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Koskie ended his night with an ERA of 0.00.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The MoonDogs were the first ones to get onto the scoreboard in the bottom of the second inning. Cannon Peery (Grand Canyon University) scored on a fielder\u2019s choice. Dylan Drake (Sac City) came in to score on a Brandon Vlcko (Minnesota State University, Mankato) RBI single. To end the scoring in the bottom of the second, Michael Carrano Jr (Parkland CC) scored Anthony Avalos (University of Houston) on a sac fly.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Bucks would add 3 in the top of the third, but Drake made a catch off the wall, saving it from being a Waterloo home run!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The MoonDogs gave a response to the Bucks&#8217; 3-run inning by adding 1 more run themselves. Evan Saunders (Iowa Western CC) would hit an RBI single, scoring Drake.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Top of the fourth, the Bucks would tie it up again, making the score 4-4.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Aidan Norris (Iowa Western CC) was the first arm out of the bullpen in the top of the fifth. Norris recorded 1.1 innings, facing 6 batters.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bottom of the fifth was MoonDog time, as they piled on 2 more runs! Peery would hit an RBI double, scoring Cooper Neville (Iowa Western CC). Then Peery would come around to score himself on a wild pitch.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Noah Rhea-Meuax (Cosumnes River CC) came into the game at the top of the sixth with one down. Meaux pitched a total of 2.0 innings with 10 batters faced and 3 strikeouts. He would end his night with an ERA of 3.00.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Bucks tied the game back up 6-6 by adding 2 more runs in the top of the sixth. They would continue to extend their score in the eighth when they added 3 more runs!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Will Page-Allen (Thunder River CC) came into the game at the top of the eighth with one putaway. Page-Allen ended the night with 1.2 innings of work, only facing 6 batters, and had 3 strikeouts. He finished his night with an ERA of 0.00.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The MoonDogs gave a competitive bottom of the ninth, adding 2 runs. 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