Battle Creek, MI — The Mankato MoonDogs took the field on Saturday night for the final game of their four-game road trip hoping to end on a high note. The Battle Creek Bombers stayed persistent throughout the game, storming back from a four-run deficit to eventually walk-off on the MoonDogs 7-6 at C.O. Brown Stadium. 

The Bombers went up first, scoring two runs in the third inning against MoonDogs' starter Josh Matheson (Minnesota State). Matheson would settle, pitching 5.0 innings while allowing six hits, the two runs, two walks, while striking out four. 

Mankato took the lead in the fifth, plating four runs and taking a 4-2 lead. The MoonDogs would score again in the sixth, adding two more runs and taking a 6-2 lead. 

The four run lead wouldn't last long; Battle Creek came back in the bottom half of the inning with three runs of their own to cut Mankato's lead to one. One run in the seventh put the two teams in a late game deadlock.

The 'Dogs were able to get a runner aboard in the top of the ninth, but couldn't advance him. It was all over in the bottom of the ninth, though, when Battle Creek loaded the bases. Cory Sporrer would ground into a 4-6 fielder's choice that scored the game winning run. The Bombers cinched the 7-6 walk-off win to move to 2-2 in the second half.