{"id":19848,"date":"2025-06-02T22:37:45","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T03:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/green-bay-rockers\/?p=19848"},"modified":"2025-06-02T22:37:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T03:37:45","slug":"rockers-show-fight-but-fall-short-in-slugfest-against-battle-creek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/green-bay-rockers\/2025\/06\/02\/rockers-show-fight-but-fall-short-in-slugfest-against-battle-creek\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockers Show Fight, but Fall Short in Slugfest Against Battle Creek"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ASHWAUBENON, Wis. \u2014 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Green Bay Rockers (5-3) put together a thrilling sixth-inning comeback Monday night, but it wasn\u2019t enough to outlast the Battle Creek Battle Jacks (5-3), who pulled away late in an 11\u20135 decision at Capital Credit Union Park.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Green Bay started strong with back-to-back 1-2-3 innings defensively, setting the tone early. In the bottom of the second, Cooper Smith gave the home fans something to cheer about with a no-doubt solo home run to right, putting the Rockers on the board first.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">That 1\u20130 lead held until the top of the fourth, when Battle Creek\u2019s Algarin evened the score with a solo homer of his own. Things stayed knotted until the sixth, when the game turned into a slugfest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Battle Creek surged ahead with a four-run top of the sixth, making it 5\u20131, but the Rockers had an answer. Eli Selga sparked the offense with an RBI double, followed by a two-run double from Jalan Jones to cut the deficit to one. Jake Altman then came through with an RBI single to tie the game at 5\u20135, sending the home crowd into a frenzy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Unfortunately, the momentum didn\u2019t last. Battle Creek responded with a big seventh inning, scoring four more runs to take back control at 9\u20135. In the eighth, Skjonsby launched a two-run homer that sealed the deal, giving the Battle Jacks an 11\u20135 lead they wouldn\u2019t surrender.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Rockers showed grit throughout the night, battling back from an early deficit, but couldn\u2019t hold off Battle Creek\u2019s late-inning firepower.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Green Bay will be back in action tomorrow night at home. First pitch is set for 6:35 p.m.\u2014and don\u2019t miss Singo Night, a musical bingo experience replacing the usual pregame band, happening every Tuesday at the park!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">###<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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 32<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">nd<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 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.\u00a0For more information, visit <\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbayrockers.com\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">www.greenbayrockers.com<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> or download the new Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store or on Google Play and set the Rockers as your favorite team.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><br style=\"font-weight: 400\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ASHWAUBENON, Wis. \u2014 The Green Bay Rockers (5-3) put together a thrilling sixth-inning comeback Monday night, but it wasn\u2019t enough  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":19784,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.5 (Yoast SEO v26.5) - 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