WATERLOO, IOWA- The Waterloo Bucks (37-32) scored eight runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to crush the La Crosse Loggers (30-38) 10-2. The victory sealed a winning season and keeps the Bucks in the Northwoods League playoff hunt.

Jay Schuyler singled to right field putting the Bucks on the board first 1-0 in the bottom of the second.

The Loggers answered in the top of the fourth inning via two Waterloo errors and smart base running from Jorge Gutierrez was caught in a rundown but stalled long enough for Korey Lee to score the go ahead run 2-1.

The hot bat early for Waterloo was Jay Schuyler who promptly tied the game up 2-2 after slashing an RBI double to right field.

Ryan Garcia tossed five and two thirds inning with five strikeouts in a no decision while Matthew Perea (5-0) took over making sure the Loggers did not score any more runs.

The Bucks broke the game open in the bottom of the seventh inning starting with a Nicola Mislinski RBI single dropped to right center giving the home team a 3-2 edge. Due up next, Dalton Hurd hit a sharp ground ball into left field plating two more Buck runs off of La Crosse relief pitcher Andrew Owen (1-4). After Jake Viaene walked with the bases loaded, Jackson Goplen cleared the bases on a three-run triple down the right field line. Appropiately, Jay Schuyler rounded out the Buck scoring outburst with an RBI sacrifice fly to center field. All of a sudden, Waterloo had a 10-2 lead and would win by that score.

One more road game awaits the Bucks this regular season tomorrow, July 11 at Copeland Park against the La Crosse Loggers to finish the season series.

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The Waterloo Bucks 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 180 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.waterloobucks.com or download the new Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store or on Google Play and set the Bucks as your favorite team.