(Rochester, Minn.)- The Rochester Honkers defeated the Battle Creek Bombers 3-2 on Thursday night. Alex Evans (Barton County CC) earned the win and moved to 3-0 on the season. Patrick Duester (Tulane) earned his first save of the season. Alex Hermeling (Ohio State) was charged with the loss for Battle Creek despite dominating the Honkers for the first four innings.
Ryan Summers (Louisville) was outstanding at the plate for the Honkers, going2-3 with three RBIs and a run scored, all on the game-winning homerun in the fifth inning.
The Honkers struggled against Hermeling early on, not recording a hit until the fifth inning.
Battle Creek took advantage of the Honkers slow start, combined with of a couple of Rochester errors in the second, to take a 2-0 lead. They would carry that lead would carry that into the fifth, when Summers’ first long ball of the season would flip the script and give the Honkers a 3-2 lead.
Evans, Tanner Howell, and Duester held the Bombers off across the final four innings to preserve the Honkers victory.
The Honkers will be home again tomorrow, July 3rd, to host the Mankato Moondogs at 7:05 p.m. There will be a Fireworks Extravaganza following the game, presented by Olmstead Medical Center and ABC 6 News.
You can follow all the Honkers action on Sports Radio AM 1520 The Ticket with Clinton Cole, and on the Northwoods League Live stream, which can be found at northwoodsleague.com. Just click on the Watch Games Live link.
The Rochester Honkers are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. Playing its 22nd season of summer collegiate baseball in 2015, the Northwoods League is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 18 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 120 Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (WAS) and MLB All-Stars Chris Sale (CWS), Jordan Zimmermann (WAS), Curtis Granderson (NYM), Lucas Duda (NYM) and Ben Zobrist (OAK). All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League Website. For more information, visit www.rochesterhonkers.com
