{"id":3354,"date":"2019-08-01T16:28:52","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T16:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/rockford-rivets\/?p=3354"},"modified":"2019-08-01T16:31:31","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T16:31:31","slug":"rivets-take-series-finale-against-battle-creek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/rockford-rivets\/2019\/08\/01\/rivets-take-series-finale-against-battle-creek\/","title":{"rendered":"Rivets Take Series Finale Against Battle Creek"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Grant Montgomery<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Rockford Rivets were backed by a strong start by Hunter Keim as they defeated the visiting Battle Creek Bombers 8-5.\u00a0 Keim recorded the win on the evening for Rockford while Seth Tucker was on the losing end for Battle Creek.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hunter Keim was on the hill to start for the Rivets the night after a tough loss.\u00a0 He was able to get Rockford back on track by tossing five innings without allowing a run.\u00a0 He pitched around a lot of traffic on the evening, but he did a good job limiting the damage. When asked about his start, he said, \u201cFastball command wasn\u2019t that great, so I had to work on my slider.\u00a0 I\u2019m not going to have my best stuff every time out, so I just had to battle and get through five scoreless innings.\u201d Rivets manager, and Hunter Keim\u2019s brother, Josh Keim was also high on praise for the right hander, saying, \u201cHe battled all night, kept his composure.\u00a0 That kid has grown a ton this summer.\u201d His final line on the evening was 5.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 5 BB, and 3 K.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The offense was on full display in the contest as well.\u00a0 It was back to back night for the Rivets that they scored eight runs.\u00a0 It was a big 6th inning that really put the contest out of reach for the Bombers.\u00a0 After a leadoff home run by newcomer Alex Steinbach started the rally for Rockford. After this, a total of five more runs were scored in the inning with the biggest blow coming on a two RBI single from the nine-hole hitter Anthony Fumagalli.\u00a0 Josh Keim was pleased with the offense on the night, saying, \u201cWe just got back to hitting the way that we do. I felt like we were in control all night, and I think this group is starting to click a little bit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Josh Keim was also impressed by Zack Jones, Rockford\u2019s first pitcher out of the bullpen to relieve the starter.\u00a0 Jones had recently moved to the bullpen, where he has been strong lately. \u201cWe moved him to the bullpen because we believed that would help our team down the stretch if we wanted a shot at the postseason.\u00a0 He is a guy that is going to go in and fill the strike zone up and give us what we need. He was phenomenal tonight\u201d Keim said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Offensive highlights came from Jake Vander Wal, Matt Higgins, and Alex Steinbach.\u00a0 The trio recorded five RBI in the game while having a great approach at the plate all night.\u00a0 They all drove runs in during the six run 6th for Rockford, including Alex Steinbach\u2019s first home run of the season.\u00a0 Vander Wal and Higgins have been mainstays in the Rivets lineup all year, and the two have a combined for 66 RBI through 62 games on the year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With the win, in addition to the loss by the Kalamazoo Growlers, the Rivets now are four games back of the final playoff spot in the Great Lakes East Division of the Northwoods League.\u00a0 Rockford will travel to Kalamazoo for two games to try and cut the deficit in half. When asked about the playoff hunt, Josh Keim simply said, \u201cI like our chances.\u201d If the Rivets can take care of business and sweep the Growlers on the road, they will be two games back with eight to play.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>The Rockford Rivets are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. The 25-year old summer collegiate league is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 22 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, over 200 former Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (WAS), two-time World Series Champions Ben Zobrist (CHC) and Brandon Crawford (SFG) and MLB All-Stars Chris Sale (BOS), Jordan Zimmermann (DET) and Curtis Granderson (MIA).\u00a0 All league games are viewable live via the <\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/portal.stretchinternet.com\/nwl\/\"><i>Northwoods League portal<\/i><\/a><i>. For more information, visit <\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rockfordrivets.com.com\/\"><i>www.rockfordrivets.com<\/i><\/a><i> 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.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Grant Montgomery &nbsp; The Rockford Rivets were backed by a strong start by Hunter Keim as they defeated the  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":3098,"comment_status":"open","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":[19,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3354","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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