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Kingfish Win Home Opener to Earn 4th Win

May 31, 2024 - Northwoods League (Northwoods)
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KENOSHA, WI - The Kenosha Kingfish earned an 8-4 win against the Waterloo Bucks during their 2024 home opener.

Unlike the first four games, the Kingfish exploded in the first inning, tallying four runs off of Waterloo starter Xzavier Vargas. After the first two batters reached on a walk and hit-by-pitch, Brandon Nigh ripped a single to center to get the scoring started. Noah Jouras followed with a two-run triple down the right-field line. Justin Hausser would drive in Jouras with a single to center, making it 4-0 without recording an out.

Offenses stalled the next few innings courtesy of some quality starting pitching, including Kingfish righty Hudson Calhoun. Through the first four innings, Calhoun surrendered just two hits with three strikeouts.

The Fish added to their lead in the bottom of the fourth thanks to a two-run homer by Robert Newland; this was the first homer of the year for the team.

Calhoun would then retire the side to finish his outing through five innings. Karter Wong would extend the lead to 7-0 with an RBI single, scoring Hausser in the bottom of the inning.

Santino Pignotti-Wojtak would enter the game in the sixth striking out two of the three batters faced.

It took til the seventh inning for the Bucks to produce any offense as they plated two runs on a sacrifice fly by Adam Benes and an RBI single by Archer Osbourne.

Thankfully for the Fish, Waterloo left fielder Luke Finn overran a fly ball that fell for an RBI single for Maxim Fullerton in the bottom of the seventh, extending the lead to 8-2.

Waterloo continued to fight in the eighth after adding two more runs, including an RBI single by Zachary Mazoch.

Colin Hawkins would collect the final four outs out of the bullpen to give the Kingfish their fourth win of the year, and adding a fifth loss to the winless Bucks.

The Kingfish battle the Bucks again tomorrow night at 6.35 p.m. CT at Historic Simmons Field. Follow @KenoshaKingfish on X or watch the game on NWL+ for updates.



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