{"id":7274,"date":"2017-06-05T13:26:35","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T18:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/wisconsin-rapids-rafters\/?p=7274"},"modified":"2017-06-14T15:29:00","modified_gmt":"2017-06-14T20:29:00","slug":"rafters-host-woodchucks-for-the-first-time-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/wisconsin-rapids-rafters\/2017\/06\/05\/rafters-host-woodchucks-for-the-first-time-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Rafters Host Woodchucks for the First Time This Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong><u>Rafters Host Woodchucks for the First Time This Year<\/u><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<em>Wisconsin Rapids looks to win its fourth straight game <\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tWisconsin Rapids, Wis. &ndash; Two wins on the weekend at Lakeshore have the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters set to host the Wisconsin Woodchucks on Monday evening at Witter Field.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe two teams met up eight times last season as the Rafters won all eight games against the Woodchucks (2-4).\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAgainst Lakeshore this past weekend, it took a come from behind win in the first game and a jolt in the later innings in game two to pick up the series sweep for the Rafters (5-1). The series finale provided 17 runs for the Rafters with nine of them coming in the top of the eighth to set a franchise record for most runs in a single inning. Seven players recorded at least two hits, highlighted by Scott Kapers two hits and three runs batted in.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tWith the Woodchucks in town, the Rafters attempt to start the home portion of their schedule 4-0, which would extend the franchise best mark Wisconsin Rapids set against Fond du Lac last week to start 3-0 for the first time in team history.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe Woodchucks enter today&rsquo;s game after their offense broke out Sunday night in a 13-10 win against Fond du Lac. Stevie Mangrum led the bats with a two-for-four game, blasting a home-run and driving in four runs. The win snapped a three game Wisconsin losing streak.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tSlated to take the hill for Wisconsin Rapids is Opening Day starter Jack Eagan (1-0) from Madison College. The lefty went six innings without allowing a hit in the team&rsquo;s first game of the season against Kenosha. A one-hit, seven strikeout performance gave Eagan the first win for the Rafters on the year.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe gates open at 6:00 pm for the 7:05 pm first pitch at Witter Field. Full coverage of the game starts at 6:50 pm on AM 1320 WFHR and WFHR.com, the Rafters Radio Network.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\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;&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>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Rafters Host Woodchucks for the First Time This Year Wisconsin Rapids looks to win its fourth straight game Wisconsin  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":7276,"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-7274","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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