{"id":22051,"date":"2026-06-11T23:35:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T04:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/eau-claire-express\/?p=22051"},"modified":"2026-06-11T23:35:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T04:35:16","slug":"walk-off-wonder-highlights-doubleheader-split","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/eau-claire-express\/2026\/06\/11\/walk-off-wonder-highlights-doubleheader-split\/","title":{"rendered":"Walk-off wonder highlights doubleheader split"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Eau Claire, Wis.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u2013 Following a rain delay, the Trains split their series with the Badlands Big Sticks with a doubleheader Thursday evening.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Eau Claire Express Postgame Recap:<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With the first game leading in a triumph, the Express secured a 2-1 victory after a walk-off RBI hit by Cade Palkowski to bring home Jake Busson for the win.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With a 30-minute break, the two teams headed back to the field for their second game, where the Trains were unable to get their bats moving, facing a long fifth inning that brought in six runs for the Big Sticks, sealing their victory and ending the game at 7-4.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Splitting their homestand, the Trains also split the season series with the Badlands, each winning two games apiece within the season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Eau Claire will now take a long-deserved day off before taking on the Thunder Bay Border Cats at 6:35 p.m. Saturday in Carson Park.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">##<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">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><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">th<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 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><a href=\"http:\/\/portal.stretchinternet.com\/nwl\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Northwoods League portal<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. For more information, visit <\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eauclaireexpress.com\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">www.eauclaireexpress.com<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eau Claire, Wis. \u2013 Following a rain delay, the Trains split their series with the Badlands Big Sticks with a  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":22052,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-league-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.5 (Yoast SEO v26.5) - 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