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Published On: August 18th, 2017

Battle Creek, Mich. – The Battle Creek Bombers came from behind against the St. Cloud Rox on Friday night to force a World Series winner-take-all matchup at C.O. Brown Stadium Saturday night. After dropping game one to the Rox 7-5 in Minnesota, the Bombers won game two in walk-off fashion in the tenth inning to tie the three-game series one a piece.

Battle Creek is competing for their second Northwoods League Summer Collegiate Championship on Saturday, August 19 at 7:05 ET. First year field manager Brian Solemsaas and his squad look to implement themselves in franchise history by winning the first World Series trophy since 2011.

Don’t miss your chance to witness Battle Creek Bombers history! Tickets are available now here: https://t.co/NLmkpqvWRr

 

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The Battle Creek Bombers are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. The 23-year-old summer collegiate league is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 20 teams, drawing significantly more fans, in a friendly ballpark experience, than any league of its kind. A valuable training ground for coaches, umpires and front office staff, more than 160 former Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including two-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (WAS), two-time World Series Champion Ben Zobrist (CHC) and MLB All-Stars Chris Sale (BOS), Jordan Zimmermann (DET), Curtis Granderson (NYM) and Lucas Duda (NYM).  All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League portal. For more information, visit www.battlecreekbombers.com or download the new Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store or on Google Play and set the Bombers as your favorite team.