{"id":1576,"date":"2017-07-16T03:31:43","date_gmt":"2017-07-16T03:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/rockford-rivets\/?p=1576"},"modified":"2017-07-16T03:31:43","modified_gmt":"2017-07-16T03:31:43","slug":"rivets-bury-rafters-home-runs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/rockford-rivets\/2017\/07\/16\/rivets-bury-rafters-home-runs\/","title":{"rendered":"Rivets bury Rafters with home runs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t<strong>WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wi. &ndash; <\/strong>Zach Watson (LSU) had yet to hit a home run for Rockford since joining the Rivets last week.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tWatson hit his first long ball of the summer in the top of the 9<sup>th<\/sup> against the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters (33-13), and Brian Klein (Texas Tech) and Bren Spillane (Illinois) added homers of their own, giving Rockford (24-21) the 9-6 victory against the Rafters on Saturday night.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe Rivets found themselves in a hole early. Rivets starter Cole Bellair (Illinois) gave up four hits in the first inning, and Charlie McConnell (Northeastern) and Nick Anderson (Texas A&amp;M CC) came around to score for the Rafters to take an early 2-0 lead.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tBrian Klein (Texas Tech) cut the lead in half for Rockford in the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> with a deep shot to right field off Rafters starter Josh Aguilar (Citrus CC). Aguilar then walked in a run in the 3<sup>rd<\/sup> to tie the game 2-2.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tWisconsin Rapids showed their power as they continued to hit Bellair in the 3<sup>rd<\/sup>. Anderson scored his second run of the night as Dustin Woodcock (SIU-Edwardsville) drove him in with an RBI double. Jacson McGowan (Purdue) added a two-run home run in the inning to put the Rafters up 5-2.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tBren Spillane (Illinois) hit his second home run of the year, a two-run shot to center field in the 4th, to bring Rockford within a run. Kian O&rsquo;Brien (Madison College), Jeremy Houston (Indiana), and Trevor Paradoski (Texas Tech) all came home in the 5<sup>th<\/sup> for Rockford as the Rivets went up 7-5.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tCole Bellair&rsquo;s night came to an end with one out in the 5<sup>th<\/sup>, after he gave up a run and loaded the bases. But Dylan Stutsman (Indianapolis) was able to get out of the jam, and maintain Rockford&rsquo;s 7-6 lead.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tZach Watson (LSU) broke it open in the top of the 9<sup>th<\/sup>, hammering a drive over the left field fence and extending Rockford&rsquo;s lead 9-6. From there, Matt Miller (Louisiana Tech) was able to shut the door in the ninth for Rockford&rsquo;s 7<sup>th<\/sup> win in 10 games.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRockford remains in Wisconsin Rapids for one more game before the All-Star Break Monday through Wednesday. The next home game for the Rivets is Thursday, July 20 for another Thirsty Thursday with $1 drafts! You can order your Rivets tickets today by calling the Rockford Rivets ticket office at 815.240.4159.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<em>The Rockford Rivets are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League, which will play its 24<sup>th<\/sup> season of summer collegiate baseball in 2017. 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, 180&nbsp;Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including two-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (Washington Nationals), two-time World Champion Ben Zobrist (Chicago Cubs) and MLB All-Stars Chris Sale (Boston Red Sox), Jordan Zimmermann (Detroit Tigers), Curtis Granderson (New York Mets) and Lucas Duda (Mets). 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