Green Bay duels it out with the Kingfish on night two.
Ashwaubenon, Wis. – The Rockers mashed six home runs in yesterday’s contest, and will look to continue their offensive hot streak in the middle of June.
With yesterday’s victory, Green Bay now sits in a tie for first place in the Great Lakes West with the Wausau Woodchucks. However, Wausau has played two less games, due to a rained out doubleheader, and has an overall better winning percentage. The next time these two teams face off is on June 24th.
The starter for tonight’s ball game is Max Wagar, the righthander from Lipscomb University. He has appeared in three games and holds a 1.29 ERA. Out of all the starting pitchers so far, Wagar holds the lowest ERA among them. His last time out vs. Lakeshore, he gave up just one hit and one run in four innings of a shortened, seven inning game. In his last two outings, he gave up two hits total.
The Kingfish, who look to even the series, will offer Jake Storey, who’s appeared in three games thus far, in year number two of his Northwoods League career. Storey, who played in Rockford last season, has a 5.68 ERA this season. His last time out vs. At Royal Oak, he went five innings, giving up four hits and two runs. The right-handera just finished up his senior year at Northern Colorado. This year, Green Bay is 12-4 when facing a right-handed starting pitcher.
The Rockers look for sweep number six on the season. This year, they’ve done it five times, beating the Rafters, Mallards, the Chinooks and Dock Spiders twice.
The Rockers return home on Wednesday, June 24, hosting the Wausau Woodchucks. First pitch is slated for 6:35 pm. The pregame concert will begin one hour prior to first pitch, and will be performed by Levi Ballenger 3 Piece! It’s Trade Workers Night, presented by Republic ResponseAbility. Additionally, it’s Youth Sports Night, and kids who wear their youth sports jerseys from any sport get free entry! Single Game tickets, Season ticket packages, group tickets and the Pep’s Drafthaus Flex Packs are available now. Visit www.greenbayrockers.com or call the ticket office at 920-497-7225 to reserve your seats today. The Rockers 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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The Green Bay Rockers are 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’ 32nd season, the Northwoods League is the largest organized baseball league in history with 26 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, nearly 2400 NWL alums have been drafted and over 410 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 two-time World Series Champion Max Scherzer (TOR), two-time World Series Champions Ben Zobrist and Brandon Crawford and World Series Champion and Cy Young Award winner Chris Sale (ATL). As well as 2019 Rookie of the Year and 2019/2021 Home Run Derby Champion Pete Alonso (NYM) and 2023 World Series Champion, MLB All-Star, MLB Gold Glove, two-time Silver Slugger winner and two-time All-MLB first team shortstop Marcus Semien (TEX).