Eau Claire, WI– Express split the doubleheader against the Duluth Huskies
Eau Claire Express Postgame Recap:
An extremely eventful day here at Carson Park as the Express took on Duluth in a doubleheader today. In the first game, we can’t say we got what we were looking for with a final score of 4-0. The major player for the Express in game 1 was San Diego’s Eddy Pelc, who pitched 6 full innings, giving up only 5 hits while striking out 4. With that game in the rearview, however, the boys in orange moved on to the 2nd game of the day looking for a win, and boy did they deliver.
All in all, this game was an oddity, to say the least, as once the 2nd inning ended, the Express already had 4 runs, but on no hits. In the first 2 innings, a large number of wild pitches walks, and errors allowed us to drive in some runs without much work at all. By the end of the game, we had a total of 7 runs with only 3 hits, but at the end of the day, a win is a win. Key performances from this game came from Montevallo’s Greg Lewandowski and Mankato’s Jack Brown. Lewandowski batted for 2 of our 3 hits, one hit being a double, and then added an RBI to his name. As for Brown, he pitched 5 clean innings giving up virtually nothing.
In conclusion, we ended up 1-1 on the day. With a good win, however, and by a good margin at that, we hope to carry that momentum into tomorrow’s outing as the Loggers will be in town to take on the Express here at Carson Park.
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The Eau Claire Express is a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. The Northwoods League is the proven leader in the development of elite college baseball players. Having completed its’ 27th season, the Northwoods League is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 22 teams, drawing significantly more fans, in a friendly ballpark experience, than any league of its kind. A valuable training ground for coaches, umpires, and front office staff, over 250 Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including three-time All-Star and 2016 Roberto Clemente Award winner Curtis Granderson, three-time Cy Young Award winner, and World Series Champion Max Scherzer (WAS), two-time World Series Champions Ben Zobrist and Brandon Crawford (SFG) and World Series Champion Chris Sale (BOS). As well as 2019 Rookie of the Year and Home Run Derby Champion Pete Alonso (NYM) and MLB Gold Glove finalist and 2019 Second Team All-MLB shortstop Marcus Semien (TOR). All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League website. All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League portal. For more information, visit www.eauclaireexpress.com or download the new Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store or Google Play and set the Booyah as your favorite team.
