{"id":3076,"date":"2015-05-31T03:43:09","date_gmt":"2015-05-31T03:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/eau-claire-express\/?p=3076"},"modified":"2015-05-31T03:43:09","modified_gmt":"2015-05-31T03:43:09","slug":"express-drop-series-opener-against-willmar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/eau-claire-express\/2015\/05\/31\/express-drop-series-opener-against-willmar\/","title":{"rendered":"Express drop series opener against Willmar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/northwoods.bbstats.pointstreak.com\/boxscore.html?gameid=260077\">Box Score<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIt was a tough night Saturday for the Eau Claire Express as they dropped their second straight game losing 5-1 to the Willmar Stingers at Carson Park.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAustin Schulfer pitched 7.2 innings with 8 strikeouts including 6 scoreless to start the game. But it wasn&rsquo;t enough as he gave up 3 runs while the Express only countered with 5 hits of their own.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tSchulfer was credited with the loss but Express Field Manager Dale Varsho isn&rsquo;t blaming it on his starting pitcher.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&ldquo;I think he did fine. He was cruising along,&rdquo; said Varsho. &ldquo;We just didn&rsquo;t swing the bats.&rdquo;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIt is the second straight night that Eau Claire has failed to gain more than 5 base hits. Express centerfielder Brady Burzynski was 1 for 2 tonight and said he is starting to get concerned.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&ldquo;I, along with most of the team, has been struggling here in the beginning,&rdquo; said Burzynski.&nbsp; &ldquo;But were a young team and I think a lot of us are still trying to get our feet wet.&rdquo;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe Express finish up their series with Willmar tomorrow afternoon before heading out on a 6 game road trip. Burzynski said it&rsquo;s going to be an important game considering the team&rsquo;s struggles.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&ldquo;It&rsquo;d be pretty big to get a win to get some momentum going into this road trip,&rdquo; said Burzynksi. &ldquo;Or it&rsquo;s going to be a long six games because it&rsquo;s hard to win on the road.&rdquo;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tFirst pitch tomorrow is set for 5:05 p.m. at Carson Park.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tCheck out tonight&#039;s <a href=\"http:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/64588561\/May%2030%20Program.pdf\">Virtual Game Day Program<\/a> and check Eau Claire Express on Facebook for tomorrow&#039;s before the game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Box Score It was a tough night Saturday for the Eau Claire Express as they dropped their second straight game  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,45,27,43,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives","category-permanentslider","category-league-news","category-team-news","category-update-ticker-all-categories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.5 (Yoast SEO v26.5) - 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