{"id":16325,"date":"2024-05-28T13:38:24","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T18:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/kenosha-kingfish\/?p=16325"},"modified":"2024-05-28T13:39:24","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T18:39:24","slug":"kingfish-sweep-royal-oak-in-the-seasons-opening-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/kenosha-kingfish\/2024\/05\/28\/kingfish-sweep-royal-oak-in-the-seasons-opening-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Kingfish Sweep Royal Oak in the Season&#8217;s Opening Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ROYAL OAK, MI<\/strong> &#8211; The Kenosha Kingfish held off the Royal Oak Leprechauns 4-3 this afternoon courtesy of some timely hitting and defense. This would be the second straight win for the Kingfish to begin the 2024 regular season.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly to last night&#8217;s dominating 13-3 win, it would take a couple of innings for both offenses to generate anything off of the starting pitchers.<\/p>\n<p>DJ Ghiorso would start the scoring for the Fish in the third after driving in John St. Clair with a sacrifice fly. St. Clair began the inning with a lead-off triple on a 2-0 count.<\/p>\n<p>Royal Oak would tie the game in the fourth with an RBI groundout by AJ Kostic, scoring Ryan McKay from third.<\/p>\n<p>The Fish bounced back in the fifth as Noah Jouras ripped a single to left to retake the lead 2-1. Brandon Nigh would walk to load up the bases for Gavin Taylor, who would also walk to bring in Ghiorso for a 3-1 lead. Max Strash would finish his day by striking out Riley Frost for one of his four strikeouts to end the fifth inning.<\/p>\n<p>Moving to the bottom of the sixth, Royal Oak would plate two runs after collecting a few singles by Collin Overholt and Caden Duryea to even the game at three.<\/p>\n<p>Brandon Nigh didn&#8217;t waste any time getting the lead back for the Fish by driving in Ghiorso on a sacrifice fly in the seventh.<\/p>\n<p>Grant Brooks held down the bullpen to maintain the lead until Simon Linde shut it down in the ninth. The game would be sealed after Brandon Nigh made a diving stop to right to throw out Riley Frost at first.<\/p>\n<p>The Kingfish will travel to Battle Creek, Michigan for a two-game series against the Battle Jacks. The first game will take place Wednesday night at 5.35 pm CT. Follow @KenoshaKingfish on twitter or watch the game on NWL+ for updates.<\/p>\n<p>###<\/p>\n<p><i>The Kenosha Kingfish are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League.\u00a0<em>The Northwoods League is the proven leader in the development of elite college baseball players. Entering its\u2019 31<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0season, the Northwoods League is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 26 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 345 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 two-time World Series Champion Max Scherzer (TEX), two-time World Series Champions Ben Zobrist and Brandon Crawford (STL) and World Series Champion Chris Sale (ATL). As well as 2019 Rookie of the Year and 2019\/2021 Home Run Derby Champion Pete Alonso (NYM) and 2023 World Series Champion, 2021 and 2023 All-Star, MLB Gold Glove and Silver Slugger winner and two-time All-MLB first team shortstop Marcus Semien (TEX). All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League website at watchnwl.com and on ESPN+. 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