{"id":9638,"date":"2018-08-01T10:35:40","date_gmt":"2018-08-01T15:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/wisconsin-rapids-rafters\/?p=9638"},"modified":"2018-08-01T16:17:15","modified_gmt":"2018-08-01T21:17:15","slug":"rafters-play-two-in-kalamazoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/wisconsin-rapids-rafters\/2018\/08\/01\/rafters-play-two-in-kalamazoo\/","title":{"rendered":"Rafters Play Two In Kalamazoo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Wisconsin Rapids will play their second day-night doubleheader of the season against the Growlers<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. \u2013 The Wisconsin Rapids Rafters (27-32, 12-12 2<sup>nd<\/sup> half) will finish their season series against the Kalamazoo Growlers (37-23, 13-12 2<sup>nd<\/sup> half). This is the second day-night doubleheader between the two clubs. The last came on June 27<sup>th<\/sup> at Witter Field. The Rafters split the series with Kalamazoo falling in game one, 12-8, and winning game two, 14-11.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Last night, the Rafters dropped a two-run lead late to the Rivets. Rockford scored four times on three bases-loaded walks and an RBI base hit.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In game one, the Rafters will send Josh Aguilar (0-2, 5.28 ERA) to the mound. Aguilar will be making his first start of the year but eighth total appearance for Wisconsin Rapids. In 15.1 innings pitched, Aguilar has allowed 24 hits, with eight strikeouts and 10 walks. The righty has pitched extended relief for the Rafters this year throwing 4.1 innings against the Green Bay Bullfrogs on July 15<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kalamazoo will start Foster Anschutz (0-0, 4.50) in game one. This Anshutz\u2019s first start of the year but third total appearance. The sophomore from Eastern Illinois has allowed an earned run in two relief innings.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>First pitch for game one at Homer Stryker Field is at 12:05 pm CT\/1:05 pm ET. Game two will start at 6:05 pm CT\/7:05 pm ET.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>###<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Wisconsin Rapids Rafters are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. Now in its 25th anniversary season, the Northwoods 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.\u00a0A valuable training ground for coaches, umpires and front office staff,\u00a0190\u00a0former Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball,\u00a0including three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (WAS), two-time World Series Champions Ben Zobrist (CHC) and Brandon Crawford (SFG) and MLB All-Stars Chris Sale (BOS), Jordan Zimmermann (DET) and Curtis Granderson (TOR).\u00a0\u00a0All league games are viewable live via the\u00a0<\/em><em><a href=\"http:\/\/portal.stretchinternet.com\/nwl\/\">Northwoods League portal<\/a><\/em><em>. For more information, visit\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.raftersbaseball.com\/\">www.raftersbaseball.com<\/a><\/em><em>\u00a0or 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; Wisconsin Rapids will play their second day-night doubleheader of the season against the Growlers &nbsp; Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. \u2013  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":9639,"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":[15,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-team-news","category-update-ticker-all-categories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.5 (Yoast SEO v26.5) - 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