{"id":8309,"date":"2022-06-12T04:35:06","date_gmt":"2022-06-12T04:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/willmar-stingers\/?p=8309"},"modified":"2022-06-12T04:35:06","modified_gmt":"2022-06-12T04:35:06","slug":"stingers-sweep-series-against-bucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/willmar-stingers\/2022\/06\/12\/stingers-sweep-series-against-bucks\/","title":{"rendered":"Stingers Sweep Series against Bucks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WATERLOO, IA &#8211; The Willmar Stingers defeated the Waterloo Bucks tonight, 6-3.<\/p>\n<p>With this win, the Stingers find themselves back at .500 as the Bucks become the first team in the Northwoods League with double-digit losses.<\/p>\n<p>Sam Malec received his first win this season after his three-run, four-strikeout, performance in seven innings. Matt Dreher came in the eighth and pitched two scoreless innings to obtain Willmar&#8217;s first save of the year.<\/p>\n<p>For the second game in a row, The Stingers were able to score in the top of the first as Joey Walls sent a runner home to make the score 1-0. After Willmar scored another run in the second on a double steal, Joey Walls would send another runner home in the fourth on a sacrifice fly.<\/p>\n<p>Waterloo would respond in the bottom of the fourth as they scored their first run, 3-1. The Bucks would go on to tie the game in the bottom of the seventh after A.J Shaver and Cameron Cromer both sent runners home.<\/p>\n<p>The Stingers wouldn&#8217;t stay down for long. In the following inning, the Stingers doubled their run total thanks to a Brett Bateman sacrifice fly and a two-run single from Drey Dirksen. No more runs came in for the remainder of the game as Willmar went on to win 6-3.<\/p>\n<p>Dirksen would finish the game 3-4 with 2 RBIs making him tonight&#8217;s MinnWest Technology Campus Player of the Game. Dirksen has been the definition of &#8220;on fire&#8221; this season. After tonight&#8217;s game, his league-leading average has jumped to .529.<\/p>\n<p>The Willmar Stingers travel to St. Cloud tomorrow to take on the Rox in a home-and-home series starting in Joe Faber Field. 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