{"id":2891,"date":"2009-07-08T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-08T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T05:00:00","slug":"mallardsheadnorthtoduluthfortwo-gameserieswednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/madison-mallards\/2009\/07\/08\/mallardsheadnorthtoduluthfortwo-gameserieswednesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Mallards head north to Duluth for two-game series Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Picture caption: Kurtis Muller (Iowa) gets &#8220;pie&#8217;d&#8221; by teammate Matt Jansen (Purdue) on his 20th birthday while being interviewed by WISC-TV&#8217;s Josh Williamson for the 10 o&#8217;clock newscast. Ah, the joys of not being a teenager anymore. (see below)<\/p>\n<p>Last night&#8217;s <a href=\"box-score-mallards-vs-bombers-7-7-09.html\">Box Score<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Duluth, MN &#8211; July 8, 2009. Fresh off a 3-1 start to begin the Northwoods League second half of the season, the Mallards look to get back on the winning track tonight against the Duluth Huskies in a 7:05 p.m. game at Wade Stadium. <\/p>\n<p>Last night the Mallards (3-1, 22-16 overall) had to settle for a series split with the Battle Creek Bombers (2-2, 23-14 overall) as Madison was shutout 5-0 in front of 5,435 fans at the &#8220;Duck Pond.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> Mallards starting pitcher Cody Winiarski (MATC) received a no-decision after not allowing a run in six innings of work. Newcomer Garrett Granitz (Azusa Pacific) picked up the loss (0-1) after allowing three earned runs in two-thirds of an inning.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile Bombers starter Matt Talley (The Citadel) received the victory (4-2) after throwing seven shutout innings.<\/p>\n<p>At the plate the Mallards were led by soon-to-be announced NWL Mid-Season All-Star Harold Riggins&#8217; (NC State) three hits, including his tenth double of the season. Riggins is now hitting .333 on the year.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight Madison will give right-hander JR Graham (Santa Clara) his first start on the bump. Used primarily as a reliever, Graham will make a spot start as former Mallard Matt Morgan (Purdue) was scheduled to start Wednesday but had to leave the team due to an arm injury. Graham is 0-2 on the season with a 3.78 ERA in 16.2 innings.<\/p>\n<p>The Mallards remain one full game ahead of four other South Division teams (La Crosse, Battle Creek, Green Bay, Waterloo) heading into tonight&#8217;s action.<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to catch all Mallards action on the road by dialing in to FM 100.5 ESPN or by visiting espnmadison.com for a live stream of every game. Or, be sure to click on &#8220;Game Day&#8221; on Mallardsbaseball.com to be directed to live video!<\/p>\n<p>__<br \/>Fans, the team returns home this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (doubleheader) and there are great seats available for all 4 games! Upcoming promotions include:<\/p>\n<p>Friday &#8211; Bud Light Hockey Night with a special appearance by Steve Carlson, one of the original Hanson Brothers from the movie Slapshot! We&#8217;ll also give away Bud Light Uniform Can Coolers to the first 750 adults, 21 &amp; over in attendance!<br \/>Click <a href=\"http:\/\/ma1.glitnirticketing.com\/maticket\/web\/stadiumg.php?event_id=58&amp;status_id=2\">here <\/a>to purchase tickets for Friday&#8217;s game!<\/p>\n<p>Saturday &#8211; Emil&#8217;s Pizza Seat Cushion giveaway (first 500 fans). Plus, you&#8217;ll have a chance to win delicious pizza all night long!<br \/>Click <a href=\"http:\/\/ma1.glitnirticketing.com\/maticket\/web\/stadiumg.php?event_id=59&amp;status_id=2\">here <\/a>to puchase tickets for Saturday&#8217;s game!<\/p>\n<p>Sunday &#8211; We have not one, but two games for your enjoyment! Game one will feature Madison Children&#8217;s Museum Day &amp; the first 1,000 kids, 14 &amp; under will receive a Frank Lloyd Wright Coloring Card Set courtesy of Taliesin. The first 500 families will also receive a Frozen Food Bag courtesy of MyMenu!<\/p>\n<p>Game two will feature Alliant Energy Cereal Bowl Night (first 1,000 kids) and Bike Helmet Night presented by the Wisconsin DOT and Habush, Habush, and Rottier (first 250 kids).<\/p>\n<p>Also, in-between games, representatives from MyMenu will be hosting a charity cookout outside of the stadium with proceeds going to the Madison Children&#8217;s Museum!<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"http:\/\/ma1.glitnirticketing.com\/maticket\/web\/ev_list.php\">here <\/a>to purchase tickets for Sunday&#8217;s GAME ONE and <a href=\"http:\/\/ma1.glitnirticketing.com\/maticket\/web\/ev_list.php\">here <\/a>for GAME TWO. Game times are scheduled for 1:05 p.m. and 6:05 p.m. There will be two gates, meaning fans will need to purchase separate tickets for each game!<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"lazyload\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_0674\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27492%27%20height%3D%27328%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20492%20328%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27492%27%20height%3D%27328%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"http:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/stories\/merch\/IMG_0674.JPG\" width=\"492\" height=\"328\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Picture caption: Kurtis Muller (Iowa) gets &#8220;pie&#8217;d&#8221; by teammate Matt Jansen (Purdue) on his 20th birthday while being interviewed by  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archived-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.5 (Yoast SEO v26.5) - 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