WATERLOO, IOWA- In a game that was called in the bottom of the sixth inning, the Waterloo Bucks (14-4) trounced the Thunder Bay Border Cats (6-12) 11-1 on Friday (June 16).

Zach Malis set the tone with a two-run homer off of Thunder Bay's starting pitcher Patrick Ryan (0-2)  to right center field in the top of the first inning.

Drew Greenwood also clubbed a homer, a solo shot in the top of the third to make it 3-0 Bucks. Malis was up again and a slammed an RBI single and the scoring wasn't done there. John Cable split the outfielders in right center for a two-run hustle double pushing the Bucks lead to 6-0 after three innings.

The Bucks officially ran with the game in the top of the fourth as a run was walked in followed by a Keaton Presley RBI single to right. Josh Elvir did the same thing in the next at-bat but it was worth two runs. For good measure, Dalton Hurd picked up his first RBI of the season on a single to left to move the Bucks advantage to 11-0.

In the bottom of the 6th inning after an RBI double by Noah Strohl to get the Border Cats on the board, the game went into a rain delay due to severe weather in the Cedar Valley.

Jared Crescentini (1-1) left the game right before the rain delay, he threw five innings, let up five hits, one earned run and struck out seven batters.

The Bucks hit the road to take on the Rochester Honkers at Mayo Field for a 7:05 p.m. first pitch tomorrow, June 17.

###

The Waterloo Bucks are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. The 23-year-old summer collegiate 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, more than 160 former Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including two-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (WAS), two-time World Series Champion Ben Zobrist (CHC) and MLB All-Stars Chris Sale (BOS), Jordan Zimmermann (DET), Curtis Granderson (NYM) and Lucas Duda (NYM).  All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League portal. For more information, visit www.waterloobucks.com or download the new Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store or on Google Play and set the Bucks as your favorite team.