The Eau Claire Express jumped held a 10-0 lead before the Rochester Honkers scored four in the ninth in the 10-4 victory. Eau Claire had a big night on the mound from its starter Aaron Shortridge (California). The righthander from Napa, California threw seven scoreless innings and allowed four hits and two walks with eight strikeouts to improve his season record to 4-0 with four starts, and he lowered his earned run average to 2.07.

Eau Claire will play the Thunder Bay Border Cats on the road Thursday night at 7:05.