{"id":3397,"date":"2013-07-09T05:00:01","date_gmt":"2013-07-09T05:00:01","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T05:00:00","slug":"moondogsblasttheirwaytoroutsweepofhonkers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-moondogs\/2013\/07\/09\/moondogsblasttheirwaytoroutsweepofhonkers\/","title":{"rendered":"MoonDogs Blast Their Way to Rout Sweep of Honkers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p classmsonormal=\"\">MANKATO, MINN. &#8211; The Mankato MoonDogs were not afraid to swing the bats, and swing the bats hard on Tuesday afternoon as they racked up 20 hits and five home runs during a 18-5 trouncing of the Rochester Honkers at Mayo Field, sweeping the two-game series.<op><\/op><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\">While there were many different MoonDog who found success in the batter&#8217;s box, the two players with the biggest days were Timothy Arakawa (Oklahoma State), and John Michael Twichell (Texas-Arlington).&nbsp; Arakawa was nearly perfect at the plate, finishing five-for-six with two runs scored and five RBIs, highlighted by a three-RBI double in the fifth inning.&nbsp; <op><\/op><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\">Meanwhile Twichell made a strong case to be named Northwoods League Player of the Night a second consecutive time as he hit another pair of home runs in addition to the two bombs he hit on Monday night.&nbsp; The Dallas, Texas native finished the series batting an astounding 5-for-10 with nine RBI.<op><\/op><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\">The MoonDog&#8217;s offense went much deeper than Arakawa and Twichell however, as every starting player recorded at least one base hit.&nbsp; Matt Jones (Southern Illinois), Hibraim Cordova (U. of the Cumberlands), and Josh Fuentes (Saddleback) each notched a home run and a pair of RBIs, with Fuentes adding a third.<op><\/op><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\">Rochester was able to build an early 2-0 lead with runs in the first and second innings, but the wheels started to fall off during a five-run, three-home run third inning for Mankato.&nbsp; Taking the 5-2 lead into the fourth inning, the MoonDogs did not look back, scoring and scoring often the rest of the way, making it a difficult afternoon for Honkers&#8217; starter Mason Pingel (Western Illinois, 2-3) and the rest of the Honkers&#8217; defense. Pingel takes the loss lasting four innings, giving up ten hits and eight runs, including four homers.<op><\/op><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\">Mankato starting pitcher Brock Dykxhoorn (West Virginia, 2-3) played solid to get the win, even with the impressive run support he had. &nbsp;The large right-hander threw seven innings spraying eight hits for five earned runs, while striking out a pair. Both of Dykxhoorn&#8217;s victories this season have now come at Mayo Field against the Honkers, with the first coming in a 3-1 decision on June 6. <op><\/op><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\">Bryan Bonnell (UNLV) and Sam Clay (Georgia Tech) provided all the bullpen assistance that Dykxhoorn needed, combining to throw the last two innings of shutout ball.<op><\/op><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\">Overall the MoonDogs dominated the two-game series against a struggling Honkers squad still looking for its first win of the second half.&nbsp; The MoonDogs outscored the Honkers by a 28-7 margin in the series, as they improve to 4-2 while Rochester falls to 0-6. &nbsp;Mankato also holds a 5-2 edge in the season series with the sweep, as Rochester has not beaten Mankato since their home opener on May 30.<op><\/op><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\">The MoonDogs hope to keep their winning ways going in a home-and-home series with Alexandria playing Wednesday night at Knute Nelson Memorial Stadium before returning to Mankato on Thursday for a 705 p.m. start time at the Frank.&nbsp; Acclaimed entertainment group The ZOOperstars are set to perform, presented by KEYC.<op><\/op><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\">Great seats are available to all remaining home games, on sale at the MoonDogs office located at 1221 Caledonia Street in Mankato, as well as over the phone at 507-625-7047.&nbsp; To stay up to date, Like the MoonDogs on Facebook and Follow us on Twitter (@MoonDogsBall), or visit the website at www.mankatomoondogs.com<op><\/op><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANKATO, MINN. &#8211; The Mankato MoonDogs were not afraid to swing the bats, and swing the bats hard on Tuesday  [&#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-3397","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 Blast Their Way to Rout Sweep of Honkers - 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\/07\/09\/moondogsblasttheirwaytoroutsweepofhonkers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MoonDogs Blast Their Way to Rout Sweep of Honkers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"MANKATO, MINN. &#8211; 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