(Rochester, Minn.) – Rochester Honkers right-handed pitchers Chad Tworek (Keiser) and Josh Ibarra (Concordia Irvine) make appearances on the mound for the North Division in their 2-1 loss to the South Division on Tuesday in the Northwoods League All-Star Game at Homer Stryker Field.
Tworek faced just one batter getting a ground out to end the fifth inning. Ibarra faced two batters in the eighth walking one and striking out the other.
Wisconsin Rapids pitcher Mason McReaken (SIU-Edwardsville) was the winning pitcher for the South. He worked 2/3 scoreless innings.
Madison’s Jake Randa (Northwest Florida State) doubled to center field to bring home a run and put the South up 1-0 in the sixth.
In the eighth, Lakeshore’s Jack Dunn (Northwestern) crushed a home run to extend the South Divisions lead to 2-0.
The North was able to fight back and put a run on the board in the ninth. Eau Claire’s Scott Ogrin (Cal Poly) launched a solo home run of his own to cut the South Division lead to 2-1.
Eau Claire’s Phillip Sikes (New Mexico) took the loss for the North, Sikes faced two batters and gave up one run on two hits.
The Honkers have one more day off Wednesday before returning to action on Thursday. The Honkers will travel to St. Cloud to take on the defending champion Rox at 7:05 p.m.
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The Rochester Honkers are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. Now in its 25th anniversary season, the Northwoods League is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 20 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 190 former Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (WAS), two-time World Series Champions Ben Zobrist (CHC) and Brandon Crawford (SFG) and MLB All-Stars Chris Sale (BOS), Jordan Zimmermann (DET) and Curtis Granderson (TOR). All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League portal. For more information, visit www.rochesterhonkers.com or download the new Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store or on Google Play and set the Honkers as your favorite team.
