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\n\tWausau, WIS – In a game that saw 37 hits, 19 runs, and a five-run ninth inning rally, the Wisconsin Woodchucks defeated the Kalamazoo Growlers 10-9.\n<\/p>\n
\n\tWith Paul DeJong on second base and one out, Kevin Connolly hit a single to right field that brought home DeJong to plate the game winning run in a four hour and forty-five minute marathon at Athletic Park.\n<\/p>\n
\n\tThe Woodchucks came to the bottom of the ninth facing a five run deficit and batted around in the inning to tie the game up at eight. Three consecutive hits brought home the Woodchucks’ first run in the rally when Brendon Hayden hit a single to the right-center field gap plating Troy Traxler. With the bases loaded, Jake Scudder hit a grounder through the right side of the infield to cut the lead to 8-6. Zach Arnold then pinched hit for Jack Klages and came through in the clutch hitting a single to left field bringing home two runners and more importantly tying the game up at eight.\n<\/p>\n
\n\tTroy Montgomery then answered for the Growlers in the top of the tenth inning when Troy Montgomery drove the second pitch he saw over the center field wall giving the Growlers a 9-8 lead.\n<\/p>\n
\n\tIn the bottom of the tenth inning, Traxler again led the inning off with a double down the left field line to get into scoring position. After reaching third on a Jake Jefferies ground, Traxler came into score on a balk by Growlers’ pitcher Shane Bryant tying the game at nine. The next run scored in the game would be the walk-off run in the bottom of the fifteenth inning by the Woodchucks.\n<\/p>\n
\n\tThe Woodchucks and Growlers will finish their two-game series at Athletic Park tomorrow night. First pitch is set for 7:05.\n<\/p>\n
\n\tThe Wisconsin Woodchucks are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwood’s League. Playing its 21st season of summer collegiate baseball, the Northwood’s 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 115 Northwood’s League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (DET) and MLB All-Stars Chris Sale (CWS), Jordan Zimmermann (WAS), Curtis Granderson (NYM), Allen Craig (STL) and Ben Zobrist (TB). All league games are viewable live via the Northwood’s League YouTube channel<\/a>. For more information, visit woodchucks.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Wausau, WIS – In a game that saw 37 hits, 19 runs, and a five-run ninth inning rally, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":1362,"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":[15,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-team-news","category-update-ticker"],"yoast_head":"\n