Three-run homer, eighth-inning burst highlight Green Bay’s road victory
ASHWAUBENON, Wis. – The Green Bay Rockers jumped out to a big lead early and held off a late surge to take down the Battle Creek Battle Jacks 8-5 on Thursday night.
Cayden Sheffield got the offense rolling in the second inning with a three-run homer to left, putting Green Bay up 3-0. Max Humphrey added an RBI single in the fifth, and Parker Martin scored on a sacrifice fly in the sixth to stretch the lead to 5-0.
Starting pitcher Koshiro Ohno was dominant through five scoreless innings before turning things over to Drew Aguiar, who kept the shutout going into the sixth.
The Rockers broke it open in the eighth. Sheffield doubled home Aidan Kuni, and David Ballenilla followed with a two-run double to score Sheffield and David Mysza—who had reached on an error—making it 8-0.
But Battle Creek didn’t back down. Kenney Fabian walked in a few runs and hit a few batters in the bottom of the eighth, trimming the lead to 8-2. Jayden Martin struggled in the ninth, allowing three more runs to make it 8-5.
With the tying run on deck and two outs, Tomas Lopez was called in and recorded the final out to lock down the win.
Green Bay now heads to Madison for a weekend series against the Mallards as they look to keep momentum rolling on the road.
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