{"id":15974,"date":"2023-07-23T20:33:35","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T01:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-moondogs\/?p=15974"},"modified":"2023-07-23T20:33:35","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T01:33:35","slug":"dogs-sweep-puppies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-moondogs\/2023\/07\/23\/dogs-sweep-puppies\/","title":{"rendered":"Dogs Sweep Puppies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Puppies were in town for the second time in as many nights and the MoonDogs were looking for a sweep of a series.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-moondogs\/player\/?id=5127\">Caleb Strack<\/a> would take the mound for the MoonDogs for his first outing after being named an All-Star. Strack would make quick work of the first inning giving the MoonDogs the juice they needed.<\/p>\n<p>The MoonDogs would start the first out with a walk from <a href=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-moondogs\/player\/?id=6864\">Asher Bradd<\/a> and<a href=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-moondogs\/player\/?id=4502\"> Kai Roberts<\/a>. The MoonDogs would then be treated to three doubles in row coming from <a href=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-moondogs\/player\/?id=6612\">Max Williams<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-moondogs\/player\/?id=5868\">Kip Fougerouss<\/a>e, and <a href=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-moondogs\/player\/?id=137\">Brody Harding<\/a>. Before the inning could end <a href=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-moondogs\/player\/?id=6308\">Ty Rumsey<\/a> would catch all of one and drive it deep off the video board in right field.<\/p>\n<p>The Mud Puppies would get one on the board, but it would show to be not enough as the MoonDogs would respond with two runs of their own behind doubles from Bradd and Roberts and a well-placed single from <a href=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-moondogs\/player\/?id=5125\">Brendan Hord<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mud Puppies would try to show some life with another run scored in the third.<\/p>\n<p>The fourth inning would see a clean sheet from both sides keeping the game in a good spot for the MoonDogs.<\/p>\n<p>The MoonDogs would continue to put the pain on the Mud Puppies getting four more runs in response to the three scored by them in the later innings.<\/p>\n<p>MoonDogs would end the night winners with a 12-5 win over the Mud Puppies. The MoonDogs will take the next two days off readying themselves for the push for the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>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\u2019 30<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0season, 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\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.watchnwl.com\/\"><em>watchnwl.com<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0and on ESPN+. For more information, visit\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mankatomoondogs.com\"><em>www.mankatomoondogs.com<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0or download the new Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store or on Google Play and set the Rockers as your favorite team.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Puppies were in town for the second time in as many nights and the MoonDogs were looking for a  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":15975,"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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.5 (Yoast SEO v26.5) - 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