{"id":3396,"date":"2013-07-03T05:00:01","date_gmt":"2013-07-03T05:00:01","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T05:00:00","slug":"dykxhoornsnightspoiledasoffensestalls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-moondogs\/2013\/07\/03\/dykxhoornsnightspoiledasoffensestalls\/","title":{"rendered":"Dykxhoorns Night Spoiled as Offense Stalls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span stylefont-size=\"\">WATERLOO, Iowa &#8211;  The Mankato MoonDogs wrapped the first half of the 2013 season Wednesday night with a 2-1 loss to the Waterloo Bucks at Riverfront Stadium.<\/span><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\"><op><\/op><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\">Mankato took an early 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning on a two-out, John Michael Twichell (UT-Arlington) RBI double, driving in Jonathan Rodriguez (Oklahoma City) from first base.&nbsp; The MoonDogs would scatter four hits over the first three innings, but the offense stalled after a Tim Arakawa (Oklahoma State) leadoff single in the third.&nbsp; From that point on, the Waterloo pitching staff retired 20 of the next 21 Mankato hitters.<op><\/op><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\">Bucks Starter TJ Renda (Alabama St) improved to 3-1 on the season, allowing one run on four hits over seven innings.&nbsp; Steve Maher (St. Thomas) picked up his first save of the year, shutting out the Dogs over the final two innings.<op><\/op><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\">Brock Dykxhoorn (West Virginia) suffered the tough luck loss for Mankato, dropping his season record to 1-3 on the year.&nbsp; The Canadian born right-hander allowed just two runs on six hits over seven innings, while walking a pair of Bucks batters, striking out seven.&nbsp; Dykxhoorn had his best outing of the year, posting season highs in strikeouts (7), innings pitched (7.2), and pitches thrown (112).&nbsp; <op><\/op><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\">The loss dropped Mankato to 17-18 overall in the first half of the 2013 season, their lowest first half record since 2010 (15 -19).&nbsp; The Dogs open up the second half schedule on Independence Day with a two game series north of the border in Thunder Bay, Ontario.&nbsp; First pitch will be at 605pm CT on July 4, with Kahana Neal (U of the Cumberlands) making his third start of the Summer for Mankato. <op><\/op><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\">Mankato returns to the Frank on Saturday, July 6 against the St. Cloud Rox for Duck Dynasty Night. 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