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After giving up an earned run on a wild pitch<br \/>\nwith a runner on third in the first inning, he turned it on, throwing three consecutive scoreless innings<br \/>\nafter that.<\/p>\n<p>The Rafters offense got going in the third inning, striking for three runs on four hits against Mallards<br \/>\nstarting pitcher Ryan Johnson. Jax LeGrand had a 2 RBI single to take the lead, and he was<br \/>\nfollowed by Harrison Engskov, who would also hit an RBI single to extend the Rafters&#8217; lead to 3-1.<br \/>\nTomlinson\u2019s day would come to an end after getting through the 5th inning, where he would give<br \/>\nup an RBI double to Lane Arroyos, making it 3-2. Tomlinson\u2019s final line was 5 innings pitched,<br \/>\n3 hits allowed, 6 walks, 2 earned runs and 2 strikeouts.<\/p>\n<p>The Mallards would score two more runs in the bottom of the 7th inning on two sacrifice flies,<br \/>\none from Preston Yaucher and one from Brock Lulewicz, to give them a 4-3 lead.<\/p>\n<p>The Rafters offense would respond in the 8th inning. Pat Costin drew a one out walk and was pinch<br \/>\nrun for by David Ketterman. Ketterman was able to move up to 2nd base after a throwing error<br \/>\non a back-pick attempt by Mallards catcher Aaron Holland. Then, with two outs, Jax LeGrand would<br \/>\ncome through clutch with an RBI double to left field to tie the game 4-4.<\/p>\n<p>In the bottom half of the 8th, Braden Wellen took the mound for the Rafters.<br \/>\nEddie Alonso would draw a leadoff walk and then steal second, putting the go-ahead run in<br \/>\nscoring position.<\/p>\n<p>Dom Jacoby came up to the plate with one out and laced a double into the gap in left-center,<br \/>\nscoring Alonso and putting Madison back on top. Madison would also get an extra<br \/>\ninsurance run on a groundout by Jonah Weathers.<\/p>\n<p>Needing two runs in the top of the ninth, the Rafters would be shut down by relief pitcher<br \/>\nEamonn Mulhern, who would get the final three outs and earn the win.<\/p>\n<p>This was the first game of an eight-game road trip for the Rafters over the next eight days. The Rafters<br \/>\nhead to Michigan tomorrow to start a two-game series with the 7-2 Kalamazoo Growlers of the<br \/>\nGreat Lakes East division.<\/p>\n<p>Cade Queen is the probable starting pitcher tomorrow for Wisconsin Rapids. First pitch is at 6:35 pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Luc Carter &nbsp; MADISON, Wis &#8211; The Wisconsin Rapids Rafters fell just short against the Madison Mallards Monday night  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[775,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-stories","category-team-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.5 (Yoast SEO v26.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rafters Out-Hit Mallards 12-5, Fall 6-4 in Madison - Wisconsin Rapids Rafters<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/wisconsin-rapids-rafters\/2026\/06\/02\/rafters-out-hit-mallards-12-5-fall-6-4-in-madison\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rafters Out-Hit Mallards 12-5, Fall 6-4 in Madison\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Luc Carter &nbsp; 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