{"id":7250,"date":"2015-07-05T00:09:27","date_gmt":"2015-07-05T00:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/madison-mallards\/?p=7250"},"modified":"2015-07-08T03:38:37","modified_gmt":"2015-07-08T03:38:37","slug":"mallards-look-to-sink-anchors-in-series-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/madison-mallards\/2015\/07\/05\/mallards-look-to-sink-anchors-in-series-opener\/","title":{"rendered":"Mallards Look to Sink Anchors in Series Opener"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\"7-5Madison, Wis. (July 5) <\/strong>– Nate Hoffmann (Middle Tennessee State) and the Madison Mallards (3-0, 23-15) will chase their fourth consecutive victory to open the second half of their 2015 schedule when they travel to Alexandria, Minn., on Sunday for the first tilt of a two-game road series with the Blue Anchors (2-2, 14-25). First pitch for tonight’s contest at Knute Nelson Stadium is scheduled for 5:05 p.m. CT. Play-by-play coverage will be provided by 100.5 FM ESPN Madison.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tLast night, the Mallards used a pair of home runs from designated hitter Collin Theroux (San Joaquin Delta CC) and another quality start from starting pitcher Matt Bower (Washington State) to put the finishing touches on a home-and-away sweep of the Wisconsin Woodchucks (2-2, 14-25) at Athletic Park. The victory, in conjunction with Kenosha’s 13-10 loss in La Crosse, was enough to lift Madison into sole possession of first place in the South Division entering tonight.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tSunday evening will mark the sixth starting appearance of the season for Hoffmann, who enters tonight’s contest with a 3-1 record, 2.25 ERA and 17:7 strikeout-to-walk ratio across his first five games (24 IP). Perhaps no pitcher in the South Division has been proved more consistent than the 6-foot-2 right-hander this summer, having tallied four quality starts and relinquished more than one earned run in just one of his five outings. Opponents have hit .189 against him.\n<\/p>\n