The MoonDogs looked to head home on a high note after spending over a week on the road. The MoonDogs would go with a Bull Pen Day starting with reliver Kobe Lovell.

Lovell would be given an early lead to work with as Ty Rumsey would make it home after being walked with no balls put in play.

Lovell would keep the Larks off the board until the third inning when the Larks would match the MoonDogs two runs. Lovell would come in for the fourth inning and would not make it through as three more runs make it around the diamond.

It would not take long for the MoonDogs to respond as with a runner on base Brendan Hord would show one of the many reasons he was named to the All-Star game with a deep drive off the video board. Eli Anderson would continue his great start to his Northwoods League career getting in after stealing two bases after a single.

The MoonDogs would not stop there as they would continue to pound out runs. Rumsey would send Orlando Salinas home on a sac fly before Kip Fougerousse launched one off the video boards just feet away from Hord’s. Hord would also join in with his second home run of the game extending the MoonDogs lead. Anderson would get himself a little league home run scoring on a single and two errors pushing in the hot bat of Jalen Martinez.

The game would spiral out of control for the Larks as the MoonDogs would push another four runs across the plate during the seventh putting the game nearly out of reach. It would not stop there as the MoonDogs would put another 4 runs on the board in the ninth.

The MoonDogs would win the game against the Larks with a final score of 19-8. The MoonDogs return home tomorrow for a 6:35 P.M. matchup against the Honkers.

The Mankato MoonDogs are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. The Northwoods League is the proven leader in the development of elite college baseball players. Now in its’ 30^th season, the Northwoods League is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 24 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, over 325 Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including three-time All-Star and 2016 Roberto Clemente Award winner Curtis Granderson, three-time Cy Young Award winner and World Series Champion Max Scherzer (NYM), two-time World Series Champions Ben Zobrist and Brandon Crawford (SFG) and World Series Champion Chris Sale (BOS). As well as 2019 Rookie of the Year and 2019/2021 Home Run Derby Champion Pete Alonso (NYM) and 2021 All-Star, MLB Gold Glove winner and 2019 Second Team All-MLB shortstop Marcus Semien (TEX). All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League website. League games are viewable live at watchnwl.com and on ESPN+. 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 Rockers as your favorite team.