Kenosha, Wis. – The Kingfish face the Green Bay Bullfrogs for game three of this series tonight at 7:05 p.m. and will have Duck Dynasty’s “Mountain Man” in attendance. Duffy Dyer’s team is coming back tonight fresh, after having a day off, looking for the win to take the series 2-1 and move closer into playoff position.
Starting for the Kingfish will be Rico Garcia. A Northwoods League All-Star, the Hawaiian native leads the teams in strikeouts with 44 and in wins with five on the season. His last start resulted in a win over the first place Lakeshore Chinooks. Garcia went five and two innings, allowing only one run and striking out three. He comes into tonight’s game with a 2.12 ERA.
Green Bay’s starter, Nathan Ditsch is 4-0 and evenly matched against Garcia. Ditsch has a 1.80 ERA and will take on the Kingfish offense. The Kingfish have shown impressive hitting and winning streaks in the second half. They went on a seven game winning streak, swept the first place Chinooks and have won six out of their last ten. Outfielder Buddy Reed comes into tonight’s game with having two or more hits in the last seven of tens games.
The Kingfish are 37-29 overall in the season, sitting in third place, just one and half games back behind the Wisconsin Woodchucks. The second half South Division playoff berth will go to the second best overall record.
As the Kingfish continue their quest for a playoff berth, the ticket office will begin selling playoff tickets on Wednesday, August 6th at 9:00 a.m. For further information regarding playoff scheduling and ticket pricing, please log on to kingfishbaseball.com or call 262.653.0900.
