Honkers Tripped up in Thunder Bay

July 15, 2015 - Northwoods League (Northwoods)
Rochester Honkers News Release

(Rochester, Minn.)- The Rochester Honkers fell to the Thunder Bay Border Cats Wednesday night 2-1 in Thunder Bay. Rochester starter Tyler Feyereisen (St. Thomas) was charged with the loss after surrendering a run in just two innings of work. Feyereisen was removed after the second inning due to NWL pitch count regulations. Thunder Bay starter Jeremy Charles (Hartford) earned the win after he allowed just one run in a full nine innings pitched.

Matt Fiedler (Minnesota) continued his recent strong play, scoring Rochester's only run on a solo homerun in the third inning. Fielder has logged a hit in the last four straight games, and is 9-18 at the plate in those games.

Thunder Bay took a 1-0 lead in the second inning, after Feyereisen walked a run in as part of a 39-pitch inning that would end his outing.

Fiedler's third bomb of the season would tie it up at one apiece for the Honkers, but Wyatt Shackleford (Cal Poly Pomona) would walk in the go-ahead run for Thunder Bay after hitting the batter with the bases loaded in the bottom of the third.

Despite the loss, the Honkers still sit in second place in the North division for the second half at 9-6, 2.5 games back from the first place St. Cloud Rox. They are third in the overall season standings in the division; trailing the Rox and the first half champion Willmar Stingers.

The Honkers will be back home tomorrow, Thursday, July 16th to take on the Willmar Stingers. It will be Mayo Department of Medicine Night, and a Novo Nordisk Homerun for Life Thursday.

You can follow all the Honkers action on Sports Radio AM 1520 The Ticket with Clinton Cole, and on the Northwoods League Live stream, which can be found at northwoodsleague.com. Just click on the Watch Games Live link.

Catcher Slade Heggen of the Rochester Honkers

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