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Morning Report: Altoona with a Chance to Advance to Eastern League Finals Tonight

Nick Kingham pitched a great game last night to keep Indianapolis alive in the playoffs, while Altoona put up a lot of offense in their 8-4 win over Bowie. That gave them a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five series and now the final three games are at home. As mentioned in the preview from yesterday, Kingham wasn't just coming off of two poor starts to end the regular season, he also didn't pitch well during the two times he faced Durham this year. So that was a nice pitching performance from him in a big spot.

The big spot today belongs to Drew Hutchison, who gets the ball in another must-win contest for Indianapolis.