(Rochester, Minn.) – <\/strong>In the full nine-inning game, the Honkers fell to the Waterloo Bucks 8-4 in Waterloo Monday night.\n<\/p>\n\n\tThe Honkers plated two runs in the first inning; Casey Worden (UC Riverside) hit a sacrifice fly to score Turner Buis (Cal State Fullerton). Alex Fitchett (Hawaii) added a RBI single to score Drew Ellis (Louisville), to give the Honkers a 2-0 lead.\n<\/p>\n
\n\tThe Bucks came right back with two runs of their own. Tyler Curtis (Lynn University) hit a RBI double; the Bucks later got another run to tie the game at 2.\n<\/p>\n
\n\tThe Honkers took the lead back in the top of the second, when Jacob Thomas (UC Davis) hit a sacrifice fly to score Joey Czarske (Cal State Northridge). The Bucks then took the lead in the bottom of the second, when Zach Weatherford (Wright State) hit a two-RBI single to give the Bucks a 4-3 lead.\n<\/p>\n
\n\tThe Bucks added two more runs in the third, including a solo home run from Robert Neustrom (Iowa), and another two runs in the seventh, including another RBI single from Weatherford, to get an 8-3 lead.\n<\/p>\n
\n\tThe Honkers were able to make some noise in the ninth, and it started with a double from Jackson Thoreson (St. Mary’s). Thomas hit him in on a fielder’s choice, to cut the lead to 8-4, but the Honkers couldn’t push any more runs across.\n<\/p>\n
\n\tAlex Fagalde (0-1) (UC Riverside) got the start and the loss for the Honkers; he pitched five innings, allowed six runs, five of them earned, on nine hits, walked one and struck out six. Houston Gald (NE Oklahoma JC) pitched two innings of relief; he allowed two runs, one of them earned, on three hits, walked one and struck out two.\n<\/p>\n
\n\tJordan Accetta (4-1) (Wofford) got the start and the win for the Bucks; he pitched 6.1 innings, allowed three runs, one of them earned, on eight hits, walked one and struck out two.\n<\/p>\n
\n\tFitchett went 2 for 3 with an RBI to pace the Honkers offense; Buis and Czarske also collected multiple hits.\n<\/p>\n
\n\tWeatherford went 3 for 4 with two runs scored to lead the Bucks’ offense; Adam McGinnis (Western Illinois) went 2 for 4 with two runs scored and one RBI to help the offense move.\n<\/p>\n
\n\tWith the loss, the Honkers fall to 7-28, while the Bucks advance to 22-13.\n<\/p>\n
\n\tThe Honkers are back at home Tuesday to play the Waterloo Bucks on TV Tuesday presented by Sam’s Club! One lucky fan will have a chance to win a 40” TV from Sam’s Club! First pitch is set for 7:05 p.m. and gates open at 6:00! The Honkers will then go to Willmar to battle the Stingers on Wednesday and Thursday. Both games are set for 7:05 p.m. The Honkers are back at home Friday to battle the St. Cloud Rox for American Dairy Association Night! It is the 22nd annual Cow Milking Contest!\n<\/p>\n
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\n\tThe 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<\/a>. For more information, visit www.rochesterhonkers.com<\/a> or download the new Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store and set the Honkers as your favorite team<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (Rochester, Minn.) – In the full nine-inning game, the Honkers fell to the Waterloo Bucks 8-4 in Waterloo Monday night. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":8053,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-team-news","category-update-ticker"],"yoast_head":"\n
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