{"id":1616,"date":"2017-07-26T02:15:41","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T02:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/rockford-rivets\/?p=1616"},"modified":"2017-07-26T02:27:08","modified_gmt":"2017-07-26T02:27:08","slug":"rivets-win-5th-straight-move-1st-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/rockford-rivets\/2017\/07\/26\/rivets-win-5th-straight-move-1st-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Rivets win 5th straight, move into 1st place"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t<strong>LOVES PARK, IL. &ndash; <\/strong>Rockford has been on a tear since the second half began.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe Rivets (29-22, 12-5) won their fifth game in a row on Tuesday night as they defeated the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters (38-15, 11-6) by a final score of 4-3. The win gives Rockford its first sweep of the Rafters this season and sole possession of 1<sup>st<\/sup> place in the second half standings. &nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRockford took an early 2-0 lead in the 3<sup>rd<\/sup> inning behind a pair of RBI singles from Zach Rheams (Texas Tech) and Brett Whelton (McNeese State).\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIn the 4<sup>th<\/sup>, Rockford went up 4-0. Anthony Forte (Richmod) led off with a double and Ryan Hutchinson (Illinois State) brought him home with an RBI groundout. Neal Tyrell (Lewis) tripled later in the inning, plating Hunter Feduccia (LSU) to extend the lead.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe Rafters would not go quietly. Will Davis (Hope International) reached second base on a Rockford throwing error before being driven home by Jared Nelson (UC-Santa Barbara). Nelson scored later in the inning, cutting Rockford&rsquo;s lead to 4-2 in the 5<sup>th<\/sup>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe Rivets were unable to score again in the game, but they maintained their lead into the 9<sup>th<\/sup> as Zack Thomas (Chicago St.) came in for the save. Despite giving up an RBI single, he was able to induce a flyout to end the game and give Rockford the 4-3 victory. Max Bain (Northwood, 2-0) got the victory for Rockford with five strong innings of work.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe Rivets face off against the Madison Mallards on Wednesday for a home-and-home double header. Wednesday&rsquo;s game will be an 11:00a.m. first pitch at Rivets Stadium. It&rsquo;s Wiener Wednesday, which means $1 hot dogs all game! The Rivets will be back home for a 6:35 p.m. Fans can call the Rockford Rivets ticket office at 815.240.4159 to inquire about tickets and upcoming games and promotions.\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). All league games are viewable live via the <a href=\"http:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/\">Northwoods League Website, NorthwoodsLeague.com.<\/a>&nbsp; <\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n\t###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOVES PARK, IL. &ndash; Rockford has been on a tear since the second half began. 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