{"id":9520,"date":"2017-06-24T03:47:23","date_gmt":"2017-06-24T03:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/rochester-honkers\/?p=9520"},"modified":"2017-06-24T03:47:23","modified_gmt":"2017-06-24T03:47:23","slug":"early-offense-enough-outlast-express","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/rochester-honkers\/2017\/06\/24\/early-offense-enough-outlast-express\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Offense Enough to Outlast Express"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong>(Rochester, Minn.) <\/strong>&ndash; &nbsp;The Rochester Honkers (12-12) defeated the Eau Claire Express (9-14) on Friday night at Mayo Field by a score of 5-2. The Honkers put five runs on the scoreboard in the first two innings of the game, but did not score the rest of the game. After a three-for-four performance tonight<strong>, Konnor Zickefoose (UC Irvine) <\/strong>has collected three hits in back-to-back games. <strong>Zach Zubia (Texas) <\/strong>extended his league-leading on-base streak to 24 games with a hit tonight.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tZubia got the ball rolling for the Honkers in the opening inning with a two-out double. <strong>Weston Hatten (Nevada) <\/strong>followed with a single and moved to second base on the throw. Two runners were in scoring position for Zickefoose, who hit a soft single to left-center field, scoring both runners.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe Honkers returned the next inning with more fireworks. <strong>Chris Ceballos (Orange Coast) <\/strong>hit a solo home run to left field, his third of the season. After a two-out double by <strong>Morgan McCullough (Oregon)<\/strong>, left fielder <strong>Mike Echavia (Nevada) <\/strong>followed with a moon shot two-run home run to deep right-center field.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong>Hunter Sullivan (Louisville) <\/strong>held the Express offense quiet in his first four innings of his start, but got into some trouble in the fifth inning. After a flyout to start the inning, Sullivan walked three consecutive batters. <strong>Luke Bandy (Dallas Baptist) <\/strong>brought home <strong>Taylor Field (Winona State) <\/strong>from third base on a sacrifice fly to left field. A groundout allowed Sullivan to get out of the inning without any further damage.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong>Jack Wolger (California) <\/strong>was a bright spot for the Express. He pitched the final four innings in relief for Eau Claire. He kept the Flock off the scoreboard, striking out five batters and walking two. &nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tEau Claire added another run in the seventh inning on a RBI groundout by Field, but the Honkers&rsquo; bullpen was able to recover and secure the win.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong>Garrett Cobb (Seminole State) <\/strong>pitched a scoreless ninth inning for his fourth save of the season. The leadoff batter did hit a single and stole second, but Cobb responded with three consecutive outs to end the game.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tSullivan earned the win (3-0) for the Honkers. He struck out three batters and walked seven in his five innings tonight.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong>Luke Eldred (Dallas Baptist)<\/strong> took the loss (0-1) for the Express. He gave up five runs on eight hits in four innings. He struck out three batters with one walk.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe Honkers will finish up a four-game series against the Eau Claire Express on the road tomorrow night. First pitch from Carson Park is 6:35 p.m. Byron-native <strong>Ryan Thompson (Illinois) <\/strong>is scheduled to start on the mound for the Honkers. Thompson is 1-1 this season with a 4.30 ERA. <strong>Drew Gillespie (New Mexico) <\/strong>will start for the Express. Gillespie is 0-1 this season with a 3.00 ERA.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe next home game is this Sunday, June 25<sup>th<\/sup>. The Honkers will take on the St. Cloud Rox on College Pride Day. Wear your favorite college&rsquo;s apparel or show a valid College Student ID and receive a General Admission for just $5. It is also Slider Kid&rsquo;s Club day at the ballpark. Kids eat free on the Sports Deck and can run the bases after the game. First pitch Sunday is 1:05 p.m. Gates open at noon.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/northwoods.bbstats.pointstreak.com\/boxscore.html?gameid=382119\">Box Score<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n\t<em>###<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<em>The Northwoods League is the proven leader in the development of elite<\/em>&nbsp;<em>college baseball players. The 23-year old summer collegiate 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 160 Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including two-time Cy Young Award winner Max<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Scherzer<\/em>&nbsp;<em>(WAS), two-time World Series Champion Ben Zobrist (CHC) and MLB All-Stars Chris Sale (BOS), Jordan Zimmermann (DET), Curtis<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Granderson<\/em>&nbsp;<em>(NYM) and Lucas Duda (NYM). All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League website. For more information, visit<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.northwoodsleague.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>www.northwoodsleague.com<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;<em>or download the Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store or on Google Play.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; (Rochester, Minn.) &ndash; &nbsp;The Rochester Honkers (12-12) defeated the Eau Claire Express (9-14) on Friday night at Mayo Field  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":9521,"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-9520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-team-news","category-update-ticker"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.5 (Yoast SEO v26.5) - 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