After beating the Lakeshore Chinooks (7-10, 22-31) by a score of 15-3 in Tuesday night’s contest, the Mallards (9-8, 32-21) will finish off their season series against the Chinooks on Wednesday, with Madison having won five of the seven meetings between the two teams so far in 2016.
Last night’s victory saw Madison rack up a season-high 15 runs, with Nate Palace (Valparaiso) earning Northwoods League Player of the Night honors for his performance. Palace went 4-for-5 with two home runs and six RBIs, with one of his long balls being a grand slam.
Currently tied for the league-lead in wins so far this season, Mike Reitcheck (Penn) will take his perfect 6-0 record into battle against Lakeshore on Wednesday, having topped the Chinooks once already this season. Back on June 27th, the left-hander allowed one run on six hits in six innings of work en route to the win, striking out three in the process. Reitcheck owns a 4.18 ERA in 43.0 frames across nine appearances (eight starts).
Lakeshore will throw a left-hander of their own in the form of Tyler Jandron (UW-Parkside), who currently sits at a 1-1 record with a 2.22 ERA. The game will be Jandron’s sixth appearance and fifth start of the summer, having earned the win against Madison back on July 1st. In that contest, Jandron allowed two runs (zero earned) on five hits in 5.1 innings of work, walking two and striking out two.
Wednesday’s game against the Lakeshore Chinooks is set to get underway at 7:05 pm from the Duck Pond at Warner Park. It will be Animart’s Bark-In-The-Park Night with a doggy chip clip giveaway presented by Madison Veterinary Specialists. Bring your pooch to the park! Tickets are available for purchase by visiting MallardsBaseball.com, calling the Mallards ticket office at 608-246-4277, or stopping in the ticket office at 2920 N Sherman Ave.
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The Madison Mallards are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. Playing its 23rd season of summer collegiate baseball, the Northwoods League is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 18 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 150 Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (WAS) and MLB All-Stars Chris Sale (CWS), Jordan Zimmermann (DET), Curtis Granderson (NYM), Lucas Duda (NYM) and Ben Zobrist (CHC). All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League portal. For more information, visit www.mallardsbaseball.com or download the new Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store and set the Mallards as your favorite team.
