WATERLOO – A six-run first inning rally lifted the visiting La Crosse Loggers to a 19-2 win over the home-standing Waterloo Bucks Monday night.

The Bucks, slipping to 1-2 in the second half of the 2009 Northwoods League campaign and 11-25 overall, received two hits from catcher Frazier Hall (Southern) to lead a five-hit attack. La Crosse (2-1, 21-13) picked up strong starting pitching from Steve Gruver (Tennessee), as he went five frames and surrendered only one earned run on three hits and struck out five. The win moved him to 5-0 on the season.

La Crosse’s 19 runs were one shy of a franchise record, as the 2007 club scored 20 in a 20-15 win over Rochester in June of that season. The surrendered runs were one shy of the Bucks’ mark which was originally set in a 20-5 loss to Rochester in 1995.

The final game of the Bucks’ current eight-game home stand is Tuesday at 7:05 p.m. It’s a special celebration evening to help the Blue, Gold and White denote their 15th year at Riverfront Stadium.

Days Inn of University Plaza and the Greater Cedar Valley Chamber of Commerce sponsor "Pack the Park" Night. Tickets are available from Days Inn-University Plaza with a special one dollar and fifty cent admission due to the 15th season celebration. Further promotions for the celebration night include ages 15 and under being admitted free, one dollar and fifty cent beer draws, one dollar and fifty cent regular fountain sodas, one dollar and fifty cent popcorn, one dollar and fifty cent peanuts and fifteen dollar party deck admission. Fifteen lucky fans will win fifteen dollars in cash while the same number of fans can win autographed baseballs and 15 tickets to an upcoming home game. Fat Tuesday, courtesy of KWAY, 99.3 FM, Waverly, returns with ten dollars and a box seat ticket purchase giving fans all the brats, hot dogs and hamburgers they can eat with one fountain soda.

The Mediacom Family Pack and Miller Lite Bucks Bottle Cap promotions are also in place. Fans can get four tickets, four hot dogs, four popcorns, four fountain sodas and a souvenir program for thirty dollars, while the Bucks’ Bottle Cap scenario features a complimentary ticket and beer with six bottle caps being brought to Riverfront Stadium.

TUESDAY’S STARTERS

WATERLOO vs. LACROSSE – C.J. Rose (Jefferson C.C.), 1-2, 3.22 ERA
LACROSSE at WATERLOO – Pete Woodworth (Florida Gulf Coast), 2-2, 3.86 ERA