The Waterloo Bucks (26-18, 3-7) scored three runs in a wild ninth to tie the game at five but were walked off 6-5 in the home half by the La Crosse Loggers (19-28, 5-6) on Thursday night. Max Jung-Goldberg (2-for-3, 2 BB, R, HR, RBI) blasted a game-tying solo home run in the ninth and was joined by Josh Kasevich (2-for-5, R, RBI) as Bucks with multi-hit nights while Garrett McGowan (1-for-4, R, HR, RBI) added a solo home run.

Cameron Hagan took a no-decision in his first start of the summer, tossing 5.0 frames of four-hit, two walk baseball while allowing just one earned and striking out four.

Down 3-0, McGowan put Waterloo on the board in the sixth with a monster solo shot belted out to deep right. Brycen Mautz followed with a scoreless sixth, working around a walk while punching out a pair.

The Loggers plated two in the seventh, but the Bucks responded in the next frame as Kasevich led off with a single followed by back-to-back walks issued to Jung-Goldberg and Johnny Tincher (1-for-3, 2 BB). Jackson Lyon (0-for-3, RBI, SF, ROE) brought Kasevich home with a sac fly, trimming the deficit to 5-2.

Anthony Pron showed out in his Bucks debut, striking out all five batters he faced to keep it a three-run game.

Pinch-hitter Liam Critchett (1-for-1) and Chris Seng (1-for-3, BB, R, SB) cracked back-to-back singles to lead off the ninth, advancing 90 feet each on a groundout. Kasevich plated pinch-runner Dalton Chandler on a groundout, then Seng flew home on a wild pitch. Jung-Goldberg promptly tied the game with a heroic solo home run blasted deep into the La Crosse night sky.

La Crosse walked off the Bucks in the home half.

The Bucks and Loggers play game two of the series on Friday evening at 6:35 p.m. CST in La Crosse