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Published On: August 2nd, 2017

Hours before the Mankato MoonDogs and Waterloo Bucks were set to square off on Tuesday night, the heavens opened up on Franklin Rogers Park and put the future of the game in doubt.  But clear skies prevailed and allowed the MoonDogs to try for a sixth straight victory.  They did not get it, however, as the Bucks slugged their way to an 11-2 win.

The Bucks started hot right off the bat, pun intended, putting up three runs off MoonDogs starter Ricky Digrugilliers before recording an out.  They would add a fourth later in the inning, putting the MoonDogs in a sizable hole before their first turn at bat.

Fortunately for the MoonDogs, that was the only blemish of Digrugilliers’ outing, as he shut the Bucks out for the next three innings.  Unfortunately for the MoonDogs, their offense was not mounting any rallies.  Bucks starter Zachary McLeod did not allow a hit until the fourth inning, when Ethan Valdez reached on an infield single.

MoonDogs reliever TJ Satterly entered the game in the fifth inning, holding the Bucks hitless until the seventh, where they managed to push two more runs across.  Satterly faced two more batters in the eighth inning, but ultimately gave way to teammate Kaleb Schmidt after a two-run home run by Drew Greenwood gave the Bucks a 8-1 lead.  Schmidt then gave up a two-run home run of his own to Nicola Mislinski, and suddenly it was a 10-1 game.

The MoonDogs showed some signs of life in the bottom of the eighth inning, scraping together three hits and scoring their second run of the game on an Alvaro Rubalcaba single.  But another home run in the top of the ninth, this time by Charlie Concannon, crushed any hopes the MoonDogs had of a comeback, making the score 11-2, which would become the final score minutes later.

The MoonDogs finished with five hits, and an RBI apiece from Rubalcaba and Kyle Cuellar.  The loss drops their second half record to 16-8, and they will travel to St. Cloud to battle the Rox in a doubleheader tomorrow, with the first game starting at 12:05.

 

 

The Mankato MoonDogs are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. The 23-year-old summer collegiate league is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 20 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 170 former Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including two-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (WAS), two-time World Series Champion Ben Zobrist (CHC) and MLB All-Stars Chris Sale (BOS), Jordan Zimmermann (DET), Curtis Granderson (NYM) and Lucas Duda (NYM).  All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League portal. For more information, visit [www.mankatomoondogs.com]or download the new Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store or on Google Play and set the MoonDogs as your favorite team.

 

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The Northwoods League is the proven leader in the development of elite college baseball players. The 23-year old summer collegiate league is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 20 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 180 former Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including two-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (WAS), two-time World Series Champion Ben Zobrist (CHC) and MLB All-Stars Chris Sale (BOS), Jordan Zimmermann (DET), Curtis Granderson (NYM) and Lucas Duda (NYM). All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League website. For more information, visit www.northwoodsleague.com or download the Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store or on Google Play.