The 17th season of Northwoods League Baseball started off in seven cities with a handful of great games. The season was kicked of with some great pitching performances across the league coupled with some timely hitting.

The Thunder Bay Border Cats took their second game in two days from the Duluth Huskies. The Border Cats won by a score of 4-3 in front of a crowd of 621 at Port Arthur Smith Stadium. Zak Miller (New Mexico) threw 2.1 innings in relief of Thunder Bay starter John Tatum (McNeese State). Miller struck out three while giving up two hits to get the win against Huskie starter Conner Hulse (Harvard). Thunder Bay had three players with two-hit performances in A.J. Schugel (Central Arizona College) 2 for 3, Ty Wosleger (Fairfield) 2 for 3, and Nick Beamon (Ripon) 2 for 4. Thunder Bay finishes their three game set with the Huskies Friday at 6:35 in Thunder Bay.

(ROCHESTER, MN) The Northwoods League today announced the introduction of the first Northwoods League Fantasy Baseball game for the 2010 season. The game, which will be free of charge to participants and played weekly, will enable users to choose from current Northwoods League players and alumni at all levels of baseball.

(Rochester, MN) The Northwoods League opens its 17th season tonight as action begins in seven cities across the 16-team league. This year the NWL’s two divisions, the North and South, will solely play the opponents within their own division a total of ten times each with five games at home and five games on the road. The playoffs will begin August 17th with Divisional playoffs and the NWL Championship Series begins August 20th.