Mequon, WI- The Lakeshore Chinooks (11-9) played a home-and-home doubleheader with the Kenosha Kingfish on Wednesday, as the Kingfish swept the Chinooks. The first game was all Kenosha, as the Kingfish defeated the Chinooks, 12-2. The second game was more closely contested, but the Kingfish came out on top, 10-7.

Game 1

The Chinooks cracked the scoreboard first in the top of the fourth inning when Nick Gatewood, while cracking his bat in half, looped a single into centerfield and was brought around to score by a Jack Dunn RBI single.

From there, the tide would shift the way of the Kingfish.

In the bottom of the fourth, Chinook starter, Tekoda Metoxen (Memphis) surrendered his first run when Michael Sinks flew out to center and scored Jesse Wilkening, who walked earlier in the inning, on a sac fly.

In the fifth, Metoxen got into more trouble. A single and two walks loaded the bases and spelled the end of his day after 4.1 innings. Marshall Oetting (Concorida-Ann Arbor) came on in relief, but couldn't keep Kenosha off the scoreboard. A bases-loaded walk and a single plated two and gave the Kingfish a 3-1 lead after 5 innings.

Kenosha added on three more in the sixth, and they all came off the bat of a Derek Bangert home run. It was Bangert’s team-leading and Kingfish record-tying 10th homer of the year, and extended his on-base streak to 51 straight games.

On the note of records, in the first inning, Matthew Mika (Central Florida) set the all-time Chinook stolen base record by swiping second base, and collected steal number 25 by taking third a few pitches later.

In the top of the seventh, the Chinooks added one more to cut the lead down to 4. After doubling to lead off the inning, Daniel DeSimone (Oklahoma State) scored on wild pitch to make it 6-2 Kenosha.

But, in the bottom seventh, Kenosha broke things open when the Chinooks’ Zack Engelken (Nebraska) struggled to nail down his control. Over just 0.1 innings, he walked 5 and gave up 6 earned runs, and after the dust settled, Kenosha led 12-2.

The only good news in the seventh, former broadcasting intern Aidan Wojciehowski (Loras) made his Lakeshore Chinooks debut. The Loras College lefty, and local Port Washington talent, threw 1.2 scoreless innings to finish off the game and keep the score at 12-2.

Game 2

Mike Madej, the first batter of the game, came out swinging, as Madej launched a homer over the right-field wall to give the Kingfish the early 1-0 lead.

The Chinooks stormed right back and took the lead in the bottom half of the 1^st, as Jacob Richardson (Southern Arkansas) singled in Matthew Mika (Central Florida), tying the game at 1. Daniel DeSimone (Oklahoma State) then hit a rocket double over the right fielder’s head, as Joe Duncan (Eastern Illinois) came around to score Lakeshore’s second run of the game.

Kenosha’s Cameron Comer copied his teammate Mike Madej, as Comer went deep in the top of the 4^th to tie the game at 2. Austin Bodrato then hit an RBI triple that scored Nick Kanavas, giving the Kingfish the lead. Michael Sinks then tacked on another run for Kenosha, as he singled home Bodrato, giving the Kingish a 4-2 lead.

The Kingfish would pile on five runs in the top of the 5^th, taking a 9-2 lead. Derek Bangert got things going with a 2-run double, scoring Mike Madej and Ben Troike. Byron Hood (Nebraska) would later come on in relief of starter, Cole Gnetz (Miami-Ohio), and allow three runs to score via a wild pitch. In the inning, Hood threw six wild pitches, as Kenosha took a seven-run lead into the bottom of the inning.

Things would get interesting in the bottom of the 5^th, as the bases were full of Chinooks for Jacob Richardson. With Matthew Mika, Joe Duncan, and Rylan Thomas (Central Florida) all on base, Richardson unloaded on a pitch and sent it well over the left-field fence, as the grand slam pulled Lakeshore within three of Kenosha.

The Kingfish reached the double-digit mark with their 10^th run of the game in the top of the 8^th, as Cameron Comer singled home Ben Troike, giving Kenosha a 10-6 lead.

In an attempt to finish the game without burning up the bullpen, outfielder Caleb Dean (Lamar) made a relief appearance for Lakeshore in the top of the 9^th, pitching a scoreless inning.

Joe Duncan recorded his third hit of the day with a solo home run in the bottom of the 9^th to close the gap to three. The deep fly was Duncan’s fifth of the season.

The Lakeshore Chinooks (11-9) will stay at home Thursday night for a matchup with the Rockford Rivets, as Alec Marsh (Arizona State) gets the call to try and get the Chinooks back in the win column.

The Lakeshore Chinooks are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. The 23-year-old summer collegiate league is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 20 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 180 former Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including two-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (WAS), two-time World Series Champion Ben Zobrist (CHC) and MLB All-Stars Chris Sale (BOS), Jordan Zimmermann (DET), Curtis Granderson (NYM) and Lucas Duda (NYM).  All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League portal. For more information, visit www.lakeshorechinooks.com or download the new Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store or on Google Play and set the Chinooks as your favorite team.