Starting pitcher Jayson Yano (Stevens Institute) will be the Rochester Honkers lone representative at the 2015 Northwoods League All-Star Game on Tuesday, July 21st at 7:05 p.m. in Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. Yano is 5-2 in eight starts this season with a 2.40 ERA for Rochester. The five wins are tied for the most in the North Division, and second in the NWL.
The All-Star game will be preceded by the Marshfield Clinic Home Run Challenge at 5:05 p.m. Joe DeRoche-Duffin (UCONN) will represent the Honkers as the lead off man for the North. Duffin leads the Honkers, and the North Division, with nine home runs on the year. That mark is also good for fourth in the NWL.
The format for the Marshfield Clinic Home Run Challenge is below:
1. There will be 9 innings with each player having one half inning.
2. Away team (North) player bats first in the top of the inning, and home team player next (South) in the bottom
half of the inning.
3. Each player will have one half inning at bat that will consist of 6 outs
4. The player with the most home runs at the end of the 9 innings, will be the Home Run Challenge Winner
5. The team (North or South) with the most home runs will be announced as the winner of the team competition.
The Honkers will be back in Rochester on Thursday, July 23rd, to face the Eau Claire Express at 12:05 p.m. It will be Kids "3 Buck" Day presented by Perkins. Kids 12 and under will gain admission for just $3! It will also be a Novo Nordisk Home Run for Life Thursday.
All of the Honkers games can be found live on Sports Radio AM 1520 The Ticket with Clinton Cole. You can also listen for free at www.rochesterhonkers.com by clicking on the Listen to Games Live link. Live video streams of the games are available via the Northwoods league Live Stream, powered by Stretch Internet. To access, just visit www.northwoodsleague.com and click on 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
