Green Bay Edges Kingfish 4-2

Kenosha, Wis. – Kingfish starter Rico Garcia’s six plus innings, four strikeout outing was not enough for Kenosha, as the Kingfish fell 4-2 to the Green Bay Bullfrogs Monday night at Simmons Field. 

The Bullfrogs (39-28) jumped on Garcia early, hitting for three runs in the top of the first.  Danny Rosenbaum highlighted the Green Bay scoring with a two RBI double in the inning. 

The Kingfish (46-21) tried to chip away at the Green Bay lead, scoring on an error in the first and an RBI single from Eric Filia in the fifth to make it 4-2 Bullfrogs.  That was as close as the Kingfish could get all night, losing by two.

The Kingfish struggled offensively, with Filia providing the lone RBI. John Brodner and Filia both led the team with two hits.  Zach Weigel and Alex Borglin scored both Kingfish runs.  The Kingfish left a total of 10 runners on base. 

Along with his four strikeouts, Garcia did not allow a walk in his start for Kenosha.  After a rough first inning, Garcia settled in to only allow one run over the next five innings. He did ultimately take the loss in the game.  Brett Shimanovsky and Ryan Orr worked out of the bullpen to end the game for the Kingfish. 

Jeremy Graf earned the win for the Bullfrogs.  The righty went five innings, allowing two runs, none earned, on five hits.  Chad Dullnig worked the final two plus frames to secure the save for Green Bay.  Logan Taylor paced the Bullfrogs with three hits.  Paul Jacobson went 2-2 with two runs scored and Rosenbaum had his two RBI double in the first inning. 

On Wednesday, August 5^th at 7:05 p.m. the Kingfish are home on EMS Appreciation Day presented by Aurora Health Care. Gates open at 4:30 p.m. with an EMS softball game beginning at 5 p.m. Wednesday night is also Educators Credit Union Piggy Bank Giveaway night.  The giveaways will begin at 4:30 p.m. when the gates open.  Kids are invited onto the field post-game for a quarter pickup.  1,000 quarters will be dropped on the infield for kids to fill up their new piggy banks.  The fan favorite ZOOperstars are also at Simmons Field that night, presented by Meijer.  Come on down to Simmons Field for great family fun and baseball this Wednesday night. 

The Kingfish ticket office powered by Platinum Systems 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 8:30am 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 120 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 (KAN). All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League Website. For more information, visit kingfishbaseball.com.