The Northwoods League featured a ten game slate Friday evening with the Rockford Rivets and La Crosse Loggers winning their third games in a row. The Rivets are one ranking behind Kalamazoo who has a 14-7 record to lead the Great Lakes East division. Willmar defeated St. Cloud and continues to lead the Great Plains West division with a 15-7 record.
Kokomo 7, Battle Creek 8
Brock Daniels (Missouri) tallied two hits with two RBI on the night. Sebastian Kuhns (Huntington University) went 1-for-2 with two RBI and one run scored. Jay Adams (Concordia) tallied two RBI off a single. JT Sokolove (Illinois St)q went 2-for-4 with one RBI and two runs scored. Jake Jekielek (Northwood) earned the win throwing 0.2 innings and allowed two hits, one run, one walk, and one strikeout.
Rockford 9, Kalamazoo 6
Wyatt Morgan (Missouri Southern St) went 2-for-4 with a home run, three RBI, and one run scored. TJ Williams (Heartland Community) went 3-for-5 with one run scored. Bradley White (South Suburban) and Brendan Summerhill (Arizona) tallied two RBI off a single. Christopher Gaudio (Santa Clara) earned the win throwing 2.2 innings and allowed two hits, three runs, three walks, and two strikeouts.
Thunder Bay 15, Duluth 2
Cole Ketzner (South Alabama) went 3-for-5 with a triple, one RBI, and three runs scored. Tyler Kehoe (South Alabama) went 4-for-6 with a double, one RBI, and three runs scored. Brayden Kuriger (Nicholls St – LA) went 2-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored. Peter Fusek (Western Illinois) went 1-for-4 with a double and four RBI. Evans Hendricks (Texas A&M – Corpus Christi) earned the win throwing 6 innings and allowed five hits, two runs, one walk, and four strikeouts.
Minnesota 5, Waterloo 6
Michael Lippe (Louisville) went 2-for-3 with two walk and two runs scored. Kainoa Torres (Clarke) went 1-for-3 with three RBI on the night. Sam Skarich (Southeastern Community College) earned the win throwing 1 inning and allowed two hits, one run, zero walks, and two strikeouts.
Mankato 3, La Crosse 9
Ben Ziegler-Namoa (Hawaii) went 3-for-3 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs scored. Danny Neri (Notre Dame) went 2-for-4 with one RBI and scored once. Six batters in the Loggers lineup tallied at least one hit with one RBI on the night. Brendan Moody (Louisiana – Lafayette) earned the win throwing 5 innings and allowed two hits, zero runs, two walks, and three strikeouts.
Madison 1, Green Bay 3
Jack Holman (UCLA) went 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBI. Mateo Matthews (Wagner College) went 1-for-3 with a solo home run on the night. Maddox Long (Harding University) earned the win throwing 5.2 innings and allowed one hit, one run, three walks, and five strikeouts.
Traverse City 3, Kenosha 11
Joe Wike (Eckerd College) went 3-for-4 with a double and two runs scored. Matt Wolfe (Vanderbilt) went 3-for-4 with two RBI and scored twice. Brandon Nigh (Oakland) went 2-for-4 with a double and three RBI on the night. Dom Listi (Indiana St) tallied two hits with three RBI. Ross Thompson (St. Ambrose) earned the win throwing 6 innings and allowed six hits, three runs, three walks, and four strikeouts.
Lakeshore 4, Fond du Lac 10
Kelsen Johnson (St. Petersburg College) went 2-for-3 with a double and two RBI. Parker Knoll (Lawrence) and Jake Surane (Wisconsin – Oshkosh) went 2-for-5 on the night and combined for two RBI and two runs scored. Connor Cooney (College of the Holy Cross) went 2-for-3 with two RBI and scored twice. Mason Weckler (Wisconsin – Stevens Point) earned the win throwing 5 innings and allowed three hits, two runs, four walks, and three strikeouts.
Willmar 14, St. Cloud 4
Kevin Fitzer (California St – Northridge) went 3-for-4 with one RBI and two runs scored. Luke Williams (Alabama) tallied two hits with four RBI on the night. Andrew Sojka (California St – Northridge) went 3-for-6 with a double, triple, and two RBI. Kristofer Hokenson (Minnesota) earned the win throwing 3 innings and allowed zero hits, zero runs, three walks, and three strikeouts.
Rochester 15, Bismarck 16
Jack Herring (Rollins College) went 3-for-4 with a double, one RBI, and three runs scored. Dillon Goetz (Skyline College) went 3-for-4 with a double and two RBI. Dante Leach (Tennessee Wesleyan University) went 2-for-3 with a double and three RBI on the night. Brock Kleszcz (California – San Diego) tallied two hits with three RBI and scored three times. Jacob Arndt (Missouri – St Louis) earned the win throwing 1.1 innings and allowed two hits, one run, zero walks, and zero strikeouts.
