Bandits at Blaze — Fri, Jun 5

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Final

Chicago Bandits

4 – 5

Carolina Blaze

Smith Family StadiumWilson, NCWhere to watch: MLB.TV ↗

Bandits 0%Win probabilityBlaze 100%

Bandits lead series 3-1

Game 1 of 5

Carolina Blaze beat the Chicago Bandits 5-4 at Smith Family Stadium. Odicci Alexander-Bennett paced the effort with the game's standout line. The Blaze improve their run differential on the MLB.TV broadcast.

Line score

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Bandits	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	4	7	1
Blaze	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	5	7	0

Box score

Chicago Bandits

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Sami Williams 3B	4	0	1	1	0	0
Jocelyn Alo DP	4	0	2	0	1	1
Jessica Clements C	3	1	2	1	0	1

Pitching	IP	ER	BB	K
Odicci Alexander-Bennett(L)	6.1	1	0	6

Carolina Blaze

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Reese Atwood C	4	1	2	0	0
Rachel Garcia RHP	4	0	0	0	0
Amanda Lorenz RF	3	0	0	0	0
Danielle Gibson 1B	3	0	1	2	0
Ali Aguilar 2B	3	0	0	0	0
Kelsey Stewart-Hunter SS	3	1	1	0	1

Pitching	IP	ER	BB	K
Rachel Garcia(W)	5.2	4	2	3

Scoring plays

Inn 2Jessica Clements launches a solo home run.
Inn 6Sami Williams lines a single to center, 1 run scores.
Inn 7Danielle Gibson launches a 2-run home run.

Top performers

Odicci Alexander-Bennett

6.1 IP · 6 K · 1 ER

Jessica Clements

2-for-3 · 1 RBI · 1 HR

Danielle Gibson

1-for-3 · 2 RBI · 1 HR

Starting lineups

Bandits

P: Odicci Alexander-Bennett

Blaze

P: Rachel Garcia

Postgame notebook

The turning point: The Bandits pushed 2 across in the 7th, the swing that decided a 4-5 game at Smith Family Stadium.
By the numbers: Blaze 5, Bandits 4 · 14 combined hits · 1 errors · decided by 1 run.
Player of the game: Odicci Alexander-Bennett went 6.1 innings with 6 strikeouts and 1 earned runs for the Bandits.
Up next: Blaze are back out 2026-06-25 against Cascade at Smith Family Stadium, first pitch 4:00 PM ET on ESPNU.