WATERLOO, IOWA- The Waterloo Bucks (16-7) gave the La Crosse Loggers (9-15) a scare with a late comeback but the Loggers hang on to defeat the Bucks 9-6 on Thursday night.

La Crosse scored first again, this time in the top of the second inning on a wild pitch from the Bucks starting pitcher Jared Crescentini (1-2).

The Loggers attempted to break the game open in the top of the third by scoring five runs. First off David Villar punched an RBI single to left then Kennie Taylor broke his bat on an RBI infield single down the first base line. Korey Lee brought in a run on a sacrifice fly to right field and in the next at-bat Crescentini threw the ball away on a pick-off attempt to first base. Garrett Christman joined the party on a single sent down the left field line making it 6-0 Loggers heading to the bottom of the third.

Dalton Hurd helped Waterloo respond in the bottom of the third on an RBI double by Deion Thompson who doubled to lead off the inning. Drew Greenwood drove in a run on groundout to the first baseman as Grant Hawkins slid under the throw at home to get the Bucks on the board trailing 6-2 after three innings.

The Loggers were consistent in scoring a run during the fifth, sixth and seventh innings off of the Bucks bullpen.

Down 9-2 in the bottom of the eighth inning, the Bucks did not throw in the towel. With the bases loaded, a fielding error by the Logger third baseman David Villar plated a run and Josh Elvir followed it with an RBI sac-fly. Now with the some momentum Hawkins plopped an RBI double to right center and another error would allow the sixth Bucks run to score.

Hunter Davis out of the bullpen however would preserve the win for Miles Sandum (1-2) by finishing out the game in the bottom of the ninth.

The Bucks try to snap a three game losing skid by hitting the road to Duluth tomorrow, June 23 to face the Huskies at Wade Stadium for a 6:35 p.m. first pitch.

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