{"id":4923,"date":"2018-08-09T04:35:23","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T04:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/willmar-stingers\/?p=4923"},"modified":"2018-08-09T04:35:23","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T04:35:23","slug":"down-to-their-final-strike-the-stingers-dont-give-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/willmar-stingers\/2018\/08\/09\/down-to-their-final-strike-the-stingers-dont-give-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Down to their final strike the Stingers don’t give up"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Eau Claire, Wis.- On Wednesday night in Eau Claire the Willmar Stingers continued their magical season in style with a comeback victory over the Express.<\/p>\n

The Stingers and the Express played a hard fought ball game with two great pitching performances.<\/p>\n

For the Stingers\u00a0Sam Gardner\u00a0<\/strong>(Alabama) was on the mound. Gardner pitched well going 6.1 innings, striking out two and allowing just three hits. The only blemish on Gardner’s line was a solo homer in the sixth inning off the bat of Eau Claire’s\u00a0Nick Brueser\u00a0<\/strong>(Stanford).<\/p>\n

Willmar’s bullpen with a combination of\u00a0Bryant Claunch\u00a0<\/strong>(North Alabama) and\u00a0Braxton Johns\u00a0<\/strong>(Georgia Southern) held the game at 1-0 into the ninth.<\/p>\n

Justin Revels\u00a0<\/strong>(Illinois-Springfield) was superb on the mound for the Express. Revels went 8.2 shutout innings until Bo Henning\u00a0made the call to pinch hit\u00a0Jayson Newman\u00a0<\/strong>(Cal-State Northridge) in the ninth. After Revels got two quick outs in the ninth inning Newman came to the plate. Before the game Newman was not feeling well and did not even take batting practice with the team, but Henning made the choice to go to one of his most dangerous weapons at the plate. Newman with two strikes and no balls got a slider from Revels and did not miss it. Newman drove a rocket into the night tying the game up at one. Newman’s homer marked his sixth of the season which puts him all alone atop the Stingers in that category.<\/p>\n

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"@jayson_newman13<\/a> you are ridiculous!" In the ninth with nobody on and two outs, Jayson Newman hits a rocket into the night to tie the game against Eau Claire and help Willmar to a 4-1 victory over the Express. #StingEm<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/Hm6gh5uySk<\/a><\/p>\n

— Willmar Stingers (@WillmarStingers) August 9, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n