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KENOSHA, Wis. \u2013 The K-Town Bobbers (2-2) evened the Kenosha Series on Saturday night with a 15-5 win over the Kenosha Kingfish (2-2) at Simmons Field.<\/p>\n

K-Town jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning on an RBI single by James Shimashita (San Jose State) driving in Nick Gonzalez (USF) and a 3-run home run by Drew Benefield (Dallas Baptist University).<\/p>\n

The Bobbers extended their lead 5-0 in the 2nd, after Gonzalez grounded out and drove in Jordan Schulefand who started out the inning with a double.<\/p>\n

The Kingfish responded in the top of the third with two runs on three hits. Kai Murphy drove in McKay Barney on a single and Justin Janas (Illinois) drove in Barr making the score 5-2.<\/p>\n

In the fourth inning, K-Town exploded with five runs on six hits and extended their lead 10-2. Schulefand led off with a solo home run and Justice Bigbie (Western Carolina) drove in a run with a double. Baldwin and Kraus singled in runs, and Kraus finished the inning by scoring on an error by the Kingfish.<\/p>\n

Kenosha put across one in the top of the fifth on a ground ball by Barney that scored Alex Helmin (Arizona State) who led off the inning with a triple.<\/p>\n

K-Town went up 13-3 after scoring three runs in the bottom of the fifth taking advantage of two wild pitches and two passed balls.<\/p>\n

The Kingfish scored their final runs of the night in the seventh inning on a solo home run by Helmin and a sacrifice fly by Justin Janas (Illinois) that scored Barr.<\/p>\n

Harris scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the seventh inning and Benefield drove in his fifth run of the night on a single to the outfield putting K-Town up 15-5.<\/p>\n

Reliever Andy Neu got the win for the Bobbers pitching three innings and allowing one run while striking out one.<\/p>\n

Mitch Waletzki took the loss for the Kingfish in his first start pitching only the first inning and allowing four runs on four hits.<\/p>\n

The Kingfish and Bobbers finish up the first leg of the 2020 Kenosha Series on Sunday at Simmons Field. First pitch is scheduled for 1:05 PM CT with the Bobbers hosting.<\/p>\n

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The Kenosha Kingfish are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. The 25-year old summer collegiate 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.\u00a0<\/em>A valuable training ground for coaches, umpires and front office staff,\u00a0<\/em>over 200\u00a0<\/em>former Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball,\u00a0<\/em>including three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (WAS), two-time World Series Champions Ben Zobrist (CHC) and Brandon Crawford (SFG) and MLB All-Stars Chris Sale (BOS), Jordan Zimmermann (DET) and Curtis Granderson (MIA).\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0<\/em>All league games are viewable live via the\u00a0<\/em>Northwoods League portal<\/em><\/a>. For more information, visit\u00a0<\/em>www.KingfishBaseball.com<\/em><\/a>\u00a0or download the new Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store or on Google Play and set the Kingfish as your favorite team<\/em>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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