{"id":6294,"date":"2017-07-16T02:51:48","date_gmt":"2017-07-16T02:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-moondogs\/?p=6294"},"modified":"2017-07-16T02:51:48","modified_gmt":"2017-07-16T02:51:48","slug":"moondogs-go-hunting-bag-bucks-fifth-straight-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-moondogs\/2017\/07\/16\/moondogs-go-hunting-bag-bucks-fifth-straight-win\/","title":{"rendered":"MoonDogs Go Hunting, Bag Bucks for Fifth Straight Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tOn a warm Saturday night, the MoonDogs enjoyed quality pitching and lively bats as they won their fifth straight game, defeating the Waterloo Bucks 9-2.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe MoonDogs wasted no time, putting together a two-out rally in the first inning.&nbsp; After loading the bases on a walk, a Kyle Cuellar double, and a hit-by-pitch, Ethan Valdez drove in two runs on a single to right-center field.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tA run by the Bucks in the top of third inning cut the MoonDogs lead to 2-1, but slugger Zac Wiley decided to widen the gap in the bottom of the inning.&nbsp; After fouling off a pitch off Bucks starter Zachary Patterson, Wiley launched a two-run homer over the left field wall to make the score 4-1.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe MoonDogs got right back at it the very next inning. &nbsp;CJ Schaeffer started things off with a double, followed by an Alvaro Rubalcaba single.&nbsp; Daniel Amaral then drove in Schaeffer with a single of his own.&nbsp; Two batters later, Toby Hanson brought home another run with a single, extending his hitting streak to twenty games, and increasing the MoonDogs lead to 6-1.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tStarting pitcher Collin Floyd was the beneficiary of his offense&rsquo;s outburst, but was doing just fine on his own.&nbsp; Floyd pitched six innings, scattering four hits while giving up only one run.&nbsp; Reliever Blake Tritch came into the game in the seventh inning and picked up right where Floyd left off, pitching two hitless innings and protecting the MoonDogs&rsquo; lead.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe home team added two more runs in the bottom of the eighth inning, thanks to another two-run home run, this one by Cuellar.&nbsp; Reliever Logan Alleman pitched the ninth inning for the MoonDogs, surrendering a run, but closing the door on the Bucks.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tEvery MoonDogs batter had a hit in the game, with Hanson and Cuellar adding a second.&nbsp; Amaral, Cuellar, Wiley, and Valdez each contributed two RBIs.&nbsp; With the victory, the MoonDogs improve to 8-3 in the second half, and will take on the Bucks again tomorrow night.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<article id=\"post-6274\">\n<p>\n\t\t##\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<em>The Mankato MoonDogs are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League.&nbsp;The 23-year-old summer collegiate league is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 20 teams, drawing significantly more fans, in a friendly ballpark experience, than any league of its kind. A valuable training ground for coaches, umpires and front office staff,&nbsp;more than&nbsp;170 former Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball,&nbsp;including two-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (WAS), two-time World Series Champion Ben Zobrist (CHC) and MLB All-Stars Chris Sale (BOS), Jordan Zimmermann (DET), Curtis Granderson (NYM) and Lucas Duda (NYM).&nbsp;&nbsp;All league games are viewable live via the&nbsp;<\/em><em>Northwoods League portal<\/em><em>. For more information, visit&nbsp;<\/em>[www.mankatomoondogs.com]<em>or download the new Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store or on Google Play and set the MoonDogs as your favorite team.<\/em>\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&nbsp;\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t###\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&nbsp;\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<em>The Northwoods League is the proven leader in the development of elite college baseball players. The 23-year-old summer collegiate league is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 20 teams, drawing significantly more fans, in a friendly ballpark experience, than any league of its kind. A valuable training ground for coaches, umpires and front office staff, more than 170 former Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including two-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (WAS) and MLB All-Stars Chris Sale (BOS), Jordan Zimmermann (DET), Curtis Granderson (NYM), Lucas Duda (NYM) and two-time World Series Champion Ben Zobrist (CHC).<\/em>\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<em>All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League website. 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