{"id":19835,"date":"2025-06-02T10:00:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T15:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/green-bay-rockers\/?p=19835"},"modified":"2025-06-02T10:00:01","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T15:00:01","slug":"rockers-try-to-finish-sweep-over-battle-jacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/green-bay-rockers\/2025\/06\/02\/rockers-try-to-finish-sweep-over-battle-jacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockers Try to Finish Sweep over Battle Jacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Maddox Long to start on the mound for Green Bay<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ASHWAUBENON, Wis. \u2013 The Green Bay Rockers (5-2) look to finish the sweep over the Battle Creek Battle Jacks (4-3) tonight. First pitch is slated for 6:35pm at Capital Credit Union Park.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Green Bay came away with a 4-3 win yesterday over Battle Creek after getting on the board first in the third when Cooper Smith smashed a two-out two-RBI triple off the wall in right center field. The Battle Jacks battled back to take a 3-2 lead in the top of the seventh inning. Enter Brayden Buchanan, who tied the game in the bottom of the seventh with a solo blast to right field. Tate Strickland entered the game in the eighth inning and pitched two scoreless innings to set up the Rockers with a chance to win in the ninth. With the bases loaded, Brandon Rogers drew his second hit by pitch of the game and sixth of the season to win the game for Green Bay.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maddox Long, who started the home opener for Green Bay, gets the start in the series finale. In his first start, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Long threw six scoreless innings, tallying eight strikeouts and giving up only two hits and one walk<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. He earned NWL Pitcher of the Night from the league with his performance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Monday marks <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dog Days at Capital Credit Union Park, with free hot dogs for the first 90 minutes and Bark in the Park festivities. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gates will open at 5:30pm ahead of first pitch scheduled for 6:35pm. Paul Hanna will also be performing pregame.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tickets for the 2025 season are available online at www.greenbayrockers.com or by calling the ticket office at 920-497-7225 to reserve your seats today. The Rockers front office and Team Apparel Fan Shop at Capital Credit Union Park are located at 2231 Holmgren Way in Ashwaubenon. Office hours are Monday-Friday 8:30am-5pm and all game days from 8:30am through the end of the 3rd inning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">###<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">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. Entering its\u2019 32nd season, the Northwoods League is the largest organized baseball league in history with 24 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 380 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 World Series Champion Max Scherzer (TOR), two-time World Series Champions Ben Zobrist and Brandon Crawford and World Series Champion 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). League games are viewable live on Northwoods League+ (at watch.northwoodsleague.com), ESPN+, and the Northwoods League Network.\u00a0 Learn more and find complete streaming schedules at watchnwl.com. 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