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Published On: June 18th, 2015

(Rochester, Minn.)– The Rochester Honkers will travel to Eau Claire tonight (Thursday, June 18th) to face the Express for the second game in a home-and-home against the Express. First pitch is scheduled for 6:35 p.m. Josh Pigg (Hawaii) is slated to make his third start for the Honkers.

The Honkers topped the Express last night (Wednesday, June 17th) in Rochester 8-3 behind a six run fifth inning that included home runs by Zach Hoffman (St. Cloud State) and William Paschal (Georgia Gwinnett).

Rochester will be home again on Friday, June 19th, to host the Willmar Stingers for a the first of a two game series, starting at 7:05 p.m. It will be EO Johnson Business Technologies Tablet Giveaway Night and fans will have a chance to win one of two Samsung Tablets!

Catch all the Honkers action on Sports Radio AM 1520 the Ticket with Clinton Cole, or at www.rochesterhonkers.com. All games are stream live via the Northwoods League LiveStream. To access, visit www.northwoodsleague.com and click the Watch Games Live link at the bottom of the page

 

The Rochester Honkers are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. Playing its 22nd season of summer collegiate baseball in 2015, the Northwoods League is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 18 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 120 Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (WAS) and MLB All-Stars Chris Sale (CWS), Jordan Zimmermann (WAS), Curtis Granderson (NYM), Lucas Duda (NYM) and Ben Zobrist (OAK). All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League Website.  For more information, visit www.rochesterhonkers.com