Chris Barker led the Madison Mallards over the Waterloo Bucks 8-5. The UNC-Greensboro center fielder went 4-for-4 with two RBI and one run scored. Two of his four hits were doubles and is now hitting .296 for the Mallards. Barker hit .241 in 51 games played for Greensboro. The Racine native had 34 hits and nine extra base hits on the 2010 season.
(ROCHESTER, MN) The Northwoods League experienced another successful Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. The 2010 MLB Draft saw the most Northwoods League players ever drafted in a single draft class. There were 162 former NWL players drafted in the 50 round draft this past week. Of all the 162 players, 26 more draftees then 2009, 15 were taken in the first 5 rounds.
Second basemen Travis Whitmore (Pittsburgh) was 3-for-5 with two runs scored and an RBI against the La Crosse Loggers. He also stole two bases on the night and improved his average to .316 for the Woodchucks. Whitemore hit .369 for the Pittsburgh Panthers in 2010 with 23 extra base hits and 11 steals. He helped led the Panthers to a 38-18 record and an 18-8 record in the Big East.
The NCAA Super Regionals have all been set and are set to start June 11th with six of the top eight national seeds making it to the round of 16. The Super Regional winners will play in Omaha at the College World Series which will be the final year at Rosenblatt Stadium before moving to TD Ameritrade Park in downtown Omaha.
Wisconsin 8, La Crosse 5 The Woodchucks offense came to life after a lackluster night with the bats on Wednesday. The ‘Chucks used great plate discipline and clutch hitting to score eight runs on nine hits. Picking up the win for the ‘Chucks was Bobby Alcala (San Diego State), who had a solid outing allowing five runs on ten hits, in 6.0 innings on work. Jayson McClaren (Nevada Reno) earned a save the hard way, pitching the 6th through 9th innings without allowing a run to score.
Nick Anderson earns his second 'NWL Pitcher of the Night' award by throwing 8.0 innings of three hit baseball against Rochester. The St. Cloud State righty gave up one earned run while striking out seven. His ERA is currently 0.60 with a 2-0 record. Anderson was 8-4 with a 3.33 ERA for St. Cloud State. The Brainerd native threw 92.0 innings on the season while striking out 88 for the St. Cloud State Huskies.
Steve Nyisztor a 6’4’’ IF from Rutgers went 2-for-6 against the Duluth Huskies, but hit a go-head grand slam in the top of the 6th. The River Bats went on to win 10-9 against the Huskies. He is currently hitting .296 with eight hits and eight RBI. For Rutgers he led the team in batting average at .410. He also had 24 extra base hits to go along with 11 steals, 51 RBI, and a fielding percentage of .989.
Eau Claire 2, Madison 1 The Eau Claire Express continued their winning ways tonight at Carson Park in a 2-1 victory over the Madison Mallards. The win is Eau Claire's fifth in a row and third at home, bringing the team's record to 5-1 on the season. The Express take sole possession of first place in the South Division and Madison falls to the middle of the pack and drops to 3-3 after starting the season 2-0. Runs came at a premium tonight and the Mallards scored first after starting Express pitcher Steven Florez (New Mexico) struggled with his command early on. Florez gave up two quick walks in the first and Madison short-stop Justin Scanlon (Madison College) scored on a fielding error.
Waterloo Bucks starting pitcher Jarod Wagoner (Butler) was working on a no-hitter going into the seventh. His no-hit bid was broken up by La Crosse Logger center fielder Tony Mueller (Winona State). Wagoner ended up throwing a complete game five hitter giving up three earned runs. The Vincennes, IN native started eight games for the Butler Bulldogs in 2010 and threw the fourth most innings on the pitching staff at 38.1.
