Kingfish Fall to Rockford in Series Finale

 

Kenosha and Rockford are even in the season series.

 

Loves Park, Ill– The Kenosha Kingfish (10-8) fell to the Rockford Rivets (7-9) 9-2 at Rivets Stadium on Friday, July 23rd.

 

Looking to salvage the split, Rockford put up five runs in the second inning, three came on a Philip Matulia (Louisiana Tech) three-run homerun. 

 

In the fifth inning, Rockford added one more on a Brody Harding sacrifice fly to score Matulia and increase the lead to 6-0.

 

In the seventh inning, Kenosha got their first run of the game courtesy of a Mitch Jebb (Michigan State) RBI double that scored Luke Stephenson (Elon) to cut the deficit down to 6-1. Rockford responded with three of their own in the bottom half of the seventh to claim a 9-1 lead. The Kingfish scored one more run in the eighth on a Chase Estep (Kentucky) double that scored Kirk Liebert (Kentucky) to cut the deficit back down to 9-2. However, that score held and Rockford salvaged the split.

 

On the mound, Kingfish starter Dalton Wiggins (Marietta) took the loss allowing three unearned and six total runs over six innings pitched. Jared Thompson (Illinois-Springfield) threw one inning allowing three runs, one of them earned. Hayden Fox (Wisconsin-Whitewater) threw one inning of shutout ball.

 

Kenosha will take on Green Bay tomorrow, Saturday, July 24. First pitch is at 6:05 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.