Kingfish Fall To Bullfrogs, Suffer First Loss Of Season

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Published On: May 30th, 2014

Kingfish Fall To Bullfrogs, Suffer First Loss Of Season

The Kingfish suffered their first loss of the season, losing 4-2 against the Green Bay Bullfrogs and moving to a record of 2-1 on the year.

The game started quiet for the Kingfish as they fell behind 2-0 in the 2^nd inning. Pat Porter (OSU) sparked a rally in the top of the 4^th with his first homer of the season. The Bullfrogs answered right back with Jamie Ritchie hitting a single and racking up one of his two RBIs on the night.

The 5^th inning started off with singles from Brian Sisler (NIU) and Kyle Brooks (North Florida). Sisler scored on a Taylor Douglas’ groundout but the side was retired with Brooks being thrown out at 3^rd on the play.

Righty pitcher Zach Morgenstern (Augustana) pitched for 5 and 2/3^rd innings and gave up 8 hits for only 3 runs. Justin Ruckman (NIU) took over in the 5^th and struck out Bullfrogs’ Ritchie to end the threat.

The score held steady at 3-2 until the bottom of the 7^th. The Bullfrogs reached first on a hit by pitch and scored to make it 4-2. Paul Schuster (SIUE) stepped into pitch and finished the inning.

The Bullfrogs closer, Josh Glick sealed the deal with 2 quick strikeouts and a Caleb Howell groundout to second to end the game. With the loss, the Kingfish fall to 2-1 on the road and will finish the 4 game road trip tomorrow night against the Bullfrogs.

On Saturday, May 31^st 2014, the Kenosha Kingfish return to Kenosha for their home opener against the Mankato MoonDogs.

The Kingfish office is located at 7817 Sheridan Road and is open from 9 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday and from 9 am to 1 pm on Saturday. The office remains open until the end of the game on gamedays. For more information on 7-game packs, season or group tickets, please log on to kingfishbaseball.com or call 262.653.0900.

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