{"id":20984,"date":"2026-07-22T15:31:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T20:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/wausau-woodchucks\/?p=20984"},"modified":"2026-07-22T15:31:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T20:31:20","slug":"woodchucks-back-in-win-column-with-strong-performance-against-duluth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/wausau-woodchucks\/2026\/07\/22\/woodchucks-back-in-win-column-with-strong-performance-against-duluth\/","title":{"rendered":"Woodchucks Back In Win Column With Strong Performance Against Duluth"},"content":{"rendered":"

WAUSAU SCORES NINE RUNS IN FINAL TWO INNINGS TO PREVAIL BY DOUBLE DIGITS<\/strong><\/p>\n

WAUSAU, WI- Any potential questions about Wausau\u2019s home form or performance at the plate were answered emphatically on Tuesday night, as the Woodchucks avoided back-to-back defeats at Athletic Park by downing the Duluth Huskies, 13-3.<\/p>\n

Lane Walton (Arkansas State) broke out with a 2-4 day at the plate that included two extra base hits and four RBIs. Gatlin Pitts (Pearl River CC\/Western Kentucky) reached four times and scored four runs, and also had an RBI in the big win.<\/p>\n

The Woodchucks pitching staff did not surrender an earned run on the day. Starting pitcher Huxley Holcombe (Cornell) picked up his second win of the season with five strong innings, where he struck out five and allowed just one hit. Aiden Goodwin (Snead State CC\/Georgia Highlands) protected the lead with two scoreless frames out of the bullpen, and Chase Donahue (Mitchell College\/Transfer Portal) finished the day off with two scoreless innings of his own, along with two strikeouts.<\/p>\n

THE HIGHLIGHTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wausau got the scoring started in the bottom of the third, when Gatlin Pitts earned an RBI single, and Lane Walton followed with an RBI double, with both hits coming on a two-out rally. Duluth, however, tied the game in the fifth with three unearned runs, and Wausau reclaimed the lead when Walton brought the go-ahead run in on an RBI groundout in the same inning.<\/p>\n

The rest of the game belonged to the Woodchucks\u2019 offense. In the seventh, Wausau collected three runs to stretch the lead, as Lane Walton smacked another RBI double, and Bradon Durfee (Pasco-Hernando State\/Kansas) got his first RBI of the day on a single to make it 7-3.<\/p>\n

Then, in the eighth, the Woodchucks poured on more. Gatlin Pitts earned the first RBi of the frame on a hit-by-pitch with the bases loaded, and another run came in when Ryan Chase (Santa Fe CC\/Kansas) reached on an error.<\/p>\n

Bradon Durfee then got his second RBI of the game with another single, and Sawyer Tolk (Kansas City Kansas CC\/Dayton) followed him up with a bases-loaded walk to notch an RBI. The final two runs of the frame came on a two-RBI single from Caleb Karll (Montevallo), and when it was all said and done, Wausau had scored six insurance runs to blow their lead out to double digits.<\/p>\n

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