Tied up with the Jaguars in the bottom of the fifth inning, the Blue Gills got a boost from third baseman Kyung-bae Choi. With runners on 1st and 2nd, Choi saw a 2-0 forkball from Kunz Kulhberg and hit a run-scoring single to break the stalemate and put Detroit on top, 1-0.
Detroit manager Billy 1189 commended his team for exhibiting "no shortage of effort."