The Rochester Honkers took game one of the double header 10-3 in front of 488 NWL fans. The Honkers used three-hit games from Matt Dittman (Illinois) and Ryan Hambright (Oregon) to lead the offense. The Honkers Phil Haig (Florida International) only allowed two hits in 6.0 innings of relief work. Jimmy Waters (Kansas) drove in two runs in the win as did Josef Terry (Cerritos College).
Jared Wagoner (Butler) earned his 6th win of the season Thursday night as he beat the Battle Creek Bombers 3-0. Wagoner, a 2010 All-Star, threw a complete game two hitter. The 6-fot-2, 185 pound righty currently has a 3.82 ERA in 11 appearances. He has pitched 70.2 innings this summer and has struck out 50 while only walking 18. Jason Wheeler (Loyola Marymount) improved to 8-0 after beating the Duluth Huskies 4-3 in St. Cloud.
Tanner Nivins (Stony Brook) led the Thunder Bay Border Cats to a lopsided victory Thursday night over the Mankato MoonDogs. Nivins 3-for-5 night with three RBI and three runs scored led to 17-5 victory in Thunder Bay, Ontario. The center fielder is now hitting .276 with 16 extra base hits and 29 RBI.
The Waterloo Bucks took the first game of the double header by a score of 3-0 against the Battle Creek Bombers. The Bucks jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead after two innings as Andrew Ewing (Iowa) and Landon Anderson (Dallas Baptist) scored. Waterloo tacked on another run in the fifth when Ryan Rieger (Santa Clara) hit a solo homerun. Jared Wagoner (Butler) threw a complete game two hitter to earn his sixth win of the season for the Bucks.
Sander Beck (Maryland) threw the 14th no-hitter in Northwoods League history Wednesday night. Beck threw a 7.0 no-hitter against the Brainerd Lakes Area Lunkers. The 6-foot-3, 215 pound righty earned his 5th win of the season as he struck out ten Lunkers. Beck only threw 94 pitches on the night while 63 of those pitches were for strikes.
All-Star short-stop Marcus Semien (California Berkeley) improved his average to .274 as he was 3-for-6 against the Brainerd Lakes Area Lunkers. Semien drove in three runs and had two doubles on the night to help the Beetles beat the Lunkers 13-2 in game one of a double header. The 6-foot, 180 pound slick fielding short-stop has 25 RBI on the season with 13 extra base hits.
Former Northwoods pitchers Casey Coleman and Thomas Diamond were promoted to the Major Leagues this week. The duo was called up to the Chicago Cubs from the Triple-A affiliate, Iowa Cubs, where the two were roommates. Coleman and Diamond were promoted to fill the spots of Ted Lilly, who was traded to the Dodgers, and Carlos Silva, who was placed on the 15-day disabled list.
Former Northwoods pitcher Chris Sale was promoted to the Major Leagues by the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday, August 4th. The 13th pick in the 2010 First-Year Major League Player Draft reaches the Majors quicker than any draftee since 2003.
The St. Cloud River Bats have announced the names of five players that will participate in the third annual Twin Alumni game on Aug. 28 at Joe Faber Field. Terry Steinbach, Juan Berenguer, Jarvis Brown, Al Newman and St. Cloud native Jim Eisenreich are slated to appear at the event.
The Alexandria Beetles knocked out 19 hits in the first game of the double header as they beat the Brainerd Lakes Area Lunkers 13-2 at Stewart C. Mills Field. The Beetles six batters with multi-hit games and were led by Marcus Semien (California Berkeley) and Jake Tanis (Mercer) who both had three hits and three RBI. Starting pitcher Kevin Vangheluwe (Michigan) earned his 3rd win in relief throwing 5.0 innings of one run baseball. The Lunkers had five defensive miscues in the loss.
