Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. \u2013 The offense was cooking for the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters (4-6) yet again as they took down the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders (4-5) in Wednesday night\u2019s game 11-4. The Rafters were led by three-hit games from both Chris Diaz and Kameron Douglas while the bullpen allowed just one run in six innings.<\/p>\n
Drew Thompson started things with a shutout first, handing it off to the offense to grab a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the inning. It started with Kameron Douglas\u2019 RBI single off Fond du Lac starter Tannis Lange (0-2) before Matthew Pinal also picked up an RBI. Jack Guerrero capped off the first inning scoring by coming home on Chris Diaz\u2019s stolen base throw down.<\/p>\n
The Dock Spiders responded immediately, picking up three runs in the top of the second off Rafters starter Drew Thompson and knotting it 3-3. The first came when Jonathon Fitz scored on a wild pitch before Reece VanDevander scored on an error from Rafters shortstop Mason Onate. Patrick Graham finished the frame\u2019s scoring with a sac fly RBI.<\/p>\n
The Rafters took the lead right back in the bottom of the inning thanks to a two-RBI single from Noah Ruiz off Fond du Lac\u2019s Lange, making it 5-3.<\/p>\n
Drew Thompson completed a shutout third inning before handing it off to Zach Crotchfelt (1-0), who went two scoreless.<\/p>\n
In the bottom of the fifth, the Rafters broke the game open, scoring four runs to take a 9-3 lead. Noah Ruiz led things with a two-RBI double, then he scored on a Luke Skinner RBI before Mason Onate came home on an error from Dock Spiders reliever Gunner Gilmore.<\/p>\n
Brent Gallegos relieved Rafters\u2019 Crotchfelt to start the sixth and he went two scoreless as the Rats and Dock Spiders traded zeros.<\/p>\n
The Rafters turned to Tony Torres in the eighth, and he picked up three outs in three batters before Wisconsin Rapids added a pair of runs to make it 11-3 on back-to-back RBI singles from Matthew Pinal and Diaz off Fond du Lac\u2019s Karter Beving.<\/p>\n
Torres came back out for the ninth, and after a solo homer from Matt Hansen, he finished them off with a strikeout to end the game.<\/p>\n
The Rafters now sit just half a game back of the Dock Spiders in the Great Lakes West standings as they look to move up in the table. The Rafters start a new series Thursday with the Royal Oak Leprechauns, where they\u2019ll host back-to-back games with the team from the Great Lakes East. First pitch of Thursday\u2019s game will be at 6:35pm and televised on ESPN+ along with broadcast over radio on WFHR 97.5 FM\/1320 AM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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