The Wisconsin Cheese Curds (32-17) defeated the Lakeshore Chinooks (21-28) with a walk-off RBI single from Austin Blazevic (Southeast Missouri) in the bottom of the tenth. This marks the team’s second consecutive walk-off in Cheese Curd uniforms.<\/p>\n
The bats for both teams were silent until the top of the fourth, as Jake Thompson (Kentucky) slammed a solo home run to put Lakeshore on the scoreboard 1-0. An RBI double from Griffin Doersching (Northern Kentucky) extended the lead 2-0. Following the trend, back-to-back RBIs from Jake Artz (St. Joseph) and Cole Barr (Indiana) gave the Chinooks a whopping 4-0 lead going into the bottom of the inning.<\/p>\n
Making a dent in the lead, the Cheese Curds scored their first run off an RBI single by Justice Bigbie (Western Carolina). Bigbie has recorded a hit in 28 straight games, making it the second-longest hitting streak in Northwoods League History. The first belongs to Luis Rivera with 32, who played for the Waterloo Bucks in 1995.<\/p>\n
Bigbie continued to dominate in the bottom of the fifth inning. After hammering the ball into the Great Dane Duck Blind Suites with the bases loaded for a grand slam, the Cheese Curds took a 6-4 lead.<\/p>\n
The Chinooks responded in the top of the sixth, tying the game at six off back-to-back RBI doubles from Barr and Daryl Myers (Benedictine College).<\/p>\n
A wild pitch in the bottom of the seventh brought EJ Ranel (Lenior-Rhyne) home take the lead by one, 7-6. Evening the score once again in the eighth, the Chinooks scored their eighth run of the night off a solo home run by Ronnie Sweeny III (Iowa Western) to make the game 7-7.<\/p>\n
Unable to come up with any runs in the ninth, the game headed into extra innings. Three quick outs in the top of the tenth gave the Cheese Curds a chance to grab another come-from-behind win.<\/p>\n
Blazevic stepped up to the plate with the winning run on base and became the hero after driving the ball to right field for an RBI single. Wisconsin defeated Lakeshore 8-7 to grasp their 32nd victory of the summer.<\/p>\n
The loss was handed to the Chinooks final arm on the mound, Troy Black (Faulkner), as he gave up the single that won the game.<\/p>\n
The victory was awarded to Theo Denlinger (Bradley) because he was the last pitcher on the mound for Wisconsin, before they snatched the victory.<\/p>\n
Turning Point<\/u><\/p>\n
Bigbie crushed the ball in the fourth inning for a grand slam to give the Cheese Curds their first lead. The lead changed four times throughout the game.<\/p>\n
Top Cheese Curds<\/u><\/p>\n Up Next<\/u><\/p>\n The two teams are back at Warner Park tomorrow to close out the series. Tomorrow night is The Lion King Night presented by Marcus Theatres. First pitch is set for 6:35 p.m., gates will open at 5:35 p.m.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Wisconsin Cheese Curds (32-17) defeated the Lakeshore Chinooks (21-28) with a walk-off RBI single from Austin Blazevic (Southeast Missouri) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":15992,"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":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-team-news"],"yoast_head":"\n\n