The Rafters double six times and draw eleven walks in offensive outburst.
Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. – The Wisconsin Rapids Rafters took care of business on Tuesday night in Fond du Lac, 13-4. The Rafters doubled six times and did not trail, earning their tenth win of 2020.
The Rafters started strong in the first. With Ryan Walstad on second base, Andy Garriola singled to center, driving in his eleventh run of the season. With the score 1-1 after the first, the Rafters took control. Kyle Teel doubled, and after a Fond du Lac error, Austin Kryszczuk doubled to left to score Teel and Jacob Hinderleider. Parker Nolan doubled to left just two batters later, scoring Kryszczuk to make it 4-1.
In the sixth, the Rafters kept on increasing their lead with two more runs with the help of the Dock Spiders defense. Dock Spiders first baseman Tim Elko threw a ball away to score Austin Kryszczuk on a groundout, then Andy Garriola singled in Richie Schiekofer for two more runs and a 7-1 lead. The Dock Spiders made four errors; a season high.
The Dock Spiders would load the bases in the seventh and eighth innings, scoring three runs, but the Rafter responded with six runs across the eighth and ninth, drawing six walks off of Dock Spiders reliever Andrew Jack.
The Rafters improved to 10-4 with the win, first in the Wisconsin-Illinois Pod. The Rafters return to Witter Field to play the La Crosse Loggers on Wednesday night. Coverage starts at 6:20pm on AM 1320 WFHR and on television at 6:30pm on the Northwoods League Baseball Network.
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The Wisconsin Rapids Rafters are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. The Northwoods League is the proven leader in the development of elite college baseball players. Having completed its’ 26th season, the Northwoods League is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 22 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, over 230 Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including three-time All-Star and 2016 Roberto Clemente Award winner Curtis Granderson, three-time Cy Young Award winner and World Series Champion Max Scherzer (WAS), two-time World Series Champions Ben Zobrist (CHC) and Brandon Crawford (SFG) and World Series Champion Chris Sale (BOS). As well as 2019 Rookie of the Year and Home Run Derby Champion Pete Alonso (NYM) and MLB All-Star Jordan Zimmermann (DET). All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League website. 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.
