Gates Launches Game-Winning HR
adminPepperdine's Aaron Gates thrilled the crowd at La Crosse's Copeland Park by hitting a three-run game-winning home run in the bottom of the ninth inning against Thunder Bay.
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Marzec’s Four Hits Lead River Bats
adminEric Marzec doubled and tallied five RBI in his opening night 4-for-5 outing for the St. Cloud River Bats against the Brainerd Lakes Area Lunkers. The Bats held off the Lunkers for a 10-8 victory. Marzec, a right-handed hitting centerfielder from Youngstown State University, also scored one run in the victory. Two of his RBI came on a double in the first and two others on a single in the eighth inning.
Opening Night Results
adminOpening night around the Northwoods League brought some close games, two shutouts, a rainout, and a fresh start for the brand new Brainerd Lakes Area Lunkers.
NWL 16th Summer Set to Begin
adminThe 16th season of Northwoods League Baseball is set to begin Thursday, May 28th in seven cities across the Upper Midwest. The NWL has had unprecedented success for a summer collegiate league in drawing fans to its ballparks and in 2009 those who are not able to attend will have greater capabilities to follow their teams online. A brand new feature for 2009 will be a live stats system allowing fans to follow the game play-by-play and get real time, updated stats thanks to the NWL's partnership with Pointstreak.com. After launching in 2008 a new and improved video web casting system will be introduced with every game broadcast live and archived at nwltickets.com. Also online at northwoodsleague.com will be all league stats, standings, and the daily recap with audio highlights from around the league, as well as blogs from league personnel.
Swedish National Team visits NWL
adminThree Northwoods League cities hosted the Swedish National Team this week in a series of exhibition games. The Swedes made stops in Brainerd, La Crosse and Madison on Monday through Wednesday. Regular season play for the NWL teams opens up Thursday night.
Two Aggies Join Honkers This Summer
admin(Rochester, MN)-The Rochester Honkers Baseball Club announced today the signing of a pair of players from New Mexico State University. Justin Cooper (right), a 6'1", 170-pound freshman pitcher and Chris Auten (left), a 6'4", 225-pound redshirt junior infielder will join the Honkers this summer.
Mallards sign USC right-handed pitcher Jordan Hershiser
adminThe Madison Mallards are excited to announce the team has signed USC sophomore right-handed pitcher Jordan Hershiser for the 2009 season. Hershiser is the son of Orel, the former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher nicknamed the “Bulldog†who won both the NL Cy Young Award and World Series in 1988 and went on to win 204 games during his 18-year career.
Mallards sign final six players to begin 2009 season
adminSanta Clara junior Alex Rivers will be joining the Mallards pitching staff for his second season in Madison, becoming the seventh California native to be playing for Madison this summer. In 12 appearances last season for the Mallards, the right handed pitcher notched a 3.68 ERA and struck out 38 batters in 51.1 innings, going 4-1 on the season. This year for Santa Clara, Rivers went 5-5 with a 4.85 ERA, while striking out 67 batters in 78 innings pitched. Biographies for the five other Mallards the team has signed for the 2009 season are below.
Local flavor: Mallards sign two from nearby MATC
adminJoining already-signed Wisconsin-native Kurtis Muller (Iowa) this season for the Mallards are state products Chris Barker (OF) and Cody Winiarski (RHP), both from nearby MATC. Barker and Winiarksi are in action today as the Wolfpack host the North Plains District Tournament at Robin Roberts Field.