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Kingfish Fire up Bats: Defeat Kalamazoo 13-6

August 7, 2021 - Northwoods League (Northwoods)
Kenosha Kingfish News Release


Kalamazoo, Mich- The Kenosha Kingfish (17-14) defeated the Kalamazoo Growlers (10-19) 13-6 at Homer Stryker Field on Saturday, August 7th.

Looking to rebound following a shutout loss, Kenosha got on the board right away on a Matt Korman (Wisconsin-Whitewater) single that scored McKay Barney (Washington) to take a 1-0 lead. Kenosha added on two more in the second frame when Josh Leslie (McNeese State) reached on an error to score Chase Gibson (William Woods) and Barney to increase the lead to 3-0.

After adding on another run in the third, Kenosha kept the offense alive in the fourth on a Xavier Watson (Illinois) triple to score Angelo Cantelo (Lewis University). Watson then scored on a wild pitch to increase the lead to 6-0.

In the bottom of the fourth, Kalamazoo crawled back scoring five runs in the frame to cut the deficit down to 6-5. However, Kenosha quickly added insurance in the sixth on a Korman sacrifice fly to score Leslie and a Gibson walk to score Cam Collier (South Florida) to increase the lead to 8-5. The Kingfish broke the game open in the seventh scoring four times starting with a Luke Stephenson (Elon) sacrifice fly. The next batter, Korman doubled to score Leslie and Collier. Later in the frame, Cantelo singled to score Korman to increase the lead to 12-6. Kenosha added on one more in the eighth, and held on to snap their three game losing streak

On the mound, Kingfish starter Mitch Waletzki (Minnesota-Duluth) threw four innings conceding five runs. Brady Kais (Columbus State) picked up the win allowing one run in four innings pitched. Nick Meyer (Dayton) threw a shutout in the ninth.

Kenosha will take on Kalamazoo tomorrow, Sunday August 8. First pitch is at 12:35 p.m. CDT.



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