{"id":4625,"date":"2015-06-13T03:45:07","date_gmt":"2015-06-13T03:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/waterloo-bucks\/?p=4625"},"modified":"2015-06-13T03:45:07","modified_gmt":"2015-06-13T03:45:07","slug":"bucks-dominate-in-series-tying-shutout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/waterloo-bucks\/2015\/06\/13\/bucks-dominate-in-series-tying-shutout\/","title":{"rendered":"Bucks dominate in series-tying shutout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\">\n\tCarson McPherson (Murray St. College) tossed six shutout frames, allowing four hits and striking out eight in a 7-0 win over Kalamazoo.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/northwoods.bbstats.pointstreak.com\/boxscore.html?gameid=260194\">Box Score<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tBy: Matt Gruemmer, Waterloo Bucks\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tKALAMAZOO, Mich. &ndash; Fresh off a one-run heartbreaking loss on Thursday, the Waterloo Bucks (11-7) had two choices heading into Friday night&rsquo;s series-finale with the Kalamazoo Growlers (5-13): Either allow last night&rsquo;s 11-run ninth inning haunt them, or arrive at the field refocused and ready to compete. The Bucks chose the latter, holding the Growlers to just four hits in a 7-0 shutout Friday night at Homer Stryker Field. Carson McPherson (2-1) (Murray St. College) was brilliant as the Waterloo starter throughout six scoreless innings of ball. During a soggy night in Kalamazoo, McPherson put together a four-hit performance while also striking out eight and walking one in his second winning start of the year.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tWaterloo&rsquo;s offense opened the game with a five-run eighth frame. Luke Stratman (Lamar CC) tallied his team-best third homerun of the season in the victory while teammate Zach McKinstry (Central Michigan) hit a single and moved his hitting streak to 11 consecutive games.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tPitching headlined the opening innings of the game as McPherson battled against right-hander Sean Isaac (Vangaurd) from Kalamazoo. The two gave both lineups headaches until they left following the sixth.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe Bucks struck first on Stratman&rsquo;s two-out solo homerun in the top of the third. The blast marked the third of the season for Stratman, and it gave Waterloo a 1-0 lead.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tMcPherson (2-1) took the win and exited after his sixth frame on the hill. The southpaw surrendered no runs, four hits, one base on balls and tallied eight punchouts en route to his second win.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tLandon Busch (South Dakota St.) entered out of the bullpen to open the seventh and closed out the game to earn his first save of the year. In his fourth mound appearance on the season, Busch lasted three hitless innings where he walked one and struck out a pair.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tWaterloo widened the one-run gap with five runs in the eighth on two hits, two walks and three hit batsmen to increase their lead, 6-0. Weston Hatten (Washington St.) plated Alex Boxwell (Minnsota) and Mikal Hill (Winston-Salem St.) for the frame&rsquo;s first two runs on a single down the left field line.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tMark Hernandez (Long Island) and Matthew Stemper (Minnesota) both scored on wild pitches to backstop in the inning, and Hatten scored the eighth&rsquo;s only other run after Taylor Boyd (St. Joseph&rsquo;s) was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tHill opened the ninth with a hit-by-pitch and scored the game&rsquo;s final run on a Stemper RBI single to make it 7-0, Waterloo.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe Bucks will travel a short distance to face the Battle Creek Bombers Saturday to open a two-game series. First pitch on Saturday is set for 6:05 p.m. CT with Sunday&rsquo;s start set for 5:05 p.m. CT.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tWaterloo plays at home next on Monday, June 15, against the Mankato MoonDogs. Get your tickets now for another Monday: Buck Nights.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tEvery Monday home game, get regular hot dogs for just $1.50, plus 10 oz. draft beer, 12 oz. sodas, small popcorn, and ice cream sandwiches are just $1 each, sponsored by K98.5.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tTickets are available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kernels.com\/\">waterloobucks.com<\/a>. You can also visit the Bucks Ticket Office at Riverfront Stadium or call 319-232-5633.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tBucks games are broadcast live on waterloobucks.com.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t# # #\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<em>The Waterloo Bucks are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. Playing its 22<\/em><em><sup>nd<\/sup><\/em>&nbsp;<em>season of summer collegiate baseball in 2015, the Northwoods League is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 18 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 120 Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (WAS) and MLB All-Stars Chris Sale (CWS), Jordan Zimmermann (WAS), Curtis Granderson (NYM), Lucas Duda (NYM) and Ben Zobrist (OAK). All league games are viewable live via the<\/em>&nbsp;<em><a href=\"http:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Northwoods League Website<\/a>.&nbsp; For more information, visit<\/em>&nbsp;<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.waterloobucks.com\/\">www.waterloobucks.com<\/a>.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carson McPherson (Murray St. College) tossed six shutout frames, allowing four hits and striking out eight in a 7-0 win  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":4626,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-team-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.5 (Yoast SEO v26.5) - 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