Written By: Reese Lannon<\/p>\n
Picture By: Kenzie Schmidt<\/p>\n
The Mankato MoonDog offense broke out of a slump on Saturday night against the Rochester The MoonDogs got on the board first, as in the first-inning a bases-loaded walk by Easton<\/strong> The MoonDogs continued to extend the lead in the fourth, as Mason Landers<\/strong> (Belmont) laid John Lundgren<\/strong> (Illinois) got the ball for Mankato on the mound, and the third-year MoonDog After no scoring in the sixth inning, the seventh inning started with a bang as Hauser Two more crossed in the eighth, as Landers would walk in a run, which was immediately In the ninth inning, Rumsey continued his big day with an RBI single, and later in the inning With the victory, the MoonDogs improved to 3-3 on their season while Rochester fell to 4-2. The Written By: Reese Lannon Picture By: Kenzie Schmidt The Mankato MoonDog offense broke out of a slump on Saturday night […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,1,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","category-archives","category-team-news"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nHonkers at Mayo Field, racking up 13 hits and 17 walks in a 14-5 route of the hosting Honkers.
\nThe MoonDog offense scored in seven of the nine innings they batted, which included a 5-5
\nnight with two walks for Kip Fougerouss<\/strong>e (Evansville) and back-to-back-to-back home runs in
\nthe seventh inning by Joe Hauser<\/strong> (Minnesota), Max Williams<\/strong> (Florida State), and Ty Rumsey<\/strong>
\n(Evansville).<\/p>\n
\nFrticher<\/strong> (Minnesota) played a run, and that was followed by an RBI single by Hauser to make
\nthe score 2-0. Williams then made the lead 3-0 with a bard-hit single to plate Jackson Cooke<\/strong>
\n(UT-Martin) and extend the lead to 3-0.<\/p>\n
\ndown a bunt to plate a run, and then Fougerousse drilled a two-run double to the right-center
\nfield fence in the fifth inning to make it 6-0. Rochester got on the board in the bottom of the
\ninning, scoring twice to make the score 6-2.<\/p>\n
\nwas solid on the night, picking up the win as he went five innings, allowing two hits and two
\nruns while walking one and striking out four.<\/p>\n
\nimmediately smacked his first home run to left field to make the score 7-2. Williams then
\ncrushed a no-doubt home run over the Mayo Field scoreboard in right-center field to make it 8-2.
\nThen, Rumsey decided to partake in the home run party, hitting a shot to right field. The
\nMoonDogs scored one more in the inning, making it 10-2.<\/p>\n
\nfollowed by Brendan Hord<\/strong> (Evansville) walking in a run. Rochester did get a two-run home run
\nin the bottom of the inning making it 12-4.<\/p>\n
\nMikey Gottschlak<\/strong> (MSU-Mankato) hit a SAC fly to make it a 14-4 game. Rochester would score
\none in the ninth, but Zach Hoehn<\/strong> (Des Moines CC) would strike out the final batter to put the
\ngame in the win column for Mankato.<\/p>\n
\nMoonDogs will be back in action Sunday to kick off a four-game homestand against the St.
\nCloud Rox. First pitch is scheduled for 5:05 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"