The Madison Mallards used a perfect night at the plate from Adam Davis (Illinois) to beat the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters 5-4 in front of 6,750 NWL fans. Davis was 3-for-3 on the night with two runs scored, one RBI and a homerun. The Mallards pitching staff was excellent in relief registering the win and the save. Grant Gordon (Missouri State) threw 0.2 innings to earn the win with J.R. Graham (Santa Clara) throwing the final inning to get the save. Jenzen Torres (Cal Poly Pomona) had two homeruns on the night in the loss for the Rafters.

Waterloo jumped out to a 5-0 lead after two innings, but the Bullfrogs put up six runs in the third to take the lead 6-5 and eventually the game 7-5. The Bullfrogs scored six runs off All-Star pitchers Jared Wagoner (Butler) who took the loss. Justin Lambert earned the win while Brian Burgess earned his fifth save of the season. Landon Anderson (Dallas Baptist) was a perfect 3-for-3 in the loss for the Bucks.

The Battle Creek Bombers took game one of the doubleheader 4-0 at C.O. Brown Stadium. The Bombers received a great pitching performance from Corey Chaffins (Eastern Michigan) who threw a complete game three hitter. Battle Creek also got multi-hit games from Andrew Lawrence and Josh Lyon while Dan Dispensa drove in two runs. The Rafters Jenzen Torres (Cal Poly Pomona) had two hits in the loss.

The Mankato MoonDogs took game one of the doubleheader in Duluth by a score of 4-1 thanks to a big third inning. The MoonDogs scored four runs in the third due to an unearned run, a two-run double from Danny Miller (Minnesota Mankato) and Miller eventually scored on a wild pitch. The MoonDogs Logan Odom (USC) threw a complete game five hitter while striking out seven Huskies. The Huskies Casey Lytle (Kansas) had two hits in the loss.