{"id":9702,"date":"2018-08-10T16:39:35","date_gmt":"2018-08-10T21:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/wisconsin-rapids-rafters\/?p=9702"},"modified":"2018-08-10T16:39:35","modified_gmt":"2018-08-10T21:39:35","slug":"rafters-and-woodchucks-conclude-the-season-series-at-witter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/wisconsin-rapids-rafters\/2018\/08\/10\/rafters-and-woodchucks-conclude-the-season-series-at-witter\/","title":{"rendered":"Rafters And Woodchucks Conclude The Season Series At Witter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Wisconsin Rapids starts their final two home games of the year tonight. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. \u2013 The Wisconsin Rapids Rafters take on the Wisconsin Woodchucks for the last time this season tonight at Witter Field. This matchup is the second to last home game at Witter Field this season. After the Rafters ninth inning comeback last night, the Wisconsin Woodchucks fall to 16-18 in the second half with a 28-41 overall record in this 2018. The Rafters are 16-17 in the second half and 31-37 overall.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On the mound tonight for the Rafters is Gareth Stroh of Purdue. The lefty sports a 3-1 record for the Rafters with a 3.58 ERA. In his 42.2 innings pitched, he has recorded 32 strikeouts, 12 walks and 37 hits. This will be Stroh\u2019s ninth start this season.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pitching for the Woodchucks is Alex Stodola of UW-Stevens Point. He sports a 2-4 record for the Woodchucks and a 4.63 ERA. In 33 innings pitched, he has walked 23 batters, allowed 17 hits and has struck out 43. This will be Stodola\u2019s 20<sup>th<\/sup> appearance and fourth start.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow is the last home game for the Rafters in the 2018 season. The cranberry and gold will take on the Green Bay Bullfrogs at 6:05 p.m.<\/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,\u00a0 over 200\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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wisconsin Rapids starts their final two home games of the year tonight. &nbsp; Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. \u2013 The Wisconsin Rapids  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":9703,"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-9702","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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