Dogs Walk off the Logs
Published on May 28, 2024 under Northwoods League (Northwoods)
Mankato MoonDogs News Release
On a day filled with unpredictable weather and unbelievable baseball the Mankato MoonDogs came out on top for the first game of their 2024 season!
Louis Magers (Minnesota State University Mankato) started on the mound for Mankato mowing down La Crosse in order to start the game, however that was his only inning pitched.
Before the MoonDogs stepped up to the plate the game was delayed due to rain and lightning. This delay lasted around an hour and caused Magers to not return to the game.
La Crosse came out and scored the first runs of the game in the second inning, Cooper Brass (New Mexico) drove in two runs on an RBI single.
Mankato came out in the bottom of the second on fire scoring 4 runs to claim the lead, Matthew Fleischacker (Minnesota State Mankato) drove in two with a double and Carter Thomas (Wayne State College) drove in another two with a rip into left field.
The scoring continued for both teams in the third with La Crosse scoring one in the top off an RBI single from Luke Davis (Long Beach City), and Mankato scoring two more runs off yet another two RBI inning from Fleischacker with his single.
La Crosse scored two more in both the 4th and 5th inning, Rj Hamilton (Vanderbilt) drove two in for the 4th, and Trevor Schmidt (LSU) with another two RBI's off a double in the 5th.
The scoring stopped for both teams for a couple innings off the impressive relief pitching of Tate Hess (Louisiana-Lafayette) and Tate Marland (Cedarville University). Each went multiple innings shutting down either offense.
Mankato tied it up in the 8th with an RBI triple from Carter Thomas which would eventually send the game into extra innings.
La Crosse took the lead in the top of the 10th however it wasn't enough. Fleischacker drove in RBI's 5 and 6 for him on the day, walking it off in the bottom of the 10th for Mankato with a final score of 9-8.
Northwoods League Stories from May 28, 2024
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- Rivets Narrowly Defeated by Kalamazoo Growlers During Kids Day Game - Rockford Rivets
- Rockford Rivets Fall to Kalamazoo Growlers 3-8 - Rockford Rivets
- Kingfish Sweep Royal Oak in the Season's Opening Series - Kenosha Kingfish
- Defending Northwoods League Champions Open Home Slate against the Woodchucks - Green Bay Rockers
- Honkers Fall in Season Opener to Thunder Bay - Rochester Honkers
- Jerad Berkenpas Named Opening Day Pitcher of the Night - Kalamazoo Growlers
- Rox Battle But Drop Season Opener in Bismarck - St. Cloud Rox
- Logs Fall to Dogs in 10 Innings - La Crosse Loggers
- Larks Win Opening Day, 6-3, over Rox - Bismarck Larks
- Dogs Walk off the Logs - Mankato MoonDogs
- Extra Baseball Leads to Chinooks' Opening Day Victory - Lakeshore Chinooks
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