{"id":12703,"date":"2021-07-30T21:48:36","date_gmt":"2021-07-31T02:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/wisconsin-rapids-rafters\/?p=12703"},"modified":"2021-07-30T21:48:36","modified_gmt":"2021-07-31T02:48:36","slug":"rafters-shutout-mallards-in-pitching-showcase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/wisconsin-rapids-rafters\/2021\/07\/30\/rafters-shutout-mallards-in-pitching-showcase\/","title":{"rendered":"Rafters Shutout Mallards, in Pitching Showcase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Wisconsin Rapids finish 8-4 against Madison this season \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Wisconsin Rapids, WI \u2013 The Wisconsin Rapids Rafters (27-31) blanked the Madison Mallards (28-28) 3-0, as the Mallards stranded six runners in scoring position. The Rafters improve to 5-1 against the Mallards at Witter Field this season.<\/p>\n<p>The three runs scored by Wisconsin Rapids came in the first inning. With two runners aboard, EJ Exposito (Long Island) struck a ball deep over the left-field wall. It was his second home run of the season after sending one out last night. Exposito went 5 for 6 in the home and home series against the Mallards with 5 RBI.<\/p>\n<p>Ben Schoneman (Colorado School of Mines) threw 6.2 innings scoreless in his ninth start of the season. The right-hander struck out five batters and left six runners on base.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGetting the changeup out and away from left-handers worked out tonight, and the defense made plays behind me,\u201d said Schoneman.<\/p>\n<p>Hunter Waldis (Seton Hall) gained the final out in the seventh inning after Sterling Hayes (Creighton) threw out a Mallard at the plate. Waldis worked a scoreless eighth and has not given up a run since June 19th.<\/p>\n<p>Brayden Bonner (Dixie State) entered in the ninth. He earned his seventh save of the season and 25th as a Rafter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been a great ride,\u201d said Bonner. \u201cIt has been really fun playing out here for the last three years, making relationships, and playing in front of these fans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Rafters take on the Fond Du Lac Dock Spiders at Witter Field tomorrow July 31st. First pitch is at 6:35 p.m. After the final out of tomorrow\u2019s game, fireworks will light up the night sky, presented by Waste Management.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i>###<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>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\u2019 27<\/i><i>th<\/i><i> 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 <\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/portal.stretchinternet.com\/nwl\/\"><i>Northwoods League portal<\/i><\/a><i>. For more information, visit <\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.raftersbaseball.com\/\"><i>www.raftersbaseball.com<\/i><\/a><i> 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<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wisconsin Rapids finish 8-4 against Madison this season \u00a0 Wisconsin Rapids, WI \u2013 The Wisconsin Rapids Rafters (27-31) blanked the  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":12704,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-team-news","category-update-ticker-all-categories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.5 (Yoast SEO v26.5) - 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