{"id":17099,"date":"2025-07-26T22:19:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T03:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-moondogs\/?p=17099"},"modified":"2025-07-26T22:19:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T03:19:21","slug":"moondogs-fall-short-of-nine-straight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-moondogs\/2025\/07\/26\/moondogs-fall-short-of-nine-straight\/","title":{"rendered":"MoonDogs Fall Short of Nine Straight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stingers defeat MoonDogs 4-3.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Starting on the mound for your Mankato MoonDogs is Caleb Koskie (Indiana University). Koskie goes 1, 2, 3 in his first inning of work. 0-0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Starting on the mound for the Wilmar Stingers is Porter Buursema (Georgia Tech). JoJo Williamson and Nico Libed lead the Dogs off with walks. The MoonDogs can&#8217;t get any runs in, and we head to the second. 0-0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Max Buettenback (University of Nebraska) leads the Stingers off with a single, followed by a Bushey walk. Joey Craig (New Mexico State) walks, and the bases are loaded for the Stingers. Two strikeouts from Koskie, but Cody Nitowitz gets a 2-run RBI single to put the Stingers up. 2-0 Stingers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Buursema is rolling and goes 1, 2, 3 in the bottom of the 2nd. 2-0 Stingers<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Koskie follows suit and has his own 1, 2, 3 inning in the top of the third. 2-0 Stingers<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Buuresema goes 1, 2, 3 again and hasn&#8217;t allowed a hit through 3 innings. 2-0 Stingers<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>One base runner for the Stingers via a Dog&#8217;s error. Nothing going for the Stingers after the error. 2-0 Stingers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Through 4 innings, no hits for the MoonDogs. Buursema is cruising. 2-0 Stingers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Leadoff walk for Cody Nitowitz of the Stingers. A single from Guzman followed by an RBI double from Sam Hunt (University of Minnesota) puts the Stingers up 4. 4-0 Stingers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>One error from the MoonDogs in the bottom of the fifth. Buursema is still rolling and has zero hits allowed through 5 innings. 4-0 Stingers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Koskie goes 1, 2, 3 in the sixth. 4-0 Stingers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>JoJo Williamson leads off the Dogs with an HBP. Followed by a Nico Libed walk. Collin Jennings (University of Illinois) drives in the first Dogs run of the game with a SAC Fly. Caleb Wuff gets the first hit of the game and its a RBI single.\u00a0 4-2 Stingers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Cody Nitowitz leads the Stingers off with a single. Another base hit ends Koskie&#8217;s day. Tyler Foster (UC Irvine) into pitch for the MoonDogs. Foster gets out of the inning and we head to the bottom of the seventh. 4-2 Stingers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sean Griggs (Alabama) gets it going with a single for the Dogs in the seventh. JoJo Williamson walks. RBI double from Nico Libed (San Diego) gets the Dogs one run closer. 4-3 Stingers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Solid inning from Foster, and the MoonDogs execute a hidden ball trick for the final out of the inning. 4-3 Stingers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>MoonDogs fail to add any more. 4-3 Stingers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Drew Townson (Fresno State University) into pitch for the MoonDogs in the ninth. Base hit for the Stingers and they have two on. 4-3 Stingers<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bottom nine and the MoonDogs need one to tie, two to win.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>4-3 Final.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stingers defeat MoonDogs 4-3. &nbsp; Starting on the mound for your Mankato MoonDogs is Caleb Koskie (Indiana University). 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