KENOSHA, Wis. \u2013 The Kenosha Kingfish (6-10) beat the Kalamazoo Growlers (9-8) at Historic Simmons Field on Saturday by a final score of 7-1.<\/p>\n
The Kingfish pitching staff held Kalamazoo to its season low runs and hits totals with two and one, respectively.<\/p>\n
The Growlers took and early 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning without recording a hit because of three Kingfish errors.<\/p>\n
Kenosha responded in the bottom of the first with a run of its own on a Mike Jarvis (San Diego State) double to tie the game at 1-1.<\/p>\n
Luke Stephenson (Xavier) put the Kingfish on top 2-1 in the second inning with a home run that cleared the Bambino beyond the left field fence.<\/p>\n
Stephenson went 3-for-4 on the night with a home run and two doubles.<\/p>\n
Connor Mang (New Mexico) drilled a home run to left field in the fourth inning. Then Jarvis delivered a two-out base hit to plate two more runs. Brendan Hueth (Saint Joseph\u2019s) stole home to make the score 6-1 as Jarvis intentionally got caught in a run down to end the inning.<\/p>\n
Jarvis went 2-for-5 with a double and three RBI on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The Kingfish got to Kalamazoo starting pitcher Michael Dunkelberger (Indiana), tagging him for six runs in 3 2\/3 innings. The outing was Dunkelberger\u2019s first since the Northwoods League All-Star Game.<\/p>\n
Kingfish starting pitcher Ben Stephens (Eastern Illinois) kept a no-hitter intact until Jake Topolski (Duke) grounded a ball between the shortstop and third baseman with one out in fifth inning. Stephens allowed no earned runs on two hits and two walks in five-plus innings.<\/p>\n
Kalamazoo loaded the bases with no outs in the sixth inning, but Kingfish reliever Tanner Fallon (Loras) escaped the jam with no damage done. Fallon worked three hitless innings.<\/p>\n
Jake Cosgrove (California-Irvine) came around to score on a wild pitch in the eighth inning to extend Kenosha\u2019s lead to 7-1.<\/p>\n
Jacob DeLabio (Carthage) closed out the game by striking out the side in the ninth inning.<\/p>\n
Stephens improved to 2-3 for Kenosha. Dunkelberger suffered his second loss of the summer, falling to 2-2.<\/p>\n
The Kingfish and Growlers will play again on Sunday at Historic Simmons Field at 1:05 p.m. CT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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