The Waterloo Bucks (14-6) earned their Northwoods League-leading 14th win of the summer with a 9-3 split-earning victory over the Willmar Stingers (10-10) on Sunday evening. Waterloo’s bats grinded out seven hits and eight walks while the pitching staff allowed just two earned runs.

Harrison Cook took a no-decision after working 4.0 innings of four-hit, three-walk baseball with four strikeouts and just one unearned run allowed. Jordan Nelson (W, 2.0 IP, H, 0 R, BB, K), Camren Landry (1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, K) and Brycen Mautz (1.0 IP, H, 0 R, 0 BB, K) combined for four scoreless frames while Zach Button finished things off in the ninth.

With two away in the second, Mike Campagna (1-for-4, BB, 2 R, 2B) reached on a dropped third strike followed by back-to-back walks issued to Ryan McNally (0-for-3, 2 BB, 2 R) and Blaine Marchman (1-for-3, 2 BB, 2 R, RBI). A wild pitch plated Campagna, then Sam Biller (1-for-3, BB, R, RBI, SB) singled home McNally. Chris Seng (1-for-5, 2 RBI) reached on an error that scored Marchman and Biller to hand Waterloo a 4-0 lead.

Cameron Repetti (1-for-4, HBP, R) was hit by a pitch to open the sixth and moved to second on a wild pitch. A few batters later, Marchman singled him home to make it 5-1 Bucks. Garrett McGowan (2-for-5, R, RBI, SB) tacked on one more an inning later as he singled, was balked to second, stole third then crossed home on a wild pitch.

Campagna began the eighth with a double followed by another pair of walks drawn by McNally and Marchman. Seng singled home the first two, then McGowan followed with an RBI single of his own to wrap up the Bucks’ scoring.

The Bucks open a two-game series with the Eau Claire Express at home on Monday featuring a 6:35 p.m. CST first pitch at Riverfront Stadium.