{"id":7249,"date":"2017-06-01T22:15:44","date_gmt":"2017-06-02T03:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/wisconsin-rapids-rafters\/?p=7249"},"modified":"2017-06-14T15:28:15","modified_gmt":"2017-06-14T20:28:15","slug":"rafters-drop-first-road-game-of-the-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/wisconsin-rapids-rafters\/2017\/06\/01\/rafters-drop-first-road-game-of-the-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Rafters Drop First Road Game of the Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong><u>Rafters Drop First Road Game of the Season <\/u><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<em>Two Fond du Lac home-runs pace the Dock Spiders to a home victory<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tWisconsin Rapids, Wis. &ndash; &nbsp;Fond du Lac opened the franchise&rsquo;s first home game in team history with a 4-1 victory over Wisconsin Rapids at Herr-Baker Field on Thursday night.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAfter a scoreless first inning by both teams, the scoring started in the second when a single off the bat of Cory Wills of the Dock Spiders dropped down to drive in Luke Mangieri, who singled with one out.&nbsp;&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIn the bottom of the fourth, Collin Braithwaite reached on an error for the Dock Spiders to set up a two-run home-run by Eric Gilgenbach to give the Dock Spiders a 3-0 advantage.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tConnor Johnson (1-0) started the game against the Rafters for the Dock Spiders, limiting the Wisconsin Rapids offense to four hits, scattered over six scoreless frames. Johnson struck out eight batters without issuing a walk in his first start of the summer.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tDominic Yearego entered the game for Fond du Lac in the top of the seventh inning. The reliever worked a 1-2-3 inning to set up the Dock Spiders next run of the game. With two outs in the bottom of the seventh, Orynn Veillon took an 0-2 pitch deep to left field to push the home team ahead 4-0.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tWith one out in the top of the eighth, the Rafters offense got a jolt from pinch-hitter Christian Jones. Wasting no time, Jones took the first pitch he saw over the left field wall to pull the Rafters within 4-1.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAlex Jackson entered the game for Wisconsin Rapids on the mound in the bottom of the eighth, leaving two Dock Spiders stranded on base to pitch a scoreless inning. Yearego did not allow a baserunner in the top of the ninth to preserve the 4-1 victory for Fond du Lac.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tCal Giese (0-1) was tagged with the loss for the Rafters while Yearego earns the three-inning save, giving up one run. Six different Rafters recorded a hit while the Dock Spiders pitching staff did not issue a walk the entire night.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tWisconsin Rapids returns home to Witter Field on Friday, hosting Fond du Lac. First pitch is set for 7:05 pm with the Advanced Disposal Rosco P. Rafter Championship Bobble Head giveaway.\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 2.5in\">\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 3in\">\n\t&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ###\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<br \/>\n\t<em>The Wisconsin Rapids Rafters are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League.&nbsp;<\/em><em>The 2<\/em><em>3<\/em><em>-year-old summer collegiate league is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 20 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,&nbsp;<\/em><em>more than&nbsp;<\/em><em>1<\/em><em>7<\/em><em>0 former Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball,&nbsp;<\/em><em>including two-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (WAS), two-time World Series Champion Ben Zobrist (CHC) and MLB All-Stars Chris Sale (BOS), Jordan Zimmermann (DET), Curtis Granderson (NYM) and Lucas Duda (NYM).&nbsp;<\/em>&nbsp;<em>All league games are viewable live via the&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/portal.stretchinternet.com\/nwl\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Northwoods League portal<\/em><\/a><em>. For more information, visit&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/wisconsin-rapids-rafters\/\">http:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/wisconsin-rapids-rafters\/<\/a>&nbsp;<em>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.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Rafters Drop First Road Game of the Season Two Fond du Lac home-runs pace the Dock Spiders to a  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":7250,"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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","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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