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Photo captured by Dylan Engel (Mankato MoonDogs)<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Written by Connor Wachtel<\/em><\/p>\n

MANKATO, Minn. \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>The Mankato MoonDogs dominated the Rochester Honkers en route to an 8-4 victory, for their fourth in a row, Tuesday night at ISG Field.<\/p>\n

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With the victory, the MoonDogs now own a 38-26 overall mark on the season while the Honkers fell to 29-35 with the loss.<\/p>\n

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After the Honkers crossed the plate first in the first frame, the MoonDogs surged in the bottom half of the inning to pile on five runs and take a 5-1 lead after one inning.\u00a0Brendan Hord\u00a0<\/b>(Evansville) drove in the first run to tie the game with an RBI single. Three batters later, Hord scored on a ball batted in play by\u00a0Dustin Crenshaw<\/b>\u00a0(Grand Canyon). In the next at-bat, the Honkers centerfielder botched a fly ball, which allowed a pair of unearned runs to come around to score. After one more MoonDog crossed the plate thanks to an RBI single by\u00a0Joel Vaske<\/b>\u00a0(Southeast Missouri State), Mankato found itself leading Rochester 5-1 after inning number one.<\/p>\n

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Insurance runs were provided in the fourth inning by\u00a0Derek Shoen<\/b>\u00a0(UMary), who smacked a two-out double to left-center to score a pair extending the lead to 7-1 after four innings.<\/p>\n

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Mankato tacked on one more run in the sixth to make it 8-1. It was Shoen again on the offensive putting the ball in play for his third RBI of the game to make it a seven-run game.<\/p>\n

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The Honkers rallied for three runs in the ninth, but the MoonDogs ultimately held on to win 8-4 in Tuesday\u2019s contest while claiming a 9-7 advantage in hits throughout. The Honkers were riddled defensively by errors in a 3-1 unfavorable margin.<\/p>\n

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Starting on the mound for the MoonDogs,\u00a0Taisei Yahiro<\/strong>\u00a0(Grand Canyon) picked up the win to improve to 2-0 on the summer after pitching seven and a third of an inning of one-run baseball with three runs against. Along the way he walked one Honker and fanned eight others.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Up next, the MoonDogs open a new two-game series, marking their final games at ISG Field of the 2022 campaign, against the Eau Claire Express Wednesday and Thursday night at 6:35 p.m. in Mankato.<\/p>\n

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-DOGS-<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

The Mankato MoonDogs\u00a0are 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. Now in its\u2019 29th<\/sup>\u00a0season, 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, 300 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 (NYM), two-time World Series Champions Ben Zobrist and Brandon Crawford (SFG) and World Series Champion Chris Sale (BOS). As well as 2019 Rookie of the Year and 2019\/2021 Home Run Derby Champion Pete Alonso (NYM) and 2021 All-Star, MLB Gold Glove winner and 2019 Second Team All-MLB shortstop Marcus Semien (TEX). All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League website. League games are viewable live at\u00a0<\/i>watchnwl.com<\/i><\/a>\u00a0and on ESPN+. For more information, visit\u00a0<\/i>www.mankatomoondogs.com<\/i><\/a>\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.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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