The fireworks following the game weren’t the only show at Victory Field on Friday night as the Indianapolis Indians took the first game of the series against the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders.

The Tribe offense exploded in the fifth inning – 12 batters stepped up to the plate, and scored eight runs. Here’s what the play-by-play of the Indians’ half of the inning.

Robert Andino reaches on a fielding error.

Gregory Polanco walks. Andino advances to second.

Matt Hague walks. Andino to third, Polanco to second.

Tony Sanchez doubles. Andino scores, Polanco scores. Hague to second.

Chris McGuiness singles. Hague scores. Sanchez to third.

Chase d’Arnaud walks on wild pitch. Sanchez scores. McGuiness to second.

Michael Martinez singles. McGuiness to third, d’Arnaud to second.

Blake Davis grounds out. McGuiness scores. d’Arnaud to third, Martinez to second.

Jaff Decker doubles. d’Arnaud scores, Martinez scores.

Andino singles. Decker to third.

Polanco out on a sacrifice fly. Decker scores.

Hague grounds out to end inning.

Prior to the scorefest that was the fifth inning the Tribe had posted one run in the third. They tacked on two more in the fourth, before the RailRiders tied it up at the top of the fifth.

Jay Jackson was on the mound for the Tribe making his fifth start of the season. He pitched four scoreless innings with two hits, while walking three and striking out five.

Due to the spot start by Jackson, the Tribe went deep into their bullpen. Daniel Schlereth, Cody Eppley, Josh Wall and Josh Kinney combined for six runs on 11 hits. They also walked three and struck out four in a game that lasted almost four hours.

Pat Venditte, a reliever in the Scranton/WB bullpen is different form other pitchers. He’s ambidextrous and pitches with both hands. There are certain rules that he has to abide by – he must select which he hand he’s going to pitch with before the batter steps into the box. He can, however, change his mind between batters. He mad an appearance in Friday night’s game pitching two scoreless innings with one hit and one strikeout.

The man known as “Mr. Tiger,” or Al Kaline, will be at Victory Field for Signature Saturday. Ironically, or coincidentally enough, former Detroit Tigers pitcher Adam Wilk will be making the start for the Indians.