{"id":9034,"date":"2021-07-27T22:33:13","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T03:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-moondogs\/?p=9034"},"modified":"2021-07-27T22:33:13","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T03:33:13","slug":"moondogs-upended-in-series-finale-for-split-with-huskies-in-duluth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-moondogs\/2021\/07\/27\/moondogs-upended-in-series-finale-for-split-with-huskies-in-duluth\/","title":{"rendered":"MoonDogs Upended in Series Finale for Split with Huskies in Duluth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By: Connor Wachtel<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong><span style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">DULUTH, Minn. \u2013<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">\u00a0The Mankato MoonDogs (36-17) dropped the second and final game of a series against the Duluth Huskies (21-31) by an 11-2 margin, Tuesday at Wade Stadium.\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 Huskies scored four and seven runs consecutively en route to the 11-2 victory over the MoonDogs in Duluth. After the loss which dropped the MoonDogs to a 12-8 record in the second-half standings, Mankato now trails St. Cloud by three games in the Great Plains West division.\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\">Preston Clifford\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">(Washington State) was Mankato\u2019s biggest threat with the bat, Tuesday. The Tucson, Ariz., native dawned a 2-for-4 line. In terms of run production,\u00a0<strong>Will Hanafan<\/strong>\u00a0(Creighton) drove in the MoonDogs&#8217; first run in the fourth frame on a groundout before\u00a0<strong>Justin Boyd<\/strong>\u00a0(Oregon State) followed suit in the ninth to score one more.\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 hits department saw Mankato get outhit by Duluth, 12-4. The MoonDogs also had the game\u2019s only error and led runners left on base, 10-7.\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 loss went to MoonDogs\u2019 southpaw\u00a0<strong>John Lundgren<\/strong>\u00a0(North Alabama), dropping his record to 2-3 in 2021 after he made his third start of the summer. Lundgren threw two and two-thirds innings allowing six hits and four runs. He walked and struck out one along the way.\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 Mankato MoonDogs return home, after grabbing two of their four games on the road at St. Cloud and Duluth, to play host to the Waterloo Bucks (32-21), Thursday and 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>By: Connor Wachtel DULUTH, Minn. \u2013\u00a0The Mankato MoonDogs (36-17) dropped the second and final game of a series against the  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":9035,"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-9034","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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