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JOLIET, IL— The Windy City ThunderBolts (5-13) provided some clutch two-out hitting in a 6-2 victory over the Joliet Slammers (7-10) Wednesday night.  The Bolts’ tied the series up at one game apiece as they continue on their six-game road trip. 

The Slammers struck first for the second straight day as Seth Schwindenhammer hit a solo homerun in the second inning putting Joliet on top 1-0.  ThunderBolts’ starter Daniel Cropper would not allow a hit after that. 

Windy City evened it up in the 3^rd inning as they capitalized on a mistake by Slammers’ starter Chuck Lofgren.  Zack Aakhus reached second base on an error by Joliet’s pitcher and scored on a single by C.J. Gillman. 

The ThunderBolts finally were productive with two outs when they plated five runs in the 5^th inning.  Aakhus led off the frame with a single and came around to score on Louie Templeton’s double.  After Miles Walding and Mike Torres helped load the bases, Doug Joyce lined a 1-2 pitch off the right field wall to clear the bases and put Windy City on top 5-1.  The Bolts’ scratched across one more in the inning when Andrew Brauer singled home Joyce.  

Joliet would not score again until the 7^th inning against the ThunderBolts bullpen.  Michael Wing led off the inning by doubling off Tyler Claburn.  Despite the bases being loaded, Wing would not score until a sacrifice fly from Ben Hewett cutting the score to 6-2.  Michael Click also came in relief in the 7^th and avoided another bases loaded jam by popping out Nate Wilder 

Cropper (1-1) earned the win in his second start for Windy City.  Lofgren (2-2) picked up the loss. 

The ThunderBolts will attempt to win their first series of the year as they take on the Slammers at 7:05 Thursday evening.  Travis Strong (0-2, 5.17) will make his fourth start for Windy City and will be opposed by Joliet’s Brett Zawacki (0-2, 5.14). A live broadcast can be heard on WXAV 88.3 FM and wxav.com.

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