Battle Creek, Mich. – The Kingfish faced the Battle Creek Bombers tonight in the final series of the road trip. They came into tonight’s game with a streak of winning four out of their last five games. Unfortunately, the streak ended tonight as the Kingfish fell to a score of 12-1.
As it did earlier this season, leaving runners on base plagued the Kingfish. They stranded 10 men on base in tonight’s game and found themselves down early as a result.
Duffy’s team did score a run in the top of the fourth on a lead-off double by Zach Jones, who later scored on a Steven Sensley RBI single. The Kingfish were kept to only one run as the Bombers bullpen struck out 11 on the night.
J.D. Nielsen had a hard time finding his niche, and, unfortunately, could not make it out of the fourth inning as he walked the bases loaded, getting only two outs. Nielsen gave up four hits and five runs, but was able to strike out four in the outing. Kingfish relievers E.J Trapino and Connor Kelly tried their hand at silencing the Bombers but could not quiet them either. Josh Daniels came into the contest in the seventh and gave up two runs for the final two innings. The Kingfish lose 12-1, and are dealt their second loss of the road trip.
First place is still in sight for the Kingfish as their record is 9-6 in the second half. They sit in third place and are only two and a half games behind first.
The team faces the Bombers tomorrow night before traveling back to Kenosha. Thursday, July 17th, the club celebrates “What If Night” presented by Snap-On with a start time of 7:05 p.m.
The Kingfish office is located at 7817 Sheridan Road and is open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. 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 (DET) and MLB All-Stars Chris Sale (CWS), Jordan Zimmermann (WAS), Curtis Granderson (NYM), Allen Craig (STL) and Ben Zobrist (TB). All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League YouTube channel. For more information, visit www.kingfishbaseball.com.
