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Photo by<\/em> Zachary Larson\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n
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By: Jeff Liss<\/div>\n

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Both the Rivets and the Rafters were barreling up the ball today in the second game of their two-game series.<\/div>\n

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It took the Rivets a while to finally get on the board, but when they did there was no shortage of runs.<\/div>\n

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Heading into the bottom of the 7th, the Rivets were down 2-0 despite making solid contact at the plate.<\/div>\n

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The red hot Ryan Hampe led off the 7th with a single to give the Rivets a base runner. Next at-bat, Jake Vander Wal, walked leaving the Rivets with two men on.<\/div>\n

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The next at-bat, Cam McDonald drilled a 2 run double down the right-field line scoring both Hampe and Vander Wal to tie the game at two apiece. Then Justin Conant hits a sac fly, scoring McDonald to give the Rivets their first and final lead of the day.<\/div>\n

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The runs did not stop there as later in the inning, Jeff Heinrich crushes a 3 run home run right off the center-field batters eye to increase the Rivets lead to four.<\/div>\n

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Brett Taucher and Nico Rodriguez came in to close the 8th and the 9th and surrendered no more runs to give the Rivets a 6-2 win over the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters.<\/div>\n

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The Rivets head to Wausa tomorrow to play a two-game series vs the Wisconsin Woodchucks.<\/div>\n
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