Mankato, Minn. – The MoonDogs fell to the La Crosse Loggers tonight, making it their third straight loss. La Crosse’s big inning came in the sixth inning as Mankato gave up three doubles, a single, three walks, and a total of six runs.

Loggers outfielder, Braiden Ward (Washington) walked to lead off the game, then stole second base and scored La Crosse’s first run off of a Shane McGuire (San Diego) ground out to shortstop.

The MoonDogs started a rally in the bottom of the second when they had the bases loaded with two outs. Nick Novak (Angelo State) singled to center field and drove in Josh Elvir (Houston) from third base, but Max Wright (Indiana State) would try to score from second and he was thrown out at home plate to end the inning.

La Crosse would come back with two runs in the top of the third inning to put themselves ahead 3-1. Ward would reach base again at the start of the inning off of a Novak throwing error at shortstop. Bryce Blaum (Texas A&M) later scored in the inning off of a ground ball double play hit by Loggers first baseman, Korey Lee (California).

The flood gates opened in the top of the sixth as the MoonDogs went through three different pitchers and surrendered six runs to give the Loggers a 9-1 lead for the remainder of the game.

The MoonDogs will head to La Crosse tomorrow to play the Loggers at 7:05 pm as Jacob Nagel (Bellarmine) is expected to take the mound for Mankato.

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