The Wings took the first game of the doubleheader against the Red Barons 2-1 in front of 8,979 fans. Yan had yet another great game going six innings allowing only one run and what makes that especially impressive is the fact that he pitched two innings in the All Star Game two nights ago and saved a game four days ago! The Wings received their runs off of an error and by a clutch hit from Ryan Luzinski. Steph then came on for the save and the Wings took game one 2-1.
The Wings only had five hits and no players with multiple hit games, but they hit when they had to and received an impressive all around effort from the pitching staff to take game one. Needless to say, the Wings wanted to sweep the doubleheader in game two.
| Statistics Chart |
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| WP: Yan (7-3) |
| LP: Loewer (3-9) |
| SV: Steph (9) |
| ATT: 8,979 |