{"id":3337,"date":"2013-05-31T05:00:01","date_gmt":"2013-05-31T05:00:01","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T05:00:00","slug":"moondogsbreakthroughforfirstwinoftheseason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-moondogs\/2013\/05\/31\/moondogsbreakthroughforfirstwinoftheseason\/","title":{"rendered":"MoonDogs Break Through for First Win of the Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span new=\"\">MANKATO, MINN&#8212; After a frustrating start to the 2013 Northwoods League season, the Mankato MoonDogs cruised to a 12-2 victory over the Rochester Honkers on Friday night at Franklin Rogers Park, avoiding a series sweep..<op><\/op><\/span><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\"><span new=\"\">While slow starts and sloppy infield play marred the MoonDogs&#8217; first two outings, they wasted no time getting on the board Friday, as Chase Simpson (Wichita St.) cranked a three-run home run before the Honkers could record their first out of the game.&nbsp; <op><\/op><\/span><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\"><span new=\"\">Offensive power was no longer a problem for Mankato, with their 12 hits over eight innings, and their defensive play was just as solid, as the MoonDogs were error-free for the night. <op><\/op><\/span><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\"><span new=\"\">A strong four-run fourth inning gave Mankato some much-needed breathing room right after a Mitch Anderson (RCTC) single brought Rochester within two runs at the top of the frame.&nbsp; <op><\/op><\/span><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\"><span new=\"\">Mankato had strong batting performances throughout its lineup, as six separate MoonDogs notched a hit, and four of them had multiple-hit nights.&nbsp; <op><\/op><\/span><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\"><span new=\"\">Zach Zehner (Santa Barbara City College) continued his torrid play, going two-for-three with a pair of RBIs, improving to seven-for-thirteen on the young season.&nbsp; Hibraim Cordova (U of the Cumberlands) also had a strong game, going three-for-four with three RBIs, highlighted by a solo home run in the fifth.<op><\/op><\/span><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\"><span new=\"\">Leading the MoonDogs stingy defense was starting pitcher Bryan Bonnell (UNLV) who was rock solid going five and a third innings spreading out eight hits but only one earned run.&nbsp; Cameron Giannini (Southern Mississippi) picks up the save pitching the remaining three and two-third innings, giving up only one hit and striking out six.&nbsp; The thirteen strikeouts recorded by the MoonDogs brings their team total to an impressive 44 for the season, good for first in the Northwoods League. <op><\/op><\/span><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\"><span new=\"\">The MoonDogs now hit the road for a four game road swing through Duluth and Thunder Bay, game one in Duluth will start Saturday at 735 p.m. Mankato returns to the Frank on June 5 for another date with Rochester, a game presented by Sport PiX and AM 1230 The Fan Mankato. Fans receive a commemorative Brandon Crawford poster. <op><\/op><\/span><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\"><span new=\"\">Season and single game tickets are on sale at the MoonDogs office located at 1221 Caledonia Street.&nbsp; For more information visit our website at www.mankatomoondogs.com or call the MoonDogs office at 507-625-7047.<op><\/op><\/span><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\"><span new=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\"><span new=\"\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANKATO, MINN&#8212; After a frustrating start to the 2013 Northwoods League season, the Mankato MoonDogs cruised to a 12-2 victory  [&#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-3337","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) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>MoonDogs Break Through for First Win of the Season - Mankato MoonDogs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-moondogs\/2013\/05\/31\/moondogsbreakthroughforfirstwinoftheseason\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MoonDogs Break Through for First Win of the Season\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"MANKATO, MINN&#8212; 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