Echavia Stays Hot in Loss to Huskies
July 17, 2017 - Northwoods League (Northwoods)
Rochester Honkers News Release
Echavia Stays Hot in Loss to Huskies
(Rochester Honkers)
(Rochester, Minn.) - The Rochester Honkers (7-4 Second Half, 23-23 Overall) dropped the series finale to the Duluth Huskies (7-5, 22-25) by a score of 11-3 on Sunday afternoon at Mayo Field. Mike Echavia (Nevada) extended his hitting streak to five games with his fourth home run in that span.
Kevin Hubbach (North Alabama) and Luke Roskam (Nebraska) hit back-to-back home runs in the top of the first inning, giving the Huskies an early 3-0 lead.
Duluth returned to score three more runs in the top of the fourth inning. Augie Isaacson (Friends University) doubled to left field with two outs, which scored two runs. Andrew Robinson (Western Carolina) followed with an RBI single to left field, scoring Isaacson from second base.
Echavia gave the Honkers their first run of the game in the bottom of the fourth inning, hitting a solo home run off the scoreboard in right-center field.
Hubbach returned in the top of the fifth inning, hitting his second home run of the game, a solo home run to right field.
The Huskies scored four runs on four hits and a Rochester error in the top of the eighth inning.
Two runs scored for the Honkers with two outs in the bottom of the ninth after an error by the Duluth third baseman on a ground ball hit by Zach Zubia (Texas). That would be as far as the Honkers would get. Stephen Yancey (Texas Wesleyan) struck a batter out for the final out of the game.
Garrett Brown (Point University) earned the win (4-3) for the Huskies. He pitched 5.2 innings, giving up one run on two hits while striking out four batters and walking four.
Joe Wills (Cal State Fullerton) took the loss (1-1) for the Honkers. He pitched 5.0 innings, giving up seven runs on nine hits while striking out five batters and walking one.
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