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\n\tMequon, WI- The Lakeshore Chinooks (12-9) defeated the Rockford Rivets, 4-1, as Alec Marsh (Arizona State) went the distance for Lakeshore, allowing just one unearned run over 9 innings against Rockford.\n<\/p>\n
\n\tThe first run of the game, and the only run charged to Alec Marsh, came in the top of the 3rd<\/sup> on a wild pick-off attempt at 1st<\/sup> base from Marsh, allowing Hunter Feduccia to come around to score.\n<\/p>\n \n\tThe Chinooks got revenge in the bottom of the 3rd<\/sup>, as Rivets’ starter, Chase Kueter, threw a wild pitch that allowed Drake Lubin (Eastern Michigan) to score after he led off the inning with a double. The run tied the game at 1, and Lakeshore didn’t look back.\n<\/p>\n \n\tThe bottom of the 4th<\/sup> for the Chinooks started out with a Mitch Mallek (St. Cloud State) single, and led to a Jack Dunn (Northwestern) RBI double that gave the Chinooks the 2-1 lead.\n<\/p>\n \n\tLakeshore would tack on another run in the bottom of the 7th<\/sup>, as Jack Dunn led off the inning with a single, later coming around to score on a Joe Duncan (Eastern Illinois) RBI double that just barely stayed fair down the right-field line.\n<\/p>\n \n\tTim DalPorto (Kent State) added an insurance run in the bottom of the 8th<\/sup> on an RBI single, scoring Mitch Mallek after he walked.\n<\/p>\n \n\tLooking to finish off the game, Chinooks’ Alec Marsh headed back out to the mound for the top of the 9th<\/sup> and worked around a leadoff single to retire the Rivets without allowing any runs, as Marsh finished off Lakeshore’s 4-1 victory over Rockford.\n<\/p>\n \n\tAlec Marsh allowed just one unearned run on six hits over 9 innings, as he walked just one and struck out six.\n<\/p>\n \n\tOver Marsh’s last three starts, he is 3-0 with a 0.38 ERA, allowing just one earned run over 24 innings. During that span, Marsh also has a 0.92 WHIP, as he’s allowed just 22 base runners over 24 innings. Even more impressive, Marsh has struck out 24 batters.\n<\/p>\n \n\tAfter his start today, Marsh said, “I was feeling pretty good. I was just trying to compete in the zone with what I had today. I didn’t think I had my best stuff today. I wasn’t striking anybody out, but I was getting groundballs and popups, taking advantage of the wind.”\n<\/p>\n \n\tMarsh was also not shy when saying he felt that he could go the distance. “We were joking around the last couple days, because my coach was telling me I need to go more than seven or eight innings, so I told him this next start I’m gonna try to go the whole way.”\n<\/p>\n \n\t“Coming in after the eighth inning, I told coach, I’m only at 90 pitches, you gotta let me go.”\n<\/p>\n \n\tBefore coming out for the ninth, Marsh said he didn’t have to convince Eddy much let him go out there. “I wasn’t really on a short leash. I still had about 15 or 20 pitches to work with, so thanks to him [Eddy Morgan] for letting me finish off the game.”\n<\/p>\n \n\tThe Lakeshore Chinooks (12-9) head to Rockford to face the Rivets again Friday night, as Austin Jones (UW-Whitewater) and the Chinooks look to complete the 2-game sweep of the Rivets.\n<\/p>\n