Woodchucks rally late, but fall to Rafters at Athletic Park

WAUSAU, WI – The Woodchucks dropped their final home game of 2020 tonight, a 3-2 loss to the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters. It was the seventh straight loss for the Chucks against the Rafters.

The Woodchucks only managed five hits in the game. Nick Romano had three of them, slashing a trio of singles. The Chucks collected their only two runs during the ninth inning. Santiago Garavito had a two-run single, which scored Tom Josten and Pablo Ruiz.

Jace Baumann got the start for the Woodchucks and was excellent. Despite getting the loss, he tossed seven innings of one-run ball. He only surrendered three hits and collected four strikeouts. JD Shultz pitched afterwards. He allowed two unearned runs in relief.

Top Performers

Jace Baumann tossed seven innings of three hit, one run ball.

Nick Romano was 3-4 with three singles.

Next Up

The Chucks will play in La Crosse for two more games, starting tomorrow. These games will wrap up the season for Wisconsin. Thank you to all of our fans for their support during the 2020 season.

###

The Wisconsin Woodchucks are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. The 25-year old summer collegiate league is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 22 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, over 200 former Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including 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). All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League portal. For more information, visit www.woodchucks.com or download the new Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store or on Google Play and set the Woodchucks as your favorite team.