Thunder Bay 6, Alexandria 1 Thunder Bay used a three run second and sixth to beat the Beetles 6-1 at Port Arthur Stadium. Border Cat catcher Taylor Honeycutt (Wingate) was a perfect 3-for-3 with a run scored and three RBI.
Thunder Bay catcher Taylor Honeycutt (Wingate) had a perfect day at the plate on Friday night against the Alexandria Beetles. Honeycutt was 3-for-3 with one run scored and three RBI. The North Carolina native hit his first home run of the season to help the Border Cats beat the Beetles 6-1. Tommy Reyes (Cal Irvine) of the Brainerd Lakes Area Lunkers was 4-for-4 in a losing effort against the Duluth Huskies.
Rochester Honker pitcher David Hurlbut (Cal State Fullerton) earned his first win of the season by beating the St. Cloud River Bats 5-3. Hurlbut threw 8.0 solid innings while giving up four hits and surrendering zero runs. The 6’4’’ lefty lowered his ERA to 1.53 and has thrown 17.2 innings on the season while striking out 15. Hurlbut was 2-0 this season for Cal State Fullerton in 17 appearances.
Brainerd 3, Thunder Bay 2 The Lunkers three run second inning was too much for the Thunder Bay Border Cats to come back from. Brainerd first basemen Russ Hopkins (Rutgers) was 1-for-3 with one run scored and two RBI.
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Jordan Smith (St. Cloud State) had a perfect day at the plate on Thursday night going 5-for-5. Smith helped beat the Rochester Honkers by a score of 10-4 at Mayo Field in Rochester. The Willmar native scored three runs and had an RBI to go with. Smith is now leading the NWL in average at .436 and second in RBI with 25. Zeke DeVoss (Miami) also had a big night going 2-for-3 with three runs scored and four RBI for Duluth.
The Eau Claire Express and La Crosse Loggers were in a pitcher’s duel Thursday night in Eau Claire. Dietrich Enns (Central Michigan) came out with the win after throwing 8.0 innings while giving up six hits. Enns gave up one run while striking out seven and walking three. The Express starter now moves to 1-1 on the season with a 1.71 ERA. Tony Mueller (Winona State) was the tough luck loser giving up one earned over 6.0 innings. Enns earned first-team All-MAC honors and became the first Chippewa to win the MAC Freshman of the Year award this spring. The Frankfort, Ill., native went a perfect 7-0 pitching mostly out of the bullpen. His 2.12 ERA is currently the 14th-best figure in the country while his 5.16 hits per nine innings ranks third and his 9.71 strikeouts per nine innings 58th.
Alexandria 4, Duluth 2 The Alexandria Beetles matched the two spot the Duluth Huskies put up in the eighth with their own two spot for the win. Eric Birch (Waldorf) was 2-for-3 with two runs scored and two RBI.
Harold Riggins (NC State) put on a show Wednesday night at the ‘Duck Pond’ in Madison. The first basemen helped the Mallards beat the Wisconsin Woodchucks 11-1. Riggins was 3-for-4 with two runs scored and three RBI. Riggins hit his third home run of the season and also reached base on a hit-by-pitch. Riggins is currently hitting .370 in eleven games.
Charley Olson (Georgia State) was at it again Wednesday night on the mound. He threw a complete game against the Rochester Honkers while striking out four and only giving up one earned run. Olson moves to 3-2 on the season with 31 strikeouts in 38 innings pitched. He also has only walked seven batters in the 38 innings pitched.
