{"id":9009,"date":"2021-07-22T22:06:01","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T03:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-moondogs\/?p=9009"},"modified":"2021-07-22T22:06:01","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T03:06:01","slug":"moondogs-edge-express-in-mankato-thursday-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-moondogs\/2021\/07\/22\/moondogs-edge-express-in-mankato-thursday-night\/","title":{"rendered":"MoonDogs Edge Express in Mankato Thursday Night"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_9010\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9010\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-9010 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-moondogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/07\/IMG_1784-700x467.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-moondogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/07\/IMG_1784-700x467.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27700%27%20height%3D%27467%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20700%20467%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27700%27%20height%3D%27467%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-moondogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/07\/IMG_1784-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-moondogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/07\/IMG_1784-250x167.jpg 250w, https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-moondogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/07\/IMG_1784-700x467.jpg 700w, https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-moondogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/07\/IMG_1784-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-moondogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/07\/IMG_1784-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9010\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo taken by Mansoor Ahmad\/Mankato MoonDogs<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong><span style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">MANKATO, Minn. \u2013<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">\u00a0The Mankato MoonDogs (33-15) shut down the Eau Claire Express (20-26) on the way to a 4-1 victory, Thursday at ISG Field.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">Strong pitching as well as a pair of two-run hits from\u00a0<strong>Alex Baeza<\/strong>\u00a0(Utah) and\u00a0<strong>Luke Beckstein<\/strong>\u00a0(Kansas State) propelled the MoonDogs to continue their winning ways for their third straight victory after coming off a three-day All-Star break.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">After the Express plated one run on a single in the second, the MoonDogs responded in the bottom half when\u00a0<strong>Alex Baeza<\/strong>\u00a0(Utah) blasted his first home run of the summer off the video board in right field. After two innings at ISG Field, Mankato led 2-1.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong><span style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">Luke Beckstein\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">(Kansas State) seventh-inning triple scored two to give Mankato insurance in the form of a 4-1 lead.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">In the ninth,\u00a0<strong>Vince Reilly<\/strong>\u00a0(Grand Canyon) locked it up with his team-high fourth save of the summer. He struck out two before rolling up the final out to lock down the 4-1 victory for Mankato.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">The MoonDogs outhit the Express 9-3 despite having one more error, 2-1.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">Earning the win after throwing five strong innings of one-run baseball was\u00a0<strong>Jarret Krzyzanowski<\/strong>\u00a0(Nova Southeastern). With the win, Krzyzanowski upped his record to 2-0 after allowing just a pair of hits for one unearned run. He walked two and struck out five along the way.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">The MoonDogs and Express conclude their two-game series at ISG Field, Friday at 6:35 p.m.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;text-align: center\"><strong><span style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">-DOGS-<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;text-align: center\"><em>The Mankato MoonDogs are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. The Northwoods League is the proven leader in the development of elite college baseball players. Having completed its\u2019 27th season, the Northwoods League is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 22 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, over 230 Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including three-time All-Star and 2016 Roberto Clemente Award winner Curtis Granderson, three-time Cy Young Award winner and World Series Champion Max Scherzer (WAS), two-time World Series Champions Ben Zobrist (CHC) and Brandon Crawford (SFG) and World Series Champion Chris Sale (BOS). As well as 2019 Rookie of the Year and Home Run Derby Champion Pete Alonso (NYM) and MLB All-Star Jordan Zimmermann (DET). All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League website. All league games are viewable live via the\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fportal.stretchinternet.com%2Fnwl%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cconnor.wachtel%40mnsu.edu%7Cb6d7a07075664fb5af4908d7b633bb77%7C5011c7c60ab446ab9ef4fae74a921a7f%7C0%7C0%7C637178205648374555&amp;sdata=jfLa0b1jnQGafDk9wWPTr%2F%2Fjef7OYwzW6fSgfbCVbuM%3D&amp;reserved=0\"><em>Northwoods League portal<\/em><\/a><em>. For more information, visit\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mankatomoondogs.com\/\"><em>www.mankatomoondogs.com<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0or 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><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANKATO, Minn. \u2013\u00a0The Mankato MoonDogs (33-15) shut down the Eau Claire Express (20-26) on the way to a 4-1 victory,  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":9010,"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":[1,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives","category-team-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.5 (Yoast SEO v26.5) - 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