{"id":16861,"date":"2025-04-24T08:38:20","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T13:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-moondogs\/?p=16861"},"modified":"2025-04-24T08:38:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T13:38:20","slug":"alumni-of-the-week-stroh-and-marland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-moondogs\/2025\/04\/24\/alumni-of-the-week-stroh-and-marland\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni of the Week: Stroh and Marland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For your MoonDogs Alumni of the Week, we have fielder Zach Stroh and pitcher Tate Marland.<\/p>\n<p>The Minnesota State University, Mankato catcher and fielder, Zach Stroh, is your Alumni of the Week. Stroh has earned this honor after he helped the Mavericks to a series sweep against Minnesota Crookston. Stroh was 5 for 12 on the series at the plate with 2 RBIs and a home run in the second game.<\/p>\n<p>Stroh was with the MoonDogs in 2022 and 2024. In 2022, Stroh played in 12 games and had 39 at-bats, 13 runs, 9 hits, 4 RBIs, and a batting average of .231. In 2024, he played in 27 games and had 100 at-bats, 22 runs, 28 hits, 18 RBIs, and 4 home runs!<\/p>\n<p>Tate Marland is a Cedarville University arm who picked up a win against Kentucky Wesleyan. In his outing, he pitched 6.1 innings, 3 earned runs, and 9 strikeouts. This win was Marland\u2019s 3rd of the season out of 9 games played. His ERA so far this season is 3.26.<\/p>\n<p>Marland played for the MoonDog squad in 2024, and in his time here, he played in 9 games. He pitched a total of 27.2 innings, faced 128 batters, and had 18 strikeouts! Marland ended his time with the MoonDogs with an ERA of 6.18.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>###<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>The Northwoods League is the proven leader in the development of elite college baseball players. Having completed its\u2019 31<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0season, the Northwoods League is the largest organized baseball league in history 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 370 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 two-time World Series Champion Max Scherzer (TEX), two-time World Series Champions Ben Zobrist and Brandon Crawford and World Series Champion and Cy Young Award winner Chris Sale (ATL). As well as 2019 Rookie of the Year and 2019\/2021 Home Run Derby Champion Pete Alonso (NYM) and 2023 World Series Champion, MLB All-Star, MLB Gold Glove, two-time Silver Slugger winner and two-time All-MLB first team shortstop Marcus Semien (TEX). 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