Rochester, Minn. – The La Crosse Loggers enjoyed their most recent trip to Mayo Field as the hammered out 15 hits en route to a 13-2 victory over the host Rochester Honkers on Saturday night in front of 1,731 onlookers.<\/p>\n
The scoring started early and often for the visitors as La Crosse would score in each of the first four frames.\u00a0 Kedren Kinzie (Hawaii) drew a one-out walk in the top of the first, promptly stole second base and then came home to score on a RBI single off the bat of Carson Ohland (Grand Canyon).<\/p>\n
La Crosse would score three more times in the second thanks to a pair of hits, a trio of walks and a miscue by the Honkers defense.\u00a0 Ethan Edinger (UTRGV) doubled and Jackson Cobb (Georgia Gwinnett) singled in the big inning.<\/p>\n
A solo home run off the bat of Joe Quelch (Georgia Gwinnett) would build the Loggers lead to 5-0 after three innings of play all while Loggers starter Matthew Cornelius (New Mexico) was keeping Rochester off the scoreboard and off the bases.<\/p>\n
The Lumbermen blew the game open in the fourth, scoring four times on three hits chasing Rochester starter AJ Rasmussen from the game with a commanding 9-0 lead.\u00a0 The Honkers would score a pair of unearned runs off of Cornelius in the bottom of the fourth, making it 9-2 through four complete.\u00a0 Cornelius would depart the game after fourth, allowing only one hit, one walk and struck out six batters on the night.<\/p>\n
La Crosse would add tallies again the sixth, two more in the seventh and one more in the ninth to make it 13-2.<\/p>\n
Eight of the nine starters in the Loggers lineup recorded at least one hit with Quelch leading the way with a 4-for-6 night and 4 RBI’s.\u00a0 Kinzie recorded a three-hit night while Ohland and Edinger each had two-hit performances.<\/p>\n
Mason Beltrand (Winona State) would come on to relieve Cornelius and toss five shutout innings to earn the victory, his second of the summer.<\/p>\n
With the win the Loggers improved to 14-17 in the second half and 36-27 overall.<\/p>\n
The same two teams will meet again on Sunday but the series shifts to the friendly confines of Copeland Park in La Crosse, Wisc. for a 5:05 p.m. start.<\/p>\n