The Rafters scored the final five runs of the ballgame.
ASHWAUBENON, WI – The Wisconsin Rapids Rafters (19-17) fell short 10-8 on the road to the Green Bay Booyah (13-22) in a high-scoring hot and humid Monday matinee. Wisconsin Rafters left the game-tying run on base in the ninth.
With the Rafters trailing 10-3 in the seventh Elijah Dickerson (La Salle) unleashed a two-run home run over the right-field wall.
Wisconsin Rapids continued the rally in the ninth, plating three runs courtesy of three singles and two doubles. Josh Nicoloff (Kansas State) came off the bench for a key two-out RBI ground-rule double. Couper Cornblum (Wichita State) followed with an RBI base hit, cutting the lead to two. The Rafters then flew out to right to end the game with the tying run at first base.
With the game tied at one, the Booyah seized control of the game with back-to-back four-run innings in the fourth and fifth. Rafters’ pitchers Hayden Harris (Georgia Southern) and Nick Torres (Long Island) limited the Booyah damage to just one run in the sixth through eighth innings.
The Rafters’ McKinley Erves (La Grange) came off the bench to increase his hitting streak to a team-high eleven games. Monday’s game was just the third time this season the Rafters have allowed double-digit runs. Wisconsin Rapids has completed the 36 game first half of the Northwoods League regular season.
The second half of the season starts Tuesday as the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters open a two-game set at Witter Field with the Traverse City Pit Spitters. First pitch is scheduled for 6:35 PM in Wisconsin Rapids.
It’s Christmas in July at the ballpark with a special guest appearance from Santa Claus. You can listen to the action on WFHR AM 1320 and watch it 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’ 27th 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 250 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 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 Gold Glove finalist and 2019 Second Team All-MLB shortstop Marcus Semien (TOR). 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
