{"id":13463,"date":"2022-08-11T00:58:28","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T05:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/wisconsin-rapids-rafters\/?p=13463"},"modified":"2022-08-11T00:58:28","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T05:58:28","slug":"rafters-survive-offensive-shootout-in-madison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/wisconsin-rapids-rafters\/2022\/08\/11\/rafters-survive-offensive-shootout-in-madison\/","title":{"rendered":"Rafters Survive Offensive Shootout in Madison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MADISON, Wis. &#8211; There are usually four different types of baseball games: blowouts, close contests, pitching duels, and offensive battles.\u00a0 The Rafters have played in every single type of these games this season.\u00a0 However, tonight in what was probably one of the most competitive games of the Northwoods League season, the Rafters outlasted the Madison Mallards by a score of 14-13.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Rats bats started hot out of the gate.\u00a0 Brady Jurgella launched a leadoff homer, his first in the cranberry and gold, to put the Rafters up 1-0.\u00a0 In the next at-bat, Chase Call went back-to-back for his fifth homer of 2022.\u00a0 A Jacob Igawa RBI sacrifice fly gave the Rats a 3-0 lead at the end of the first.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rafters starting pitcher, Ben Amon, went six up and six down across the first two frames.\u00a0 The Rafters added one more in the top of the third via an RBI single from Colin Tuft to go up 4-0.\u00a0 However, the Mallards struck for two runs in the home half of the third to cut their deficit down to 4-2.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After a scoreless fourth inning from both sides, the Rafters put two more on the board in the top of the fifth.\u00a0 An E6 throwing error and a Cael Chatham bases-loaded walk put Wisconsin Rapids ahead 6-2.\u00a0 Amon held the Mallards scoreless in the home of the fifth to end his night.\u00a0 He threw five innings while allowing two runs on four hits, two walks, and two strikeouts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Rafters added two more in the top of the sixth via an RBI single from Aidan Brewer and a Colin Tuft RBI sacrifice fly.\u00a0 Despite an 8-2 lead heading into the bottom half of the sixth, the Rafters were not safe. The Mallards drew four straight bases-loaded walks against Rafters reliever Ethan Peters to draw within two, 8-6.\u00a0 The Rafters went to the bullpen in the middle of the inning, as they called upon Angel Medina.\u00a0 He gave up a two-run double to Liam Moreno, and then a two-run homer to Josh Caron, as the Mallards took their first lead of the night, 10-8.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Despite surrendering a six-run lead, the Rats bats were still rolling.\u00a0 An Aidan Brewer sacrifice fly, a two-run double from Chase Call, and a Jacob Igawa bases-loaded hit by pitch put the Rafters back ahead in the top of the seventh, 12-10.\u00a0 However, the Mallards would retake the lead in the home half of the inning.\u00a0 An E1 throwing error made by the Rafters, an RBI single, and an RBI sacrifice fly for the Mallards put them back ahead 13-12.\u00a0 Angel Medina threw two innings while allowing five runs (four earned) on five hits, one walk, and two strikeouts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">However, just like all season, the Rafters continued to show fight.\u00a0 Aidan Brewer left the yard with a two-run homer, his fourth of the summer, to put the Rats back ahead 14-13.\u00a0 Rafters reliever Preston Howey held the Mallards scoreless in the home half of the eighth.\u00a0 Connor Kurki entered to pitch for the Rafters in the bottom of the ninth, as he struck out to earn his third save of 2022.\u00a0 Angel Medina recorded his first win in a Rafters uniform.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Rafters (55-14) will play host to the Mallards (25-44) tomorrow night at Witter Field at 6:35 pm.\u00a0 Catch all the action on the Northwoods League Baseball Network with Carter Gledhill or on 1320 AM\/97.5 FM WFHR with Brett Loftis.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">###<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">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. Now in its\u2019 29<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">th<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 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, 300 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 (NYM), 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 2019\/2021 Home Run Derby Champion Pete Alonso (NYM) and 2021 All-Star, MLB Gold Glove winner and 2019 Second Team All-MLB shortstop Marcus Semien (TEX). All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League website. League games are viewable live at <\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.watchnwl.com\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">watchnwl.com<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and on ESPN+. 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.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MADISON, Wis. &#8211; There are usually four different types of baseball games: blowouts, close contests, pitching duels, and offensive battles.\u00a0  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":13464,"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":[718,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-permanentslider","category-team-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.5 (Yoast SEO v26.5) - 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