\n\tNinth-inning doubles from second baseman Eric Garza and center fielder Derek Peake began the Woodchucks’ comeback, and they held on to defeat the Kalamazoo Growlers, 7-5 in 11 innings, Tuesday night at Homer Stryker Field.\n<\/p>\n
\n\tThe two doubles tied the game, 4-4, before first baseman Brendon Hayden laced an RBI single to left to give the Chucks the ninth-inning advantage, 5-4.\n<\/p>\n
\n\tKalamazoo tied it in the bottom half, forcing extra innings. However, a blend of effective at-bats from Woodchucks’ hitters and ineffective pitching from the Kalamazoo bullpen allowed the Chucks to take the lead in the top of the 11th<\/sup>. Third baseman Paul DeJong drew a bases-loaded walk, spotting the Chucks to a one-run lead, and designated hitter Jake Scudder’s sacrifice fly made it 7-5. \n<\/p>\n \n\tCloser Max Ising took it from there, as the Creighton product nailed down his ninth save of the year by striking out the side in order in the bottom half of the inning.\n<\/p>\n \n\tThe Woodchucks got on the board first in the top of the first inning, when catcher Zach Arnold launched a solo homerun to left center field, his second homer of the year and the first of his four hits on the day.\n<\/p>\n \n\tKalamazoo then got a three-run homerun of their own from designated hitter Jesse Puschek to take the lead, before Wisconsin countered with Arnold’s RBI single and shortstop Ryan Howard’s solo homerun, his second of the year, tying the game, 3-3.\n<\/p>\n \n\tGrowler catcher Brett Sunde’s third homerun of the year spotted Kalamazoo to a 4-3 advantage in the fourth inning, and that would remain the score until the top of the ninth.\n<\/p>\n \n\tThe win went to Austin Tribby in relief, as the Chucks’ southpaw fired a scoreless 10th<\/sup> inning while striking out two. Offensively, in addition to Arnold’s 4-for-5 performance, Wisconsin received multi-hit efforts from Peake (2-for-5), Hayden (2-for-5), Garza (2-for-5) and right fielder Connor Beck (2-for-5).\n<\/p>\n \n\tThe Woodchucks will close out their five-day roadtrip with the second of two against the Kalamazoo Growlers at Homer Stryker Field on Wednesday night. First pitch is scheduled for 6:05 P.M.\n<\/p>\n \n\t###\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":" Ninth-inning doubles from second baseman Eric Garza and center fielder Derek Peake began the Woodchucks’ comeback, and they held on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":1331,"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-1449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-team-news","category-update-ticker"],"yoast_head":"\n