Indianapolis pulls away late to beat Omaha 12-5 in series opener
Omaha climbed out of a 5-0 hole to tie it, but Indianapolis scored three in the fifth and four in the eighth to win 12-5 at Werner Park.
Indianapolis seized control again in the fifth inning and never gave it back, turning a 5-5 tie into a 12-5 win over Omaha on Tuesday night at Werner Park. The Storm Chasers had already erased a five-run deficit with a four-run second, but the Indians answered with three runs in the fifth and four more in the eighth to take the series opener.
The loss left Omaha at 36-45 overall and 3-4 in the second-half standings, while Indianapolis improved to 35-47 and 4-3. It came at Werner Park, the 2011 ballpark in Papillion with 6,354 seats and total capacity for 9,023.
Henry Williams took the early hit for Omaha. Indianapolis opened with an RBI double from Jhostynxon Garcia in the first, then broke the game open in the second when Williams allowed a bases-loaded walk and a three-run double as the Indians built a 5-0 lead. Williams, a 24-year-old right-hander drafted by the Padres in 2022 out of Duke, entered the night with a 2-1 record and a 5.94 ERA.
Omaha answered immediately. Andrew Velazquez drove in two runs with a single in the bottom of the second, Rudy Martin Jr. followed with an RBI single, and Brett Squires added a sacrifice fly to cut the deficit to 5-4. Martin finished 3-for-5. Helcris Olivárez then gave Omaha a chance to settle in, throwing two hitless innings with three strikeouts.
Omaha tied it in the fourth when Abraham Toro delivered a sacrifice fly to make it 5-5. Andrew Pérez was on the mound when Indianapolis strung together three runs in the fifth. Jack Brannigan, making his Triple-A debut, picked up his first hit as Indianapolis added another run on an RBI single in the eighth before Dominic Fletcher broke the game open with a three-run home run.
Recent meetings included Omaha’s 17-2 win in Indianapolis in June 2025 and a 7-6 extra-inning Storm Chasers victory at Victory Field in August 2025. The second game of the six-game set was scheduled for Wednesday night, with Randy Dobnak set to start for Omaha and Connor Wietgrefe lined up for Indianapolis in his second Triple-A outing.
This article was produced by Prism’s automated news system from verified source data, official records, and press releases, then run through automated quality and moderation checks before publishing. The system is built and supervised by the people who set the standards it runs under. Read our full AI policy.
Did this article answer your question?
