Kingfish Fall to Madison in Series Opener

 

Kenosha now has to win tomorrow to have a chance at the first half title.

 

Madison, Wis– The Kenosha Kingfish (19-14) fell to the Madison Mallards (15-18) 4-3 at the Duck Pond at Warner Park.

 

Looking to take the season series lead against Kenosha, Madison struck first in the third inning on a Kyle Bork (Minnesota) RBI groundout to take a 1-0 lead.

 

In the sixth inning, Kenosha responded when Carmine Lane (South Florida) scored on a wild pitch to tie the game at 1-1 with Kirk Liebert (Kentucky) at the plate. The next batter Luke Stephenson (Xavier) gave Kenosha a 3-1 lead on a home run to left field that scored Justin Janas (Illinois). 

 

In the bottom half of the sixth, Madison got those runs back off of a Tyler Dean (St. Edwards) two-run home run that scored Matt Scannell (Princeton) 

 

In the bottom half of the ninth with the bases loaded, Scannell singled to left to drive in Alex Iadisernia (Elon) to win the game for the Mallards. 

 

On the mound, Kingfish starter Dante Guarascio (Carthage) pitched three innings, conceding one run. Mitch Waletzki (Minnesota-Duluth) came on in relief, throwing three innings and giving up two runs. Brady Kais (Columbus State) went two strong innings of shutout ball. Nick Meyer (Dayton) took the loss throwing only one third of an inning and conceding the winning run

 

Kenosha will take on Madison tomorrow, Monday, July 5 with the Great Lakes East first half title yet to be claimed. First pitch is at 1:05 p.m CDT.

 

The Kenosha Kingfish are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. The Northwoods League is the proven leader in the development of elite college baseball players. Having completed its’ 27th season, the Northwoods League is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 22 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, over 250 Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including three-time All-Star and 2016 Roberto Clemente Award winner Curtis Granderson, three-time Cy Young Award winner and World Series Champion Max Scherzer (WAS), two-time World Series Champions Ben Zobrist and Brandon Crawford (SFG) and World Series Champion Chris Sale (BOS). As well as 2019 Rookie of the Year and Home Run Derby Champion Pete Alonso (NYM) and MLB Gold Glove finalist and 2019 Second Team All-MLB shortstop Marcus Semien (TOR). All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League website. All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League portal. For more information, visit www.kingfishbaseball.com or download the new Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store or on Google Play and set the Kingfish as your favorite team.

 

The Northwoods League is the proven leader in the development of elite college baseball players. Having completed its’ 27th season, the Northwoods League is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 22 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, over 250 Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including three-time All-Star and 2016 Roberto Clemente Award winner Curtis Granderson, three-time Cy Young Award winner and World Series Champion Max Scherzer (WAS), two-time World Series Champions Ben Zobrist and Brandon Crawford (SFG) and World Series Champion Chris Sale (BOS). As well as 2019 Rookie of the Year and Home Run Derby Champion Pete Alonso (NYM) and MLB Gold Glove finalist and 2019 Second Team All-MLB shortstop Marcus Semien (TOR). All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League website. For more information, visit www.northwoodsleague.com or download the Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store or on Google Play.