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Cannonballs coming: Indianapolis loses ground in playoff chase

— Indianapolis (70-64) dropped out of a first place tie by losing to Toledo, 4-2. The Indians lead Toledo by half a game in the wild card chase, with two other teams within a game and a half. J.T. Brubaker gave up two runs, both unearned, in six innings. He allowed six hits and two walks, and struck out four. Damien Magnifico and A.J. Schugel combined to give up the two losing runs in the eighth. Clay Holmes pitched a 1-2-3 ninth, striking out one. Jacob Stallings went 3-4 with a double and Kevin Kramer 2-4. Max Moroff was 1-3 with a walk, while Jordan Luplow, Jose Osuna and Jason Martin all went 1-4.