{"id":15775,"date":"2023-06-13T21:56:04","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T02:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-moondogs\/?p=15775"},"modified":"2023-06-13T21:56:04","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T02:56:04","slug":"dogs-get-stung-in-the-9th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-moondogs\/2023\/06\/13\/dogs-get-stung-in-the-9th\/","title":{"rendered":"Dogs get Stung in the 9th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Written By: Tyler Kuch<\/p>\n<p>It was the best of times.\u00a0 It was the worst of times.\u00a0 Tuesday\u2019s matchup between the Mankato MoonDogs and Willmar Stingers featured its share of highs and lows for both teams, with the Stingers ultimately prevailing, 8-7.<\/p>\n<p>The Stingers wasted no time getting on the board.\u00a0 A <a href=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/willmar-stingers\/player\/?id=6470\">Gabe Swansen<\/a> double gave Willmar an unearned run right away in the first inning.\u00a0 They would follow up with four more runs off of MoonDogs starter <a href=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-moondogs\/player\/?id=6484\">Reece Elston<\/a>, using a bases-loaded walk, a wild pitch, and a two-run double.<\/p>\n<p>But just when it seemed like the game had the chance to get ugly for the home team, the MoonDogs pounced.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-moondogs\/player\/?id=5868\">Kip Fougerousse<\/a> crushed a two-run home run to left-center, and <a href=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-moondogs\/player\/?id=6612\">Max Williams<\/a> followed up with a solo shot to right field two batters later.\u00a0 After three innings, the score was 5-3, Stingers.<\/p>\n<p>Aided in part by an error in right field, the Stingers were able to squeeze an unearned run off of MoonDogs pitcher <a href=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-moondogs\/player\/?id=6370\">Grant Garza<\/a>, the only run they would score in his five innings of work.<\/p>\n<p>Still, the MoonDogs refused to go away.\u00a0 After the first two batters reached base in the fifth, Brendan Hord smoked a three-run homer off the pitch clock in left field to tie the game at six, and reset the game completely.<\/p>\n<p>With a scoreless sixth inning (the first inning neither team scored), the Dogs came up to bat in the bottom of the seventh, still tied at six.\u00a0 Fougerousse led off with a walk, moved up to second on a wild pitch, and came around to score on a <a href=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-moondogs\/player\/?id=5614\">Nolan Tichy<\/a> single into short left-center field.\u00a0 The MoonDogs had the lead for the first time in the time and, after a scoreless inning of work from <a href=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-moondogs\/player\/?id=6333\">Mitch Casperson<\/a>, would head to the ninth looking to close it out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/willmar-stingers\/player\/?id=6777\">Kasten Furr<\/a> drew a walk off of MoonDogs closer <a href=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-moondogs\/player\/?id=6157\">Myles Meyer<\/a>, and stole second base to put himself in scoring position.\u00a0 After a strikeout, Furr later would move to third on a groundout to second base.\u00a0 With <a href=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/willmar-stingers\/player\/?id=6040\">Kevin Fitzer<\/a> on the plate, down to his last strike, Furr came home on a wild pitch to tie the game at seven.<\/p>\n<p>The wild pitch ended up not mattering, however, because Fitzer launched a home run seconds later to give the Stingers the lead, and ultimately the game 8-7.\u00a0 The Stingers move to 12-2 while the MoonDogs fall to 7-9.\u00a0 After an off day on Wednesday, the MoonDogs will be back at ISG Field on Thursday for the first of a two-game set against the Minot Hot Tots.\u00a0 First pitch is at 6:35.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written By: Tyler Kuch It was the best of times.\u00a0 It was the worst of times.\u00a0 Tuesday\u2019s matchup between the  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":15763,"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-15775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements","category-archives","category-team-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.5 (Yoast SEO v26.5) - 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