KENOSHA, Wis. – The Kenosha Kingfish (35-33, 13-20) fell at Historic Simmons Field on Wednesday to the Rockford Rivets (38-29, 13-20) by a score of 13-3. It was the final home game of the regular season for Kenosha, who finished the season with a 21-15 record.

Rockford was swinging hot bats from the beginning of Wednesday’s game, plating two runs in the first inning on three hits, a walk and a hit-by-pitch against Kenosha starter Cole Erickson (UW-Stevens Point). They swung even harder in the second, belting a pair of homers that made it a 5-0 game.

The Kingfish were able to answer that second inning rally with some scoring of their own, stringing together four hits in the inning to push three runs across the plate and trim the deficit to 5-3.

After that, it appeared for a brief period like both offenses had dried up. Erickson retired 13 batters in a row following the second home run he allowed, finishing with six innings pitched and five strikeouts.

Once the Kingfish bullpen entered the game, however, Rockford’s offense exploded. They plated one run in the seventh, then rocked four hits in the eighth inning, the final two of which were doubles that helped drive a five-run inning. The Rivets added two more runs in the ninth to give the game its final game.

Third baseman Connor Moroder (Illinois State) and left fielder Nick Kanavas (Kent State) each finished this game 2-for-4, with Kanavas landing a triple and an RBI. Center fielder Connor Doyle (University of San Diego) and shortstop Joe Campagna (Slippery Rock), meanwhile, each finished the game 1-for-4 with an RBI.

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