The Northwoods League featured a sixteen game slate that consisted of six double header series on Wednesday. Four out of five teams swept their double header series after the conclusion of Wednesday games. The Kalamazoo Growlers (7-2) are leading the league with a six game win streak and will face off in a double header against Rockford Thursday night.
Wausau 1, Fond du Lac 6**
The Fond du Lac Dock Spiders took game one of their double-header against Wausau Wednesday afternoon. The Dock Spiders tallied six runs off eight hits to secure the game one win.
Travis Strickler (Embry Riddle) and Teddy Deters (Xavier) went 2-for-3 combining for two RBI and three runs scored. Connor Cooney (College of the Holy Cross) went 2-for-4 with a double, one RBI, and one run scored. Jacob Young (Fairmount St) earned the win throwing 6 innings and allowed five hits, one run, one walk, and six strikeouts.
Wausau 9, Fond du Lac 1
The Wausau Woodchucks responded with a win in game two after dropping game one earlier on Wednesday. The Woodchucks scored nine runs on sixteen hits to secure the win.
Brent Widder (Evansville) went 5-for-6 with two runs scored. Ryan Blackwell (Oral Roberts) went 2-for-4 with one RBI and two runs scored. Mark Shallenberger (Evansville) tallied two hits and one RBI. Matt Milner (Southwestern Oklahoma St) earned the win throwing 5 innings and allowed only one hit, zero runs, three walks, and one strikeout.
Green Bay 1, Wisconsin Rapids 3**
The Wisconsin Rapids Rafters defeated the Green Bay Rockers 3-1 Wednesday afternoon, taking game one of the series.
Brendan Bobo (California St) went 1-for-3 with one RBI. Anthony Galason (Coastal Carolina) went 1-for-2 with a double and scored once. Jorge De Goti (Indiana) and Chris Conniff (Wagner) each went 1-for-3 with one RBI. Jacob Rosenkranz (Missouri Baptist) earned his fourth win on the mound throwing 4 innings and allowed two hits, zero runs, two walks, and four strikeouts.
Green Bay 9, Wisconsin Rapids 10
The Rafters take game two against the Green Bay Rockers, winning their double header series Wednesday evening. Wisconsin Rapids earned their sixth win of the season so far.
Jorge De Goti (Indiana) went 2-for-5 with one RBI and one run scored. Alex Duffey (Elon) went 3-for-5 with four RBI and two runs scored on the night. Blake Barker (Seton Hill) earned the win throwing 2 innings and allowed two hits, zero runs, two walks, and one strikeout.
Eau Claire 7, La Crosse 13 **
The La Crosse Loggers took game one of their double header series against the Eau Claire Express, defeating them 13-7 Wednesday afternoon.
Matthew Piotrowski (California St – Los Angeles) went 2-for-4 with one RBI and two runs scored. Ben Zeigler-Namoa (Hawaii) went 2-for-3 with three RBI and one run scored. Dyan King (UNC – Chapel Hill) and Ethan Frey (LSU) each tallied two RBI on the day. Jalen Worthley (Nebraska) earned the win throwing 4 innings and allowed four hits, two runs, five walks, and four strikeouts.
Eau Claire, La Crosse 18
The La Crosse Loggers swept their double header series against Eau Claire, scoring a total of 31 runs today to secure both wins.
Danny Neri (Notre Dame) went 2-for-4 with a double, one RBI, and one run scored. Ben Zeigler-Namoa (Hawaii) went 2-for-4 with one double and two RBI. Matthew Piotrowski (California St – Los Angeles) tallied two hits with two RBI and two runs scored. Justin DeCriscio (San Diego) went 2-for-4 with one RBI. Jake Gebb (California – Riverside) earned the win throwing 6 innings and allowed two hits, two runs, five walks, and four strikeouts.
Bismarck 1, Mankato 10 **
The Mankato MoonDogs win game one of their double header against the Bismarck Larks, defeating them 10-1 Wednesday afternoon.
Brendan Hord (Evansville) went 2-for-4 with a home run, three RBI, and one run scored. Joe Hauser (Minnesota) went 2-for-4 with a double, one RBI, and two run scored. Max Williams (FSU) went 1-for-3 with three RBI and scored twice. Breck Bradshaw (Tarleton St) earned the win throwing 6 innings – allowing one hit, zero runs, five walks, and five strikeouts.
Bismarck 1, Mankato 5
The Mankato MoonDogs swept their double header series against the Bismarck Larks Wednesday evening. The Moondogs now hold a 6-2 record so far this season.
Eight batters in the MoonDogs lineup tallied at least one hit this game. Dustin Crenshaw (Grand Canyon) had a RBI double. Brendan Hord (Evansville) reached base three times and scored twice. Kolby Kiser (Southwest Minnesota St) earned the win throwing 5 innings and allowed five hits, one run, one walks, and struck out seven batters.
Duluth 10, Rochester 5 **
The Duluth Huskies took game one against Rochester in today’s double header, defeating the Honkers 10-5.
Brylan West (Florida International) tallied two hits and four RBI on the day, leading the team in both categories in game one. Jared Mettam (Saint Mary’s College) went 2-for-4 with a double, two RBI and scored twice. Austin Humprhes (Arizona St) earned the win throwing 5 innings and allowed five hits, three runs, two walks, and six strikeouts.
Duluth 11, Rochester 7
The Duluth Huskies swept their double header series against the Rochester Honkers this evening, taking game two 11-7.
Max Coupe (Skyline College) went 2-for-4 with two walks, two RBI, and two runs scored. Jared Mettam (Saint Mary’s) went 2-for-3 with three walks, two RBI, and scored four times. Jake Schelonka (The College of St. Scholastica) got the start throwing 4 innings and allowed four hits, two walks, and six strikeouts. Caleb Gallant (Florida Southwestern St College) earned the win throwing 1 inning and allowed two hits, two runs, two walks, and two strikeouts.
Lakeshore 5, Madison 6
The Madison Mallards rally back from a four run deficit — scoring five runs in the bottom of the ninth to walk it off making the score 6-5.
David Melfi went 1-for-3 with a three RBI double this evening. Isaiah Jackson went 1-for-3 with one run scored. Jake Goolsby went 1-for-2 with a double and one run scored. Rashad Ruff earned the win throwing 1.1 innings and allowed one hit, one walk, and one strikeout.
Kenosha 3, Battle Creek 2
The Kenosha Kingfish defeated Battle Creek in game one of their series, defeating them 3-2 Wednesday evening.
Giovany Lorenzo (Palm Beach Atlantic University) went 2-for-4 on the day. Brandon Nigh (Oakland) went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI. Cole Tolbert (Mississippi) is 2-2 on the season after throwing 7.1 innings and allowed three hits, one run, two walks, and six strikeouts.
Kokomo 4, Traverse City 3
The Kokomo Jackrabbits defeated the Traverse City Pit Spitters in game one of their series, defeating the Pit Spitters 4-3 in game one.
Filip Sarota (Highland Community College) went 2-for-3 with one RBI on the night. Evan Long (Charleston Southern) went 1-for-4 with a double and scored once. Hank Weiss (Washington University – St. Louis) earned the win throwing 3 innings and allowed two hits, one run, two walks, and two strikeouts.
Kalamazoo 4, Rockford 1
The Kalamazoo Growlers defeated the Rockford Rivets 4-1 Wednesday evening, taking game one of their series.
Will Furniss (Mississippi) reached based four times going 1-for-3 with three walks on the night. Banks Tolley (Appalachian St) had an RBI double. Henry Godbout (Virginia) went 1-for-3 with one RBI and run scored. Tanner Ware (Oakland) earned the win throwing 7 innings and allowed three hits, one run, three walks, and two strikeouts.
Thunder Bay 2, Waterloo 15
The Waterloo Bucks defeated the Thunder Bay Border Cats in game one of their series, winning 15-2 Wednesday evening.
Ben Wilmes (Iowa) went 2-for-2 with one RBI and three runs scored. Michael Lippe (Louisville) went 2-for-4 with a triple, two RBI, and three runs scored. Aaron Ujimori (Hawaii) went 2-for-3 with a double, three RBI, and scored once. Brodie Kresser (West Virginia) tallied two hits and one RBI on the night. Seth White (Santa Barbara City College) earned the win throwing 5 innings and allowed zero runs, three walks, and four strikeouts.
Minot 12, Willmar 13
Stone Miyao (Hawaii) went 4-for-5 with a double, three RBI, and two runs scored. Kyle Payne (Northwest Nazarene) went 3-for-4 with a triple, three RBI, and two runs scored. Kevin Fitzer (California St – Northridge) blasted a three run home run and scored twice this evening. Aaron Ragat (El Camino College) earned the win throwing 2 innings and allowed zero hits, zero runs, two walks, and two strikeouts.
Thursday (6/13) Schedule
Kokomo vs Traverse City (11:05 AM) **
Kalamazoo vs Rockford (11:05 AM) **
Kenosha vs Battle Creek (12:05 PM) **
Thunder Bay vs Waterloo (12:05 PM) **
Minot vs Willmar (1:05 PM)
Kenosha vs Battle Creek (6:35 PM)
Fond du Lac vs Wisconsin Rapids (6:05 PM)
Kokomo vs Traverse City (7:05 PM) **
Minnesota vs Rochester (6:35 PM)
Madison vs Green Bay (6:35 PM)
Kalamazoo vs Rockford (6:35 PM)
Mankato vs St. Cloud (6:35 PM)
Thunder Bay vs Waterloo (6:35 PM)
Bismarck vs Eau Claire (6:35 PM)
Duluth vs La Crosse (6:35 PM)
Lakeshore vs Wausau (6:35 PM)
Minot vs Willmar (7:05 PM)
