Recap: The Wild Things lost a close one in their last home game of the season in front of a sold-out crowd. Starter Billy Muldowney pitched a gem, throwing seven innings of shutout baseball, striking out eight Crushers (42-45) without surrendering a walk.

Record: 37-49, fifth place in the East Division, Frontier League.

Today: The Wild Things travel to Windy City to play the Thunderbolts (50-34) at 7:05 p.m.

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