The St. Cloud Rox defeated the Duluth Huskies in a high scoring 23-18 game Tuesday evening. The Rox rallied with ten runs at the top of the eleventh to secure the game one win. The Battle Jacks shut down the Great Lakes East champions, Traverse City, in a 18-3 matchup and earned their first win to start the second half of the season.
Traverse City 3, Battle Creek 18
The Battle Creek Battle Jacks took game one of the series 18-3 Tuesday evening. Battle Creek looks to start the second half of season in the win column with a stronger offense and solid defense.
Luke Cheng (Illinois St) went 4-for-6 with two doubles, two RBI, and scored three times. Jt Sokolove (Illinois St) went 3-for-6 with five RBI on the day. Sebastian Kuhns (Huntington) tallied two hits with two walks and four runs scored. Kameron Haviland (Benedictine University at Mesa) earned the win throwing 5 innings and allowed five hits, three runs, and four strikeouts.
Lakeshore 6, Green Bay 7
The Green Bay Rockers take game one against Lakeshore Tuesday afternoon, defeating them 7-6. The Rockers are 22-15 on the season.
Luke Moeller went 2-for-4 with a double and three RBI. Austin Fawley went 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBI. Nick Miller earned the win throwing 2 innings – allowed two hits, one run, one walk, and zero strikeouts.
Madison 8, Wisconsin Rapids 5
The Madison Mallards defeated the Wisconsin Rapids 8-5 in game one of their series Tuesday evening.
Owen Jackson (Toledo) went 2-for-4 with two home runs and two RBI on the day. Keenan Taylor (Purdue), Cal Fisher (Florida St), and Jackson Tucker (St. John’s) each tallied two hits, one run, and combined for three RBI. Ryan Sprock (Elon) tallied three RBI on the day, leading the team in that category. Jake Hilton (Pomona-Pitzer) earned the win throwing 2 innings and allowed zero hits, runs, walks, and struck out two batters.
St. Cloud 23, Duluth 18
The St. Cloud Rox put up their highest scoring game of the season, putting up twenty-three runs Tuesday evening against Duluth.
John Nett (Kansas) and Matt Goetzmann (Nebraska – Omaha) tallied four hits and combined for seven RBI and seven runs scored. Jackson Hauge (Minnesota St – Mankato) tallied three hits – a double and home run with four RBI and three runs scored. Carson Keithley (Texas St) and Anthony Mata (California – Riverside) each tallied three RBI and combined for four runs scored. Mason Olson (Brigham Young) earned the win throwing 1 innings and allowed two hits, two runs, one walk, and one strikeout.
Kenosha 8, Rockford 9**
The Rockford Rivets took game one of their double header against the Kenosha. The Rivets earned their first win of the second half of season play.
Matthew Mebane (South Georgia St) went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI. Nick Demarco (Notre Dame) went 2-for-3 with a home run and four RBI. Beau Coffman (South Carolina Upstate) earned the win throwing 1.2 innings – allowed zero hits, run, and walks.
Kenosha 1, Rockford 3
The Rivets are now at a 2-0 start on the second half of season after sweeping their double header against Kenosha Tuesday evening.
Nick Demarco (Notre Dame) went 2-for-3 with a double and one RBI. Jace Rinehart (South Carolina Upstate) tallied two hits, leading the Rivets in that category for game two. Landen Southern (Anderson) earned the win on the mound throwing 4 innings and allowed two hits, zero runs, two walks, and three runs scored.
Wausau 1, Fond du Lac 4
Fond du Lac takes game one against Wausau defeating the 4-1 Tuesday evening. The Dock Spiders win their second game in a row and look to grab a third win and series sweep Wednesday evening.
Jack Gorman (Presbyterian) went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI. Jared Heinzen (Wisconsin – Parkside) drove in two with a double on the day. Amar Tsengeg (University of Texas – Dallas) earned his first win on the mound throwing 7.2 innings and allowed three hits, one run, one walk, and eleven strikeouts on the day.
Bismarck 10, Minot 9
The Bismarck Larks defeated the Minot Hot Tots 10-9 Tuesday evening to take game one of the series. The Larks tallied seventeen hits on the day and had zero errors on defense.
Nick Oakley (California – Santa Barbara) went 3-for-4 with a double and two runs scored. Jake Simons (California St – Northridge) went 2-for-4 with a home run, two RBI, and scored twice. Brock Kleszcz (California – San Diego) tallied three hits with one RBI on the day. Andrew Hansen (Fort Hayes St) earned his first win throwing 4 innings and allowed two hits, two runs, five walks, and four strikeouts.
La Crosse 4, Rochester 2
The La Crosse Loggers earned their third win in a row after taking game one against the Rochester Honkers Tuesday evening.
Justin DeCriscio (San Diego) went 4-for-4 with a triple, one RBI, and one run scored. Matthew Piotrowski (California St – LA) went 1-for-3 with one RBI. Jalen Worthley (Nebraska) earned the win throwing 5 innings and allowed four hits, one run, four walks, and one strikeout.
Thunder Bay 0, Eau Claire 1
The Eau Claire Express defeat the Thunder Bay Border Cats in game one of the series. The Express look to win their third game in a row Wednesday evening.
Camden Ross (Western Kentucky) drove across the games only run this evening, going 1-for-2 with a home run on the night. Reed Latimer (Montevallo) tallied two hits, one of which was a double. Cory Ronan (Hawaii) earned the win throwing 6 innings and allowed four hits, zero runs, one walk, and four strikeouts.
Kokomo 3, Kalamazoo 5
The Kalamazoo Growlers defeated the Kokomo Jackrabbits 5-3 Tuesday evening, taking game one of the series. The Growlers earned their twenty-second win of the season.
Myles Beale (Northwood University) went 3-for-4 with three RBI. Banks Tolley (Mississippi) went 1-for-3 with one RBI. Jeter Ybarra (Washington) tallied two hits – one being a solo home run. Mason Meeks (Drury) earned his fifth win on the mound throwing 7 innings – allowed six hits, one run, zero walk, and four strikeouts.
Mankato 6, Waterloo 7
The Waterloo Bucks win game one of their series against the Mankato MoonDogs. The Bucks tallied their fifteenth win on the season.
Marcus Heusohn (Lindenwood) went 2-for-3 with two doubles and two RBI. Max Shor (Riverside City College) went 2-for-4 with one RBI on the night. Ben Wilmes (Iowa) tallied three hits and scored twice. Eight batters tallied at least on hit at the plate for Waterloo. Johnny Blake (Clarke) earned his second win throwing 4 innings – allowed five hits, two runs, two walks, and two strikeouts.
Wednesday (7/5) Schedule
Kokomo vs Kalamazoo (6:35 PM)
Traverse City vs Battle Creek (6:35 PM)
Madison vs Wisconsin Rapids (6:35 PM)
Minot vs Bismarck (6:35 PM)
Green Bay vs Lakeshore (6:35 PM)
Mankato vs Waterloo (6:35 PM)
Rochester vs La Crosse (6:35 PM)
Duluth vs St. Cloud (6:35 PM)
Fond du Lac vs Wausau (6:35 PM)
Kenosha vs Rockford (6:35 PM)
Thunder Bay vs Eau Claire (6:35 PM)
