Sep 4, 2018 2 min read

Thomas Dorminy allowed one unearned run over seven innings and Roman Collins hit a home run as the Washington Wild Things defeated the Evansville Otters, 4-1, Tuesday night in Game 1 of a Frontier League first-round playoff series at Bosse Field.

Game 2 in the best-of-5 series is tonight in Evansville before shifting to Washington Friday night (7:05 p.m.) for Game 3.

Washington had to come from behind to win the opener. Evansville took advantage of a throwing error in the bottom of the first inning to build a 1-0 lead. David Cronin led off the bottom of the first against Dorminy by reaching on the error. He stole second base, moved to third base on a wild pitch and scored the game’s initial run on Jeff Gardner’s one-out single.

The Wild Things cut short the Evansville inning when Carlos Castro lined into an inning-ending double play.

Dorminy dominated over the next six innings. He allowed only three hits and three walks over seven innings and struck out seven.

Washington didn’t get its offense going until the sixth inning against Evansville starter Randy Wynne. Dom Iero, the No. 9 hitter in the Wild Things’ lineup, led off the sixth with a double and advanced on James Harris’ single. Collins singled to drive in Iero with the tying run and a single by Reydel Medina loaded the bases.

Evansville then went to the bullpen and Hector Roa hit an RBI groundout to give Washington the lead. Carter McEachern’s sacrirfice fly brought home Collins and made it 3-1.

Collins led off the eighth inning with a home run off Matt Chavarria to make it a 4-1 game.

Evansville put runners on second and third with one out in the eighth but reliever Jesus Balaguer struck out Travis Harrison and Jake Eaton got Gardner to fly out, ending the threat.

Zack Strecker got the final three outs for a save.

It was the first postseason win on the road for Washington since 2014, when it won a one-game wild-card playoff at Evansville.