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Wausau, WIS \u2013 The Wisconsin Woodchucks offensive caught fire tonight and hit double figures in an 11-3 win over the Lakeshore Chinooks at Athletic Park.\u00a0 The win moves the Chucks back into a second-place tie in the Northwood League South Division with the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders.<\/p>\n
The Woodchucks opened the scoring by posting four runs in the third.\u00a0 Nick Loftin\u2019s triple into the right field corner started the rally.\u00a0 A single up the middle by Valdes scored Loftin to get the Chucks on the board.\u00a0 Valdes stole second and came in to score on a single to left by Alex Toral.\u00a0 Reese Alexiades capped off the inning with a two-run homer to right, putting the Chucks up 4-0.<\/p>\n
The Chucks added a run in the fourth, with Brandt Broussard doubling and scoring on a sacrifice fly by Valdes.\u00a0 The Chinooks closed the gap to 5-3 by scoring three times in the top of the fifth.<\/p>\n
A single and error on a high chopper to first in the seventh put Toral on second.\u00a0 Zach DeLoach followed with a double to score Toral and give the Chucks a 6-3 lead.<\/p>\n
Four Woodchucks walked in the eighth, with Payton Nelson coming home to score on DeLoach\u2019s walk to give the Chucks a 7-3 advantage.\u00a0 The other three walks (Loftin, Tommy Duddleston and DeLoach) came in on a 2-RBI double by Alexiades and error that allowed the third run to score on the play.\u00a0 Alexiades came in to score on a passed ball to increase the lead to 11-3.<\/p>\n
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Top Performers <\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Alexiades had two hits, four RBI\u2019s and scored two times.\u00a0 Toral had three hits, scored twice and drove in a run.\u00a0 Valdes had two hits, two RBI\u2019s and a run scored.\u00a0 DeLoach also had two RBI\u2019s for the Chucks.<\/p>\n On the mound, starter Alex Stodola went five innings and got the win, giving up three runs and striking out five.\u00a0 Ricardo Garcia, Everett Hurst and Brandon Bachman combined for four scoreless innings of relief.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Next Up <\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The Wisconsin Woodchucks host Lakeshore again on Sunday July 29th<\/sup>.\u00a0 First pitch is at 3:05.\u00a0 Sunday will be Inflatable Bat Giveaway Day, sponsored by Cost Cutters. & The Barbers Family Hairstyling.\u00a0 <\/strong>For tickets, call us at 715.845.5055, stop by our front office, or visit woodchucks.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Wausau, WIS \u2013 The Wisconsin Woodchucks offensive caught fire tonight and hit double figures in an 11-3 win over […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":8219,"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":[48,72,49,580,258,67,50],"class_list":["post-8218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-team-news","category-update-ticker","tag-baseball","tag-lakeshore-chinooks","tag-northwoods-league","tag-reese-alexiades","tag-summer","tag-wausau","tag-wisconsin-woodchucks"],"yoast_head":"\n