Indians rally past Stripers in afternoon International League contest
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (Interstat) — The Indianapolis Indians rallied past the Gwinnett Stripers 6-5 on Wednesday, Sept. 16, in an afternoon Triple-A International League game at Coolray Field. Indianapolis improved to 73-71, while Gwinnett fell to 74-67. Brett Wisely went 2 for 4 with a home run and two RBIs for Gwinnett. Brett Sears struck out eight over 6 1/3 innings, allowing five hits, three earned runs and one walk. Brandon Neeck worked three hitless innings for Indianapolis with three walks and two strikeouts. Noah Murdock pitched a hitless inning for the save. Landon Tomkins earned the win with 2 1/3 scoreless relief innings. Duce Gourson had two hits, a homer and two RBIs, including the go-ahead single in the ninth. Luis Vargas allowed one hit over 1 2/3 scoreless innings with three strikeouts. Maverick Handley added two RBIs, Nick Cimillo doubled and drove in two, and Jim Jarvis drove in one. Blake Burkhalter took the loss. Indianapolis had eight hits to Gwinnett’s six. The game took 2 hours, 38 minutes before 2,582 fans.