{"id":8419,"date":"2020-07-28T21:51:34","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T02:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-moondogs\/?p=8419"},"modified":"2020-07-28T23:48:10","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T04:48:10","slug":"barringer-moondogs-power-past-rox-to-split-series-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-moondogs\/2020\/07\/28\/barringer-moondogs-power-past-rox-to-split-series-tuesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Barringer, MoonDogs Power Past Rox to Split Series Tuesday\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

By: Connor Wachtel<\/p>\n

Mankato, Minn. —\u00a0<\/b>The Mankato MoonDogs got back in the win column Tuesday to salvage a series split against the St. Cloud Rox with a 6-4 win.<\/p>\n

Shane Barringer\u2019s\u00a0<\/b>surreal efforts on the hill and the offense\u2019s great deal of power at the plate got them their 10th win of the season at The Frank Tuesday. The MoonDogs starting southpaw, Barringer, was awarded Northwoods League Pitcher of the Night for the second time this season for his mastery Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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Shane Barringer got his second win of the summer and Northwoods League Pitcher of the Night again Tuesday. (Image captured by Mansoor Ahmad)<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

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In the opening frame,\u00a0Zach Kokoska\u2019s\u00a0<\/b>leadoff walk eventually plated the first run on the night.\u00a0Dylan Phillips\u00a0<\/b>drove in his 16th RBI of the season when he grounded out to score Kokoska. It gave the Dogs a 1-0 lead after the first.<\/p>\n

Behind a three-run fourth, the MoonDogs got out to a 4-0 lead. Phillips led off the fourth with a solo home run, his fourth of the summer, to get it started.\u00a0Danny Borgstrom\u00a0<\/b>hit third and singled to score\u00a0Evan Berkey<\/b>. The scoring rounded out when Kokoska singled to score Borgstrom to make it a 4-0 game.<\/p>\n

The Rox shrunk the deficit to three, 4-1, with a sacrifice fly in the fifth.<\/p>\n

In the seventh, Borgstrom wasn\u2019t done being a force Tuesday night and blasted a no-doubt home run, his first of the season, to right for two more runs and a 6-1 advantage.<\/p>\n

The Rox responded with three more runs in the top half of the eighth, but it wasn\u2019t enough to complete the comeback and the Dogs got their seventh win in their last eight games. Ultimately, Mankato now sits 10-13 this season and fourth in the 2020 Northwoods League Minnesota\/Iowa Pod.<\/p>\n

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#MOONDOGS<\/a> WIN!!!@AGranillo27<\/a> slams the door in the ninth for his first save of the summer!#DogsWin<\/a> #MoonDogginIt<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/JbF09qx7Ko<\/a><\/p>\n

— Mankato MoonDogs (@MankatoMoonDogs) July 29, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n