FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 9th, 2020
Contact: Mitch Montani, Radio & Broadcasting Intern
Bats fall quiet in Chucks’ afternoon loss
WIS. RAPIDS, WI – The Woodchucks lost to the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters on Sunday afternoon, 8-0. It was the third straight loss for the Chucks.
Despite just five offensive hits, starter Brett Wicklund was solid. He pitched for five innings and only allowed three runs. He had four strikeouts. His runs all came from a three-run homer. Emanuel Corporan gave up three more runs in an inning of relief. Austin Syverston and Chandler Fochs also pitched for the Woodchucks. Fochs recorded a strikeout over 0.2 innings.
Top Performers
Adrian Mella was 2-4 in the game with two singles.
Starting pitcher Brett Wicklund tossed five innings of four-hit, three-run ball.
Next Up
After a day off tomorrow, the Woodchucks will have two games at Rockford. They’ll return home on Thursday with a game against Fond du Lac. For tickets, call us at 715.845.5055, stop by our front office, or visit woodchucks.com.
###
The Wisconsin Woodchucks are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. The 25-year old summer collegiate league is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 22 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, over 200 former Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (WAS), two-time World Series Champions Ben Zobrist (CHC) and Brandon Crawford (SFG) and MLB All-Stars Chris Sale (BOS), Jordan Zimmermann (DET) and Curtis Granderson (TOR). All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League portal. For more information, visit www.woodchucks.com or download the new Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store or on Google Play and set the Woodchucks as your favorite team.