(Duluth, Minn.) – The Rochester Honkers (2-5) fell to the Duluth Huskies (5-2) by a score of 4-1 in Wade Stadium Monday night. Cameron Aufderheide (Colorado Springs) pitched seven innings, striking out five, but took the loss (0-1) for the Honkers. The Husky offense churned out 11 hits in the game. Rochester has now lost three straight games.
The Honkers opened the second inning with a single by Weston Hatten (Nevada) and a walk to put two runners on base with no outs. Two batters later, Cam Adams (North Park) brought in Hatten with an RBI single.
Aufderheide retired six of his first seven batters to start the game, but ran into some trouble in the third inning. With two runners on board, Caleb Robinson (Western Carolina) singled to tie the game at 1-1. Kyle Hubbuch (North Alabama) followed him with a sacrifice fly to give the Huskies their first lead of the game.
Duluth added runs in the fifth and seventh innings to take a three-run lead. The Huskies’ bullpen pitched the final 3.2 innings of the game while only allowing a hit and a walk. Kevin Folman (North Dakota State) earned his third save of the season, striking out two batters in the ninth.
Piero Amador (Greensboro) won his first game (1-0) for Duluth, pitching 5.1 innings. He gave up one run on six hits with three walks and three strikeouts.
Weston Hatten and Griffin Neuer (Bellarmine) collected two hits each for the Honkers with a double, walk and a run scored between them.
Rochester will stay in Duluth for one more game. Ryan Dorney (St. Martin’s) is scheduled to make his second start of the season for the Honkers Tuesday night. First pitch from Wade Stadium tomorrow is 11:35 am.
The Flock will be back at Mayo Field on Thursday, June 8th to take on the Eau Claire Express. Come to the ball game for TeamUp/Miracle Field Kick Off Night, presented by Meshbesher & Spence.
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