Designated Hitter Ben Long (UW-Milwaukee) helped propell the Madison Mallards to a 5-1 victory over Rochester Tuesday night going 3-4 with a two-run homer. Long went deep to left-center field with two outs in the 6th inning, giving Madison a 4-0 edge. With the big night Long is now hitting .619 for the Mallards. "Long has carried us these last few games," Mallards Field Manager C.J. Thieleke said.

Harold Riggins (NC State) sent over 5,200 Mallards fans home happy with a walk-off home run in Madison's home opener. Riggins crushed a 1-1 pitch to straight away center, with fellow NC State outfielder John Gianis of Rochester only being able to watch it go over the fence. On the day, Riggins went 3-for-5 with two RBIs, both of which came on his walk-off blast. He raised his batting average to .273 and also scored two of the Mallards’ seven runs.

With the tying run 90 feet from home and the winning run at first, Jayson Langfels (Eastern Kentucky) came off the bench to pinch hit in the bottom of the ninth with the Beetles trailing 2-1. On a 1-1 offering, Langfels took a fastball over the right-center field wall; a three-run homer to win the game. It's the seventh walk-off homerun in team history and the first since Brian Harrison's (Furman) PH walk-off against Brainerd in mid-July 2008. The Beetles are now 3-1 after sweeping the River Bats.