After last night’s loss to the Mallards, the Rafters go to Madison for game two of home and home series.

Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. – The Wisconsin Rapids Rafters fell to Big Top Baseball rival and 2018 First Half South Division Champion the Madison Mallards 4-2 last night. This sinks the Rafters to 15-19 on the season. The Mallards move to 27-8 and are on a three game win streak.

Six Rafters recorded hits last night and Brody Wofford scored both runs. The lone RBI was credited to Bret Fehr who entered the game in the eighth inning.

Pitching tonight for the Rafters is Jake Cook (Birmingham Southern). Cook sports a 1-3 record. This will be his sixth start. In his 21 innings pitched, Cook has walked nine batters, allowed 35 hits and 16 strikeouts.

On the mound for the Mallards is Cole OConnor. The righty from Dartmouth sports a 4.21 ERA in 10.2 innings pitched. This will be OConnor’s second start of the season for the Mallards. In his time on the bump, he has struck out seven batters and allowed 14 hits.

The first pitch is slated for 6:05p.m. at Warner Park. The Rafters will return home for the Independence Day Matchup against the Green Bay Bullfrogs at 3:05p.m.

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The Wisconsin Rapids Rafters are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. Now in its 25th anniversary season, the Northwoods League is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 20 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, 190 former Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (WAS), two-time World Series Champions Ben Zobrist (CHC) and Brandon Crawford (SFG) and MLB All-Stars Chris Sale (BOS), Jordan Zimmermann (DET) and Curtis Granderson (TOR).  All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League portal. For more information, visit  www.raftersbaseball.com or download the new Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store or on Google Play and set the Rafters as your favorite team.