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The Dogs scored again in the 6th on another double from Mike Dudley as Piepkorn came around. The River Bats offense scored all 3 runs on two home runs on a pair of pitches that Clay Tichota just &quot;left up.\u201d Following the game, a spectacular fireworks show was enjoyed by a number of fans who cheered as the night sky was lit up in a kaleidoscope of colors.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight\u2019s game will be a rematch between St. Cloud and Mankato, with Scheels All Sports supplying &quot;Cheer Stix\u201d for all fans in attendance. <br \/>\nFans will also be receiving a magnet schedule as well for &quot;Opening Night Part II.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The next home game for the MoonDogs will be Tuesday, June 10 against the Alexandria Beetles on Mankato Clinic and Sertoma Night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On a night that was better set for a football game, with the temperature dropping into the 40\u2019s, the St.  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","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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