Mallards Use Late-Game Magic to Beat Warhawks, 6-2
The <Illinois Warhawks:team#74> got a superb performance from pitcher <Jeff Parker:player#11493>. Still, it wasn't enough to beat <Minnesota:team#5>. The Mallards won the game, 6-2. Parker threw 7.0 innings of 6-hit ball. The winning pitcher was <Willie Salazar:player#11959>. He tossed 105 pitches over 7 innings, allowing 2 runs on 5 hits. <Eric King:player#4315> earned the save, his 5th, for the Mallards. 

Minnesota used the timely hitting of <Orlando Méndez:player#11354> to seize the win. The third baseman stroked a run-scoring  single in the top of the eighth inning to put the Mallards on top, 3-2. It was his only hit in 4 at-bats, but it was a game-changer.

Méndez said his team "played with focus."

The victory makes Minnesota 14-18.



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