Eli Benes<\/p>\n
MEQUON, Wi.- On Saturday May 30, the Lakeshore Chinooks faced the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders at Moonlight Graham field for the second matchup of their three-game series.<\/span><\/p>\n The Chinooks won 5-1, due in large part to a one run five-inning performance from starting pitcher Max Mousser. Mousser struck out six batters and accumulated 12 swings and misses in 19 batters faced.<\/span><\/p>\n Mousser said his fastball and slider were the pitches that felt the best for him during his start.<\/span><\/p>\n “[They] were working pretty well, kind of tunneling off each other,\u201d Mousser said. \u201cChanging up speeds helped a lot.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Despite generating consistent swings and misses, Mousser pitched with traffic on the bases towards the end of his start. In the fourth inning when the Chinooks had a 3-1 lead, there were runners on first and third base with one out.<\/span><\/p>\n A clutch double play up the middle started by Carson Quillen helped Mousser secure a clean inning. Following Mousser\u2019s start, Kelly Talan delivered four clean innings, securing his first win of the season. Mousser and Talan combined for 11 strikeouts, walking only three batters.<\/span><\/p>\n In addition to the quality pitching, the Chinooks did not commit an error for the first time in a game this season.<\/span><\/p>\n While the Chinooks\u2019 five runs was enough for the win, the club only recorded three base hits. An RBI double from Aukai Kea and a wild pitch later in the first inning was enough offense for a Chinooks team that struck out 11 times.<\/span><\/p>\n The Chinooks are now 2-0 at home and 3-3 overall after opening their season with four straight away games where they went 1-3 during that stretch. Mousser said the team chemistry is good and the players are coming together as a team.<\/span><\/p>\n “We\u2019re getting better each game and I feel like it\u2019s going to keep growing,” Mousser said.<\/span><\/p>\n Going for the series sweep and a chance to extend their winning streak to three games, the Chinooks travel to Fond du Lac tomorrow, May 31 with first pitch at 1:05 pm CDT.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Eli Benes MEQUON, Wi.- On Saturday May 30, the Lakeshore Chinooks faced the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders at Moonlight […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":18876,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-team-news"],"yoast_head":"\n