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By: Kyle Tausk<\/strong><\/p>\n

ROCKFORD, Ill. <\/span>\u2014 Tuesday\u2019s game was a wild one\u2026 and not in a good way.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Rivets (12-9) had a nightmarish night on the mound, struggling mightily with control issues in a game that quickly slipped away in the ninth in a loss to the Madison Mallards (13-7), 17-8. After a dominant victory in Madison for the Rivets a night ago, the Mallards came away with their revenge in the final meeting of a four-game season series in which both home-and-home series ended in splits.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cA lot of good was done tonight that won\u2019t be remembered and honestly, not even worth talking about because of how we finished,\u201d head coach Chase Brewster said.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Coming off Monday\u2019s game in which Rockford took a 3-0 lead in the first inning, it was the Mallards who struck first in this one. After loading the bases on a single and a pair of walks, Madison jumped in front early on a sacrifice fly off Rivets starting pitcher Aiden Adams (Montreat), who was making his summer debut.<\/span><\/p>\n

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But the Rivets quickly responded on a big swing by Sam Flores (Kansas State) in the bottom of the inning. After Ty Waid (McLennan) missed a homer by mere feet and had to settle for a long single, Flores crushed a two-run home run to right field to bring them both home and put the Rivets on top after the first frame. It\u2019s the third consecutive game in which the Rivets have scored multiple first inning runs.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Rivets\u2019 power surge continued an inning later when Jackson Forbes blasted a two-run homer of his own, his second long ball of the season. After recording just five home runs in their first 18 games, the Rivets have now gone deep eight times in their last three games.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cAll year we\u2019ve gotten in good counts, we\u2019ve led the league in walks and OBP for a very long time, but if you don\u2019t hit the ball in the air, you can\u2019t hit a home run,\u201d Brewster said. \u201cI\u2019m excited to just see us get some over the last couple days.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Rivets\u2019 pitching staff ran into some trouble in the third, forcing head coach Chase Brewster to turn to use three different pitchers to complete the inning. The Mallards loaded the bases against Adams with three consecutive singles, causing Brewster to turn to Jake Gibson (Daytona State) for the second straight day. Gibson got two outs, then giving way to Ben Catrambone (Limestone) who retired the final Mallard of the inning with a strikeout. But Madison was able to even things at four first.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Mallards put another three-run inning together in the fifth to grab the lead. They drew two walks, tallied another sacrifice fly and hit four singles, the last of which was an infield dribbler that ended up plating two thanks to some heads up baserunning on a throw over to first. The Mallards would go on to tack on another in the sixth on their third sacrifice fly.<\/span><\/p>\n

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After the pair of two-run homers early, the Rivets were held quiet by Mallards starter Charlie West and his big fastball \u2014 one that sat consistently at 94 miles per hour \u2014 over the next three innings. The lefty struck out seven and allowed just one baserunner after Forbes\u2019s second inning home run.<\/span><\/p>\n

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After West was removed after 5, the Rivets climbed back into the game with a big sixth inning. A hit by pitch and a walk set up Tate Shimao (Hawaii), who drove in two on a double down the line for his first two RBI since returning from an ankle injury. With two outs, Forbes notched his third RBI of the night on a single to cut the deficit to just one.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Forbes was named the Peak Sports Club Player of the Game after going 2-for-4 with 3 RBI.<\/span><\/p>\n

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“When he’s really good, he’s as good as all of them,” Brewster said. “I’m proud of Jackson.”<\/p>\n

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The Mallards were gifted a couple much-needed insurance runs in the eighth without needing a hit. A pair of wild pitches by Aidan Wagley (Ecclesia) got Madison to double digits. The Rivets got one back on a passed ball in the bottom half, but it soon mattered little.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Things came completely unglued for the Rivets in the ninth to put an exclamation point on a frustrating night. They walked the first five Mallards of the inning, allowing seven total runs to score on just two hits.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ultimately, the Rivets\u2019 pitchers just couldn\u2019t hold the Mallards off the basepaths and struggled to find the strike zone throughout the night. Along with the Mallards\u2019 15 hits, the Rivets issued a season-high 18 walks. 17 runs matches the most they\u2019ve allowed in a game this season.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Rivets had chances to break through and retake control on several occasions, but they failed to put out the Madison fire one too many times.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cWe control the momentum,\u201d Brewster said. \u201cWe have to stop allowing people to take the momentum from us, and that\u2019s what happened tonight.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Rivets will be back at Rivets Stadium on Wednesday for a doubleheader against the Green Bay Rockers. The first game will begin at 1:05 p.m. and the second will begin at 6:05 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Rockford Rivets are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. The Northwoods League is the proven leader in the development of elite college baseball players. Now in its\u2019 31st season, the Northwoods League is the largest organized baseball league in history with 26 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, 360 Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including three-time All-Star and 2016 Roberto Clemente Award winner Curtis Granderson, three-time Cy Young Award winner and World Series Champion Max Scherzer (TEX), two-time World Series Champions Ben Zobrist and Brandon Crawford (STL) and World Series Champion Chris Sale (ATL). As well as 2019 Rookie of the Year and 2019\/2021 Home Run Derby Champion Pete Alonso (NYM) and 2023 World Series Champion, MLB All-Star, MLB Gold Glove winner and two-time All-MLB first team shortstop Marcus Semien (TEX). League games are viewable live on Northwoods League+ (at watch.northwoodsleague.com), ESPN+, and the Northwoods League Network.\u00a0 Learn more and find complete streaming schedules at watchnwl.com. For more information, visit <\/span><\/i>www.rockfordrivets.com<\/span><\/i><\/a> or download the new Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store or on Google Play and set the Rivets as your favorite team.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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