Down 1-0, Omaha stormed back to beat Reno, 6-2.
The Storm Chasers scored four runs in the 6th inning, capped by Anthony Seratelli’s two out, two-run homerun (he went 2-for-4). Max Ramirez would add another two-run shot in the eighth (he went 2-for-4).
That made a winner of Will Smith, who allowed just one run on six hits and a walk over six innings. Louis Coleman followed with two perfect innings of relief
Xavier Nady collected three hits in the win and Adam Moore and Christian Colon each picked up two hits.
NW Arkansas and Springfield played two. The Cardinals won the first game, 6-4. Sugar Ray Marimon took the loss, as he allowed all six runs on nine hits over just four innings. The Cardinals also hit two homeruns off him.
Speaking of homers, Matt Fields hit his seventh, a two-run shot with two outs in the 4th inning.
The Naturals won the second game by a 5-4 final. They scored all five runs in the third, capped by a Fields’ two out, three-run homerun.
Matt Ridings picked up the win in relief of starter Andy Ferguson, who lasted just one inning. Ridings allowed four hits over three scoreless innings and struck out three.
Wilmington was rained out in their series opener in Frederick. The two teams will play a doubleheader on Saturday.
Lexington and West Virginia were also rained out and will also play a doubleheader on Saturday.