Honkers Complete Perfect Home Stand
Published on June 17, 2013 under Northwoods League (Northwoods)
Rochester Honkers News Release
Rochester, MN - The Rochester Honkers completed an undefeated four-game home stand with a 12-2 win over the Alexandria Blue Anchors on Monday afternoon at Mayo Field.
The Blue Anchors grabbed an early lead as they scored a run in the top of the second inning, but the Honkers answered with two runs in the bottom of the inning. Michael Pomeroy (Grand Canyon University) drew a one-out walk and Jeff Campbell (North Dakota) tripled off of the batter's eye in center field to tie the game. Campbell came around to score a single from Kevin Barker (UC Davis) to give the Honkers a lead they would not lose.
Carter Burgess (Sam Houston State) belted his second homerun in as many days to increase Rochester's lead to 3-1 in the third inning. Alexandria scored their second run in the top of the fifth inning, but Rochester answered with three more in its half of the inning. Jarad Watts (Bethel University) singled to start the inning and scored on a RBI single from Tyler Baker (Wichita State.) Alex Greer (Iowa Western) followed with a two-run homerun to make the score 6-2. Like Burgess, he homered in a second consecutive game. He now has a team-leading four homeruns on the season.
Ross Slaney walked four consecutive Honkers hitters to start the top half of the eighth inning. With the bases loaded. Watts drove a sacrifice fly to the center field warning track and Burgess, Baker, and Greer all delivered RBI hits to fuel a six-run inning and increased the Honkers lead to double digits at 12-2.
Derrick Hadley (Sam Houston State) picked up his second win (2-0) of the season as he allowed two runs on eight hits in six innings. Cameron Mingo took the loss (1-2) as he allowed six runs on eight hits in five innings. Quinn Carpenter (Iowa Western) and Alex Tenorio (Menlo College) combined to pitch three scoreless innings in relief for the Honkers.
Rochester (11-9) will travel north of the border as they look to extend the four-game winning streak against the Thunder Bay Border Cats on Tuesday June 18 at 6 p.m. (Central Time.) Tyler Eppler (Sam Houston State) is scheduled to start for the Honkers. Rochester will return home on Saturday June 22 to host the Duluth Huskies for a two-game series.
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