The Boomers scored early for the second consecutive contest, jumping in front with a pair of runs in the second. Clint Hardy pounded the first pitch of the inning over the wall in left-center for his first homer of the year. Matt Bottcher slammed the next pitch off the wall in right for a double and scored on a two-strike single from Brett Milazzo.
Staked to the advantage, Kyle Arjona retired the first nine batters to come to the plate, striking out five. The lead reached 3-0 in the fourth on a two-out RBI single from William Salas. Arjona worked seven innings and allowed just one run on five hits with a pair of walks and six strikeouts. Darrell Thompson worked the eighth but Tri-City was able to tie the game in the ninth on a two-run homer from Juan Silverio with two strikes against closer Thomas Nicoll. Juan Santana hit the go-ahead blast with two outs. .
Chase Dawson, Bottcher and Milazzo tallied two hits apiece as the Boomers finished with eight in the defeat. Dawson tripled in a fourth consecutive contest.