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\n\tMequon, 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.\n<\/p>\n
\n\tGame 1<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n \n\tThe 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.\n<\/p>\n \n\tFrom there, the tide would shift the way of the Kingfish.\n<\/p>\n \n\tIn 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.\n<\/p>\n \n\tIn 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.\n<\/p>\n \n\tKenosha 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.\n<\/p>\n \n\tOn 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.\n<\/p>\n \n\tIn 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.\n<\/p>\n \n\tBut, 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.\n<\/p>\n \n\tThe 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.\n<\/p>\n \n\tGame 2<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n \n\tMike 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.\n<\/p>\n \n\tThe Chinooks stormed right back and took the lead in the bottom half of the 1st<\/sup>, 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.\n<\/p>\n \n\tKenosha’s Cameron Comer copied his teammate Mike Madej, as Comer went deep in the top of the 4th<\/sup> 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.\n<\/p>\n \n\tThe Kingfish would pile on five runs in the top of the 5th<\/sup>, 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.\n<\/p>\n \n\tThings would get interesting in the bottom of the 5th<\/sup>, 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.\n<\/p>\n \n\tThe Kingfish reached the double-digit mark with their 10th<\/sup> run of the game in the top of the 8th<\/sup>, as Cameron Comer singled home Ben Troike, giving Kenosha a 10-6 lead.\n<\/p>\n