Sunday’s Northwoods League slate featured 15 games. The Mankato MoonDogs use two five-run innings to help defeat the Willmar Stingers 12-8.
Thunder Bay 9, La Crosse 4
The Thunder Bay Border Cats take down the La Crosse Loggers 9-4 in tonight’s matchup. Sam Stem (Gonzaga University (WA)) went 1-for-3 scoring twice with a two-run home run and one stolen base. Brayden Kuriger (Nicholls State University (LA)) went 2-for-2 scoring once with a two-run home run and an RBI double. Case Sanderson (University of Nebraska) went 4-for-4 scoring once with a pair of doubles and two RBI. Matthew Miura (University of Hawaii) went 2-for-3 scoring twice with a pair of doubles and one stolen base. Sean Heppner (University of British Columbia) earned the win throwing three scoreless innings with six strikeouts allowing three walks and two hits.
Eau Claire 18, Waterloo 3
The Eau Claire Express have a monster third inning scoring eight runs to run up the score on the Waterloo Bucks 18-3. Evan Gustafson (North Dakota State University) went 2-for-3 scoring twice with a two-run home run and an RBI single. Eddie Peters (Xavier University) went 2-for-3 scoring twice with a pair of doubles and two RBI. Brigs Richartz (University of St. Thomas) went 3-for-4 scoring three times with three RBI. Daniel Reischl (Univerisity of Wisconsin -La Crosse) earned the win throwing two scoreless innings allowing one walk.
Fond du Lac 5, Minnesota 4
The Fond du Lac Dock Spiders pulled through with the 5-4 victory over the Minnesota Mud Puppies. Aidan Jolley (Georgia Tech) went 1-for-3 scoring once with two RBI. Travis Strickler (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical) went 2-for-4 scoring once with one RBI. Colten Becker (North Dakota State University) went 2-for-4 with two RBI. Justin Doyle (Northwestern University) earned the win throwing five scoreless innings with three strikeouts allowing two walks and two hits.
Green Bay 8, Wausau 6
The Green Bay Rockers take down the Wausau Woodchucks 8-6 in tonight’s matchup. Blade Carver (Northern Oklahoma – Tonkawa) went 2-for-4 scoring once with a two-run home run. Jake Bold (Princeton University) went 3-for-4 scoring three times with a solo home run and a double. Sam Miller (Columbia University) went 4-for-5 with a pair of doubles. Max Galvin (Oklahoma State University) went 1-for-4 with a grand slam. Bryce Hubbard (Northwest Florida State College) went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run. Lleyton Grubich (McHenry County College) earned the win throwing 6.2 innings with three strikeouts allowing five runs, four walks, and four hits.
Lakeshore 8, Madison 5
The Lakeshore Chinooks came out hot scoring four runs to help defeat the Madison Mallards 8-5. Ethan Hindle (University of Kentucky) went 2-for-5 scoring twice with a three-run home run and one stolen base. Vidal Colon (University of Illinois at Chicago) went 1-for-1 scoring once with two RBI. Griffin Cameron (University of Kentucky) went 1-for-2 scoring once with three RBI. Michael Gray (Denison University) earned the win throwing four innings with five strikeouts allowing three hits, one run, and one walk.
Rockford 7, Kenosha 3
The Rockford Rivets take down the Kenosha Kingfish 7-3 in tonight’s matchup. Logan Mock (Nicholls State University) went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI. Scott Newman (Parkland College) went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run. Maddox Mihalakis (University of Arizona) went 2-for-3 scoring twice with a pair of doubles. Jake Green (Cumberland University) earned the win throwing 1.2 innings with three strikeouts allowing one walk, one run, and zero hits.
La Crosse 14, Thunder Bay 2
The La Crosse Loggers score seven in the last inning to run up the score on the Thunder Bay Border Cats 14-2. Rj Hamilton (Vanderbilt University) went 2-for-4 scoring once with a pair of doubles, four RBI, and two stolen bases. Luke Davis (Long Beach City College) went 2-for-4 scoring twice with a grand slam. Luke Anderson (BYU) went 3-for-3 scoring three times with two RBI and one stolen base. Matthew Miura (University of Hawaii) went 3-for-5 scoring twice with a double, one RBI, and one stolen base. Brendan Moody (University of Louisiana at Lafayette) earned the win throwing seven innings with five strikeouts allowing four hits, three walks, and two runs.
Duluth 9, Rochester 8
The Duluth Huskies used a five-run second inning to take down the Rochester Honkers 9-8. Cardell Thibodeaux (Southern University) went 1-for-4 scoring twice with a double, two RBI, and two stolen bases. Jayden Duplantier (University of Texas at Austin) went 3-for-4 scoring twice with a double, two RBI, and one stolen base. Luca Dipaolo (Gonzaga) went 2-for-3 scoring twice with a three-run home run. Petey Craska (Georgia Tech) went 1-for-4 with a solo home run. Sam Kratz (Missouri Western State University) earned the win throwing two innings with two strikeouts allowing three runs, two walks, and two hits.
Waterloo 12, Eau Claire 4
The Waterloo Bucks used a monster fourth inning scoring seven runs to beat the Eau Claire Express 12-4. Ben Wilmes (University of Iowa) went 1-for-1 scoring twice with a three-run home run and one stolen base. Lucas Moore (University of Louisville) went 3-for-4 scoring once with three RBI and two stolen bases. Cole Smith (Southeastern Community College) went 1-for-3 scoring once with one RBI and one stolen base. Jack Scrofano (Santa Ana College) earned the win throwing two innings allowing two walks, one run, and one walk.
Kokomo 8, Traverse City 4
The Kokomo Jackrabbits take down the Traverse City Pit Spitters 8-4 in tonight’s matchup. Ethan Rossi (Oklahoma College-Tonkawa) went 2-for-5 scoring twice with a three-run home run and a triple. Eric Harper (NOC Tonkawa) went 2-for-4 with a double and one RBI. Jack Sielatycki (Purdue Northwest) earned the win throwing five scoreless innings with four strikeouts allowing one walk and one hit.
Kalamazoo 14, Wisconsin Rapids 8
The Kalamazoo Growlers scored five runs in the second inning to help beat the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters 14-8. Gabe Springer (Stanford University) went 1-for-4 scoring twice with a two-run home run. Trey Wells (University of Virginia) went 2-for-6 scoring three times with a solo home run and a double. Sam Harris (Duke University) went 3-for-4 scoring three times with a pair of doubles and two RBI. Aidan Teel (University of Virginia) went 2-for-5 with a two-run home run. Jorge De Goti (Nova Southeastern University) went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run. Patrick Straub (Baldwin Wallace University) earned the win throwing five innings with five strikeouts allowing eight hits, five runs, and three walks.
St. Cloud 5, Minot 0
The St. Cloud Rox shut out the Minot Hot Tots 5-0 in tonight’s matchup. Francesco Barbieri (Ave Maria University) went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run. Jaixen Frost (University of Iowa) went 1-for-3 with a double and one stolen base. Ben Higdon (University of Southern Mississippi) went 1-for-3 scoring once with one stolen base. Kristopher Sosnowski (University of Central Florida) earned the win throwing five scoreless innings with seven strikeouts allowing three hits and zero walks.
Mankato 12, Willmar 8
The Mankato MoonDogs use two five-run innings to help defeat the Willmar Stingers 12-8. Brody Delamielleure (Florida State University) went 3-for-5 scoring twice with a two-run home run. Riley Jackson (Florida State University) went 1-for-3 with a solo home run. Zach Stroh (Minnesota State University Mankato) went 3-for-4 scoring twice with a double and one RBI. Maximus Martin (University of Arkansas) went 1-for-5 with a two-run home run. Brett Blair (Stanford University) went 2-for-4 scoring three times with a solo home run. Liam Bushey (Western Illinois University) went 1-for-3 scoring twice with a solo home run. Rylan Bayne (University of Hawaii) earned the win throwing five innings with three strikeouts allowing four walks, three hits, and two runs.
Badlands 18, Bismarck 5
The Badlands Big Sticks came out with a monster first inning scoring eleven runs to help beat the Bismarck Larks 18-5. Kaden Carpenter (University of Utah) went 2-for-3 scoring twice with a pair of doubles and three RBI. Cole Tabor (Texas State University) went 2-for-4 scoring four times with a double, one stolen base, and one RBI. Zach Selfon (Northwestern University) went 1-for-5 scoring once with three RBI. Noah Leib (Denison University) went 2-for-5 with a two-run home run. Ryan Rivera (Palomar College) went 2-for-5 scoring once with a double and one RBI. Landon Kiefer (Albany State University) earned the win throwing 2.1 scoreless innings with one strikeout allowing three hits and one walk.
Battle Creek 3, Royal Oak 1
The Battle Creek Battle Jacks take down the Royal Oak Leprechauns 3-1 in tonight’s matchup. Cayden Wotipka (Lower Columbia) went 1-for-3 with two RBI. Mason Hamlin went 1-for-3 with one stolen base. Brayden Dowd (University of Southern California) went 1-for-3 with a double. Jacob Spencer (Indiana State University) earned the win throwing seven innings with five strikeouts allowing four hits, zero walks, and zero earned runs.
Monday’s Schedule
Royal Oak @ Battle Creek (6:35 PM ET)
La Crosse @ Thunder Bay (6:35 PM ET)
Wisconsin Rapids @ Kalamazoo (6:35 PM ET)
Green Bay @ Wausau (6:05 PM CT)
Kokomo @ Traverse City (7:05 PM ET)
Kenosha @ Rockford (6:35 PM CT)
Madison @ Lakeshore (6:35 PM CT)
Rochester @ Duluth (6:35 PM CT)
Badlands @ Bismarck (6:35 PM CT)
Mankato @ Willmar (6:35 PM CT)
St. Cloud @ Minot (6:35 PM CT)
Minnesota @ Fond du Lac (6:35 PM CT)
Eau Claire @ Waterloo (6:35 PM CT)
