{"id":7017,"date":"2018-06-05T20:30:39","date_gmt":"2018-06-05T20:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/eau-claire-express\/?p=7017"},"modified":"2022-11-09T16:44:54","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T16:44:54","slug":"express-sweep-series-against-border-cats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/eau-claire-express\/2018\/06\/05\/express-sweep-series-against-border-cats\/","title":{"rendered":"Express Sweep Series Against Border Cats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"347\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-7023 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/eau-claire-express\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/NorthwoodsLeague-Wordpress-2-2.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/eau-claire-express\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/NorthwoodsLeague-Wordpress-2-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27602%27%20height%3D%27347%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20602%20347%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27602%27%20height%3D%27347%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/eau-claire-express\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/NorthwoodsLeague-Wordpress-2-2-120x69.jpg 120w, https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/eau-claire-express\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/NorthwoodsLeague-Wordpress-2-2-151x87.jpg 151w, https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/eau-claire-express\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/NorthwoodsLeague-Wordpress-2-2-250x144.jpg 250w, https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/eau-claire-express\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/NorthwoodsLeague-Wordpress-2-2.jpg 602w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/baseball.pointstreak.com\/boxscore.html?gameid=440967\">Box Score<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Eau Claire, Wis. \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>The Eau Claire Express (3-5) were back in action this morning for game two against the Thunder Bay Border Cats (2-6) at Port Arthur Stadium. After last night\u2019s win, the Express looked to sweep the Border Cats in the series finale. Eau Claire would come through with a 7-2 victory.<\/p>\n<p>The Express started the game with a huge six run first inning. The first three Express batters would reach on walks. Zach Gilles (Central Michigan) would score on a wild pitch and Spencer Myers (Notre Dame) would follow suit, scoring on a wild pitch in the next at bat. After a hit by pitch, Thunder Bay\u2019s starter, Omar Maldonado, would be pulled from the game. Even then, the Border Cats\u2019 pitching staff would continue to struggle to find the strike zone. Adam LaRock (MATC) would draw a bases loaded walk, scoring Nic Ready (Air Force). The highlight of the inning was a \u00a0Zac Stange (Winona State) two RBI single that scored Tommy Gillman (Midland JC) and Phillip Sikes (New Mexico). The final run of the inning would come after a passed ball. \u00a0The Express would score once more in the top of the 6<sup>th<\/sup> inning off a Nic Ready sac fly that would score Jordan Wilson (UW Stout).<\/p>\n<p>Express starter, Josh Gaworski (Concordia-St. Paul), would throw five solid innings, giving up only 1 earned run on four hits, three walks, and five strikeouts. The right handed pitcher would earn the win. Rece Dietrich (Duluth) worked out of the bullpen, tossing four innings. He would allow one run to score on five hits, one walk, and one strikeout.<\/p>\n<p>The Express will before return home for a 6:35 pm first pitch on Wednesday, June 6<sup>th<\/sup>, against the Bismark Larks. It will be Buck Night at Carson Park. This includes $1 hot dogs, $1 small sodas, $1 domestic beer and $4 wine for the first three innings!<\/p>\n<p>Season tickets and 5-Game Packs are on sale now. 5-Game Packs include a reserved seat, Express jersey, Express hat, Express mug, and unlimited food and beverage for $70.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/eau-claire-express.nwltickets.com\/Package\/Tickets\/SelectSeats\/1759\">Click here to purchase your 5-Game Pack online<\/a>\u00a0and we will contact you about your seats. You can also call us at (715)839-7788.\u00a0 Jersey sizes will be available on a first come, first serve basis.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">###<\/p>\n<p><em>The Eau Claire Express are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. Now in its 25th anniversary season, the Northwoods League is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 20 teams, drawing significantly more fans, in a friendly ballpark experience, than any league of its kind.\u00a0A valuable training ground for coaches, umpires and front office staff,\u00a0more than 190\u00a0former Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball,\u00a0including three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (WAS), two-time World Series Champions Ben Zobrist (CHC) and Brandon Crawford (SFG) and MLB All-Stars Chris Sale (BOS), Jordan Zimmermann (DET) and Curtis Granderson (TOR).\u00a0\u00a0All league games are viewable live via the\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/portal.stretchinternet.com\/nwl\/\"><em>Northwoods League portal<\/em><\/a><em>. For more information, visit\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/eau-claire-express\/\"><em>www.eauclaireexpress.com<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0or download the new Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store or on Google Play and set the Express as your favorite team.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Box Score Eau Claire, Wis. \u2013\u00a0The Eau Claire Express (3-5) were back in action this morning for game two against  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":7023,"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":[44,45,27,43,1,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives","category-permanentslider","category-league-news","category-team-news","category-uncategorized","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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