It Takes 12 to Push the Streak to 8 Games: Chinooks Beat Loggers 10-9<\/p>\n
The Lakeshore Chinooks battled the La Crosse Loggers on Tuesday night at Kapco Park. After a low scoring game Monday night, the Loggers brought home a run in the 1st <\/sup>followed by the Chinooks bringing home two in the 2nd<\/sup>. La Crosse looked to take a commanding lead after a grand slam in the 3rd<\/sup> inning but a five run 8th<\/sup> inning for Lakeshore looked to have the game locked up at 9-6. The Loggers were down to their final out in the top of the 9th<\/sup> inning and tied the game up with a 3 run home run to force extra innings. After back-and-forth in the 10th<\/sup> and 11th<\/sup>, the Chinooks ended the game in the bottom of the 12th<\/sup> with a 10-9 victory and push the win streak to 8 games.<\/p>\n The Loggers jumped on the Chinooks in the top of the 1st<\/sup> inning. After the lead-off batter reached on error, DeFazio lined an RBI triple resulting in an early 1-0 lead for La Crosse.<\/p>\n The Chinooks bounced back in the bottom of the 2nd<\/sup> inning. With two outs in the inning, they loaded the bases after back to back singles by Sawyer Polen<\/b> (Kent State) and Cody Bobbit<\/b> (Wichita State) and Jared Fon<\/b> (UW-Whitewater) reached base after being hit by a pitch. Lead-off man Chris Manning<\/b> (Valparaiso) then approached the plate and ripped a two RBI single to right field making the score 2-1. <\/span><\/p>\n La Crosse came back with a strong 3rd<\/sup> inning. The first two batters reached on singles but after two outs they loaded the bases after a walk. Zack Rivera came up to the plate looking to do some damage and he launched a grand slam over the center field wall making the score 5-2.<\/p>\n The Chinooks began to battle back when Mike Papi<\/b> (Virginia) swung at the first pitch of the bottom of the 5th<\/sup> inning and sent a bomb over the right field wall to make the score 5-3.<\/p>\n The Loggers jumped on the Chinooks early in the 6th<\/sup> inning putting runners on the corners with no outs. A sacrifice fly brought home another run for the Loggers but the Chinooks were able to double off the runner advancing to second leading to a fast half-inning making the score 6-3.<\/p>\n Harrison Bader<\/b> (Florida) led off the bottom of the 7th<\/sup> with a double followed by a Papi<\/b> walk attempting to spark a comeback. After a tough double play, Mike Hollenbeck<\/b> (Illinois State) knocked in Bader with an RBI single to left field cutting the Loggers lead to 6-4.<\/p>\n Once again Polen,<\/b> Bobbit<\/b>, and Fon <\/b>loaded the bases in the bottom of the 8th<\/sup> inning with no outs. After three balls, the fourth pitch hit Chris Manning<\/b> pushing the score to 6-5. After a pitching change, Bader<\/b> came to the plate and hit a towering 2 RBI double to dead center field resulting in a 7-6 lead for Lakeshore. Mike Papi<\/b> then knocked two more runs in with a single up the middle to bust open the game 9-6.<\/p>\n The Loggers did not want to go down without a fight. What looked to be a quick inning with the Chinooks forcing a double play, La Crosse put two runners on and then launched a three run home run over the right field wall resulting in a 9-9 game and extra innings.<\/p>\n After both teams stranded runners in the 10th<\/sup> and 11th<\/sup>, Harrison Bader<\/b> launched his third double of the night to start off the bottom of the 12th<\/sup>. Mike Hollenbeck<\/b> flared a deep shot that continued to carry and ultimately fell to secure a 10-9 victory and push the streak to 8 games in a row.<\/p>\n Chinooks starter Kyle Bouman<\/b> (St. Louis) went six innings giving up six runs on nine hits and four strike outs.<\/p>\n The Lakeshore Chinooks (6-0) will return to Kapco Park Wednesday, July 10th<\/sup> to start a two game set with the Eau Claire Express. First pitch is scheduled for 6:35 PM. The first 1,000 fans in attendance will receive a Chinooks logo baseball. The Highland House concert series will also continue prior to the game.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It Takes 12 to Push the Streak to 8 Games: Chinooks Beat Loggers 10-9 The Lakeshore Chinooks battled the La […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives-news"],"yoast_head":"\n