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Eau Claire, Wis.<\/b> \u2013 The Eau Claire Express secured a shutout victory, 4-0, against the Thunder Bay Border Cats Sunday afternoon.<\/span><\/p>\n

Eau Claire Express Postgame Recap:<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Following two losses against the Thunder Bay Border Cats on Friday and Saturday in Ontario, Canada. The Express traveled back to their home diamonds of Carson Park, to secure a 4-0 shutout win.<\/span><\/p>\n

Eau Claire showed its offensive momentum early by securing two runs at the bottom of the third inning by Howie Rickett and Jaxon Schumacher off of a Jace Romans’ single to center field.<\/span><\/p>\n

Their two runs were quickly doubled at the bottom of the fourth inning, with Matthew Maulik and Adam Salazar crossing home plate after a single base hit to center field by Hollon Brock.<\/span><\/p>\n

With those being the only four runs off of the team’s seven hits, the Express found numerous bright spots in their victory, such as starting pitcher Hunter Guenther, who secured 10 strikeouts and walked a minimum of two players during his seven innings of pitching.<\/span><\/p>\n

From the field, it was a team effort securing an overall 27 putouts, but Hollon Brock took the cake, securing a team high of eight putouts.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Express hopes to build on their success as they take on Thunder Bay once again in Carson Park at 6:35 p.m. on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n

##<\/span><\/p>\n

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 27<\/span><\/i>th<\/span><\/i> 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 <\/span><\/i>Northwoods League portal<\/span><\/i><\/a>. For more information, visit <\/span><\/i>www.eauclaireexpress.com<\/span><\/i><\/a> or download the new Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store or Google Play and set the Booyah as your favorite team.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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