Sunday, July 12th at 4:05 p.m. at Simmons Field
Kenosha, Wis. – The Kenosha Kingfish (33-15) finish up their weekend home stand against the Green Bay Bullfrogs (29-17) today at 4:05 p.m. at Simmons Field.
11 walks and 11 hits keyed the Kingfish 9-3 victory over the Bullfrogs last night. Four walks in the fourth inning, including three consecutive BBs, helped the Kingfish lead 7-2 after five. T.J. Nichting hit his first home run as a Kingfish, a two run shot in the second inning. Brendon Allen worked six innings to garner the win for Kenosha and Brett Shimanovsky worked the fianl three frames for his fourth save of the year.
Manager Duffy Dyer gives the ball to P.J. Schuster for today’s game. The Willowbrook, Illinois native is 3-2 with a 3.32 ERA on the year with 37 strikeouts. In 46 innings of work, Schuster has limited opponents to 10 walks. In his last start on July 6th against La Crosse, Schuster took a no decision after throwing six innings and allowing three runs in the Kingfish 4-3 victory.
Green Bay sends Garrett Harrison to the mound today. The lefty sports a 3-0 record in six starts this year to go along with a 1.10 ERA. The St. Cloud State senior has won his last three straight starts, managing to go at least 6 innings and not allow a single run in each of those starts.
Today at Simmons Field is Jockey Being Family Super Hero Night. Fans are encouraged to dress up like their favorite superhero and show off their superpowers during the game. A hot dog and fountain soda will be awarded to all kids who dress up as a superhero upon entrance at the gates. A superhero costume parade will take place during the game for all the superheroes to show off their costumes and super powers. In addition, the Kingfish will also be dressed in superhero gear, wearing signature Kingfish superhero jerseys. During the first inning, the Kingfish will wear underwear over their uniforms for the Jockey Being Family Foundation. These extraordinary jerseys will be auctioned off in the Fans Services area during the game. Superheroes are not the only ones in attendance Sunday. The ZOOperstars are making an appearance presented by Happy Turf. Grab your seats today!
The Kingfish ticket office powered by Platinum Systems office is located at 7817 Sheridan Road and is open from 8:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. The Kingfish ticket office Powered by Platinum systems is open from 8:30 a.m. until the end of the game on home game dates. 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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The Kenosha Kingfish are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. Playing its 21st season of summer collegiate baseball, the Northwoods League is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 18 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, more than 115 Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (WAS) and MLB All-Stars Chris Sale (CWS), Jordan Zimmermann (WAS), Curtis Granderson (NYM), Lucas Duda (NYM) and Ben Zobrist (OAK). All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League YouTube channel.
