Green Bay has eight games left
by: Manny Rodriguez
ASHWAUBENON, Wis. – The Green Bay Booyah fell to the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters in extra innings on Friday, 9-8.
Down 1-0 entering the fifth inning, Brett Blair (Stanford) was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to score Darius Barton (Grambling State). The scoring wouldn’t stop there as a sacrifice fly by Nathan Blasick (West Virginia) scored Brendan Ryan (Texas A&M-Corpus Christi) to give the Booyah a 2-1 lead. Jack Duffy (Polk State College) then drove in Tristin Garcia (Western Kentucky) on a weak groundball that hit the bag at third base. Blair then scored on a wild pitch to cap off a four-run inning.
In the sixth, after seeing their lead get cut down to one, Green Bay scored another two when Ryan hit a sacrifice fly that scored Johnny Hipsman (Richmond) and when Garcia hit a single to center field that scored Nadir Lewis (Princeton).
The Rafters then scored five unanswered runs, including three in the bottom of the eighth inning to take a two-run lead. With Lewis standing at first base in the top of the ninth, Garcia hit a no-doubt home run over the right field wall to tie it at eight. The Booyah were able to keep the Rafters silent in the ninth to go to extras.
After Green Bay was unable to score in the top of the 10th inning, the Rafters were able to work a bases loaded walk with two out to walk-off on the Booyah, 9-8.
Boston Mabeus (BYU) pitched four innings in the start, allowing three hits, one run and two walks while punching out four men. He gets a no-decision.
The Booyah will hit the road again tomorrow as they travel to Fond du Lac to take on the Dock Spiders. First pitch from Herr-Baker Field is scheduled for 6:35 pm. Carl Cano (St. Thomas) will get the start. He is 0-2 with a 6.75 earned run average.
The Dock Spiders have not announced a pitcher for the battle.
The Booyah will return to Capital Credit Union Park on Sunday as the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders come to town. First pitch for Sunday’s game is 1:05 pm. It will be the final G.O.A.T.S Play on Sundays, presented by WDUZ The Fan. Fans can Play Catch on the Field postgame, presented by Capital Credit Union. There will also be a Capital Credit Union logoed baseball giveaway.
Fans can take advantage of the Grand Central Station Family Four Pack for $40. This $122 value includes four tickets, four hot dogs and four Booyah hats.
Single game, group tickets and the all-new Fleet Farm Flex Packs are on sale now. The Fleet Farm Flex Pack includes six tickets that can also be used for any games this summer along with a $50 Capital Credit Union Park gift card, $10 Fleet Farm gift card and much more. Visit www.booyahbaseball.com or call the ticket office at 920-497-7225 to reserve your seats today. The Booyah front office at Capital Credit Union Park is located at 2231 Holmgren Way in Ashwaubenon. Office hours are Monday-Friday 8:30am-5pm.
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