Jimmie Koch (Florida Tech) helped the Honkers win in dramatic fashion Friday night. The 6'2'' right fielder blasted a grand slam in the 10th inning to break a 5-5 tie at Mayo Field in Rochester, MN. Koch only had one hit on the night, but made it count as he was the hero for the Honkers.
(Rochester, Minn.) The 2011 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft took place June 6-8 in Secaucus, New Jersey. The Northwoods League experienced yet another record setting MLB Draft with 179 current and former NWL players being selected. The Northwoods League had 40 players selected in the first ten rounds of the 50-round draft.
The Willmar Stingers out hit the St. Cloud River Bats Friday night 13-7. The Stingers had five players with multi-hit games and got a great start from Anthony Consiglio (Florida Tech). The 6’3’’ right-handed pitcher allowed three hits in 6.0 innings of work
Abel Guerrero (Galveston CC) was dominant in his 2nd start of the season for the Mankato MoonDogs Thursday night. Guerrero improved his record to 2-0 as he threw 7.0 scoreless innings while striking out six Beetles. Guerrero was recently drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 36th round of the 2011 MLB Draft. Guerrero now has a 1.50 earned run average in 12.0 innings pitched.
John Haberman (Pacific) was a perfect 4-for-4 Thursday night for the Mankato MoonDogs.
Rounds 20 thru 29 of the Major League Baseball Draft also took place on Tuesday afternoon. The middle ten rounds of the fifty round MLB Draft saw various NWL players selected once again.
Four recent MLB Draft selections will be in various NWL starting line-ups tonight. Abel Guerrero (Galveston), Brian Flynn (Wichita State), Chris Burgess (Blackhawk CC), and Josh Martin (Samford) will all be starting on the mound in Northwoods League Stadiums Thursday night.
John Haberman (Pacific) was a perfect 4-for-4 at the plate Thursday night and drove in two runs to help the Stingers beat the St. Cloud River Bats at home.
Jason Forjet, a right-handed pitcher for the Brainerd Lunkers, earned the win Wednesday night against the St. Cloud River Bats.
A.J. Robinson Jr. found himself at the plate in the bottom of the 10th with the bases loaded and down three runs against the Mankato MoonDogs.
