{"id":3418,"date":"2013-07-13T05:00:01","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T05:00:01","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T05:00:00","slug":"hugethirdinningliftsmoondogstowinsweepoverhuskies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-moondogs\/2013\/07\/13\/hugethirdinningliftsmoondogstowinsweepoverhuskies\/","title":{"rendered":"Huge Third Inning Lifts MoonDogs to Win Sweep over Huskies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p classmsonormal=\"\"><span styleline-height=\"\">MANKATO, MINN. &#8211; The Mankato MoonDogs were able to capitalize on a massive ten-run third inning to power their way to a 15-5 win over the Duluth Huskies on Saturday night, completing the two-game sweep at Franklin Rogers Ballpark.<\/span><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\" stylemargin-bottom10.0ptline-height115=\"\"><op><\/op>Trailing 1-0 entering the bottom of the third, the MoonDogs blew the ballgame wide open, scorching the Huskies&#8217; defense for ten runs on eight hits and one error.&nbsp; Mankato batted through the order and then some in the frame, seeing fourteen batters take an at-bat.&nbsp; In the offensive outburst there was only one play that brought home more than one run, a two-RBI double off the bat of Timothy Arakawa (Oklahoma State).&nbsp; The All-Star outfielder had another big night, finishing 5-for-6 at the plate scoring three runs and batting in four, on top of adding his 24<sup>th <\/sup>stolen base of the season. <op><\/op><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\" stylemargin-bottom10.0ptline-height115=\"\">Duluth was quick to get back up off of the mat and deliver a blow of their own, as they cut Mankato&#8217;s lead to 10-6 with a five-run fourth inning.&nbsp; The Huskies strung out five hits in the frame, four coming on starting pitcher Donovan Feenstra (University of the Cumberlands), ending his day.&nbsp; Feenstra finished pitching three and a third innings stringing out six hits and five earned runs in his no-decision outing. <op><\/op><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\" stylemargin-bottom10.0ptline-height115=\"\">The Mankato bullpen was able to step in and continue their hot play as Sam Clay (Georgia Tech) entered the game to get the MoonDogs out of the fourth-inning jam.&nbsp; The left-hander from Buford, GA. did so and pitched three additional frames, finishing with only two hits allowed in three and two-thirds innings of work, picking up the win (2-1) in the process. <op><\/op><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\" stylemargin-bottom10.0ptline-height115=\"\">The MoonDogs were able plate two runs on two hits in each of the fifth and sixth innings, extending their lead to 14-6 in the process, before adding one more in the eighth. <op><\/op><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\" stylemargin-bottom10.0ptline-height115=\"\">Jesse Harbin (Arkansas-Little Rock) took care of the eighth inning for the MoonDogs, and in a surprise trip to the mound, infielder and All-Star slugger Chase Simpson tossed the ninth inning, retiring the Huskies in order to clinch the win for Mankato.<op><\/op><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\" stylemargin-bottom10.0ptline-height115=\"\">It was another impressive performance for the MoonDogs&#8217; offense, as five different players notched at least two hits, and all but three players in the lineup crossed home at least one time.&nbsp; Hibraim Cordova (University of the Cumberlands) finished batting 2-for-3 with an RBI and four runs scored.<op><\/op><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\" stylemargin-bottom10.0ptline-height115=\"\">Mankato&#8217;s two-game sweep of the Huskies gives them a 5-1 edge in the season series.&nbsp; Duluth visits the Frank one more time on August 4 for the last two games of the regular season between the two squads. <op><\/op><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\" stylemargin-bottom10.0ptline-height115=\"\">The victory was Mankato&#8217;s fifth in their last six games, and brings them to 7-3 in the second half.&nbsp; The MoonDogs are now in sole possession of second place in the Northwoods League North Division, a full game ahead of St. Cloud and Duluth and two-and-a-half games back of Waterloo.&nbsp; <op><\/op><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\" stylemargin-bottom10.0ptline-height115=\"\">The MoonDogs close out their four-game homestand on Sunday night as the Alexandria Blue Anchors return for the first leg of their second home-and-home series in less than a week.&nbsp; The two teams split on July 10 and 11, with the road team winning both contests.&nbsp; Sunday night is also the Mini-Bat Giveaway presented by Buffalo Wild Wings.&nbsp; The first 300 kids through the Franklin Rogers gates will receive their own mini-bat.<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<p classmsonormal=\"\"><op>&nbsp;<\/op><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\"><op>&nbsp;<\/op><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANKATO, MINN. &#8211; The Mankato MoonDogs were able to capitalize on a massive ten-run third inning to power their way  [&#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-3418","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>Huge Third Inning Lifts MoonDogs to Win Sweep over Huskies - 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\/13\/hugethirdinningliftsmoondogstowinsweepoverhuskies\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Huge Third Inning Lifts MoonDogs to Win Sweep over Huskies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"MANKATO, MINN. &#8211; 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