(Duluth, Minn.) – The Rochester Honkers fell to the Duluth Huskies 9-1 in Duluth Friday night, in a game that was called after 5.5 innings of play due to the weather and field conditions. The game also featured a rain delay that lasted 1 hour and 10 minutes.
The Huskies got to Honkers’ starter Erik Cha (1-6) (Cal State Fullerton) early has they scored five of their nine runs in the first inning.
Dillion Paulson (Southern California) hit a RBI single to score Daniel Amaral (UCLA), which was followed by a RBI single from Austin Bernard (Pepperdine) to get a 2-0 lead. The Huskies added another three runs to take a 5-0 lead after one inning of play.
The Honkers scored their lone run in the second inning after Joey Czarske (Cal State Northridge) led off the inning with a triple, and was driven in on the next pitch by Josh Davis (Pepperdine) to make the score 5-1.
Casey Moses (Texas Wesleyan) hit a triple and scored on an error in the bottom of the fourth. In the fifth, Paulson hit a solo home run to extend the Huskies lead to 7-1. Moses hit his second triple of the game in the bottom of the fifth that scored two runs, and gave the Huskies a 9-1 lead.
Cha got the start and the loss for the Honkers; he went one inning, allowed five runs on seven hits and struck out one. Bayley Chesterton (Riverside CC) pitched four innings of relief; he allowed four runs, three of them earned, on three hits, walked two and struck out three.
Henry DeCaster (South Dakota State) started the first two innings for the Huskies; he allowed one run on two hits and struck out one. Marcus Frederickson (2-1) (Minnesota-Duluth) picked up the win for the Huskies; he threw the final four innings, allowed two hits, walked two and struck out seven.
With the loss the Honkers fall to 13-22 in the second half and 20-50 overall, while the Huskies move to 11-23 in the second half and 29-41 overall.
Saturday and Sunday the Honkers will go to La Crosse to battle the Loggers for their final series of the 2016 season. First pitch on Saturday is set for 6:05 p.m. and Sunday’s first pitch is set for 5:05 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. Playing its 23rd season of summer collegiate baseball, 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 150 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 (DET), Curtis Granderson (NYM), Lucas Duda (NYM) and Ben Zobrist (CHC). 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 and set the Honkers as your favorite team!
