{"id":3454,"date":"2013-07-31T05:00:01","date_gmt":"2013-07-31T05:00:01","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T05:00:00","slug":"moondogsstartstronghangonforwinoverbullfrogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-moondogs\/2013\/07\/31\/moondogsstartstronghangonforwinoverbullfrogs\/","title":{"rendered":"MoonDogs Start Strong Hang On for Win over Bullfrogs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p classmsonormal=\"\">GREEN BAY, WIS. &#8211;  The Mankato MoonDogs were able to build a sizeable lead in the early going during Wednesday night&#8217;s interleague matchup with the Green Bay Bullfrogs, a lead that withstood a late Green Bay comeback attempt en route to a 12-6 MoonDog victory at Johannes Stadium in game one of a two-game series.<op><\/op><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\">Mankato wasted no time throwing the first punch on Wednesday, as Timothy Arakawa (Oklahoma St.) led off the game with a triple on Bullfrogs&#8217; starting pitcher Garrett Harrison (St. Cloud State), reaching home on the next at-bat when Matt Jones (Southern Illinois) poked an RBI single to center field, giving the MoonDogs an early 1-0 lead. <op><\/op><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\">The early lead was stretched to six runs in the top of the third when the MoonDogs put up five runs on four hits.&nbsp; While Woody Woodward (UC Santa Barbara) and Jonathan Rodriguez (Oklahoma City) each notched RBIs in the frame, the Bullfrogs did most of the damage to themselves, as a passed ball and a fielder&#8217;s error combined for three unearned runs. <op><\/op><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\">Accompanied by a shut-down performance from starting pitcher Bryan Bonnell (UNLV), the MoonDogs further bolstered their lead with single runs in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings to give the MoonDogs a 9-0 cushion entering the bottom of the seventh.&nbsp; John Michael Twichell hit his Northwoods League leading 13<sup>th<\/sup> home run in the sixth inning, finishing the game batting 2-for-5 with two runs scored and an RBI.<op><\/op><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\">Bonnell would eventually be credited for the victory (3-2) after throwing six and a third scoreless innings before Green Bay broke the shutout with a run in the seventh.&nbsp; The Las Vegas native finished giving up the one earned run with no walks and eight strikeouts over seven innings of work.<op><\/op><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\">However, Bonnell&#8217;s victory was not assured of until later, as the Bullfrogs put up a spirited comeback effort in the bottom of the eighth inning, roughing up the MoonDogs&#8217; bullpen for six hits and five runs, cutting their lead to 9-6.<op><\/op><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\">Mankato was able to respond to Green Bay&#8217;s late push with a three-run outburst of their own in the top of the ninth, thanks in part to Jones&#8217; second and third RBIs of the game.&nbsp; <op><\/op><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\">Ryan Quick (Austin Peay St. Univ.) mopped up the Bullfrogs in the bottom of the frame to seal the win as he retired the side in four batters.<op><\/op><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\">The win brought the MoonDogs (15-9) back into a second-place tie with St. Cloud in the North Division Second Half standings, as both teams remain four games back of Waterloo.&nbsp; In the overall standings, Mankato remains two games back of Duluth and one and a half back of Willmar (both victorious Wednesday) in the race for second-best overall record in the North, a distinction that would provide a playoff berth if Waterloo holds on to win the Second Half. <op><\/op><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\">Mankato looks to keep their winning ways going as they wrap up their two-game set with Green Bay on Thursday night before returning to Mankato on Friday night to begin a two-game series with the Thunder Bay Border Cats.&nbsp; Friday night kicks off a season-long eight-game home stand at the Frank with the Baseball Card Giveaway Night presented by Sport PiX and Hot 96.7 the first 500 kids through the gate will receive a free pack of 2013 MoonDogs baseball cards. First pitch is at 7:05 p.m.<op><\/op><\/p>\n<p classmsonormal=\"\">To make sure you dont miss any of the action, get your tickets today by visiting the MoonDogs office at 1221 Caledonia Street in Mankato, or over the phone at 507-625-7047.&nbsp; For more information and up-to-date news, stats and more visit our website at www.mankatomoondogs.com, Like us on Facebook and Follow us on Twitter (@MoonDogsBall).<op><\/op><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GREEN BAY, WIS. &#8211; The Mankato MoonDogs were able to build a sizeable lead in the early going during Wednesday  [&#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-3454","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 Start Strong Hang On for Win over Bullfrogs - 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\/31\/moondogsstartstronghangonforwinoverbullfrogs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MoonDogs Start Strong Hang On for Win over Bullfrogs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"GREEN BAY, WIS. &#8211; 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