Thomas opened the ninth with a walk and took second on a sacrifice bunt. Byrne then took the first pitch for a single, leaving it to the defense to hold the fort. Harm surrendered one walk in the ninth, but reliever Tyler Jeans stranded a Monarchs runner at second base with a strikeout and force out to end the game. Jose Sermo was the batter of note for the RedHawks with a three-run home run in the eighth inning to tie the game at 5-5. F-M improved to 39-34 in the West Division and pulled within 2 1/2 games of the first place Monarchs.