Borders Gets First Victory

Ila Borders, the first woman to start a men’s minor league game, became the first to win one when Duluth defeated Sioux Falls, 3-1.

Borders pitched six shutout innings, giving up three hits and two walks while striking out two. She threw 73 pitches, 40 of them strikes.

Borders (1-1) lowered her ERA to 6.04. It was her third start of the season and of her professional career.

She made history a year ago by becoming the first woman to pitch in a regular-season men’s professional baseball game.