Kingfish Win Suspended Game, Drop Game One, Game Two Postponed
July 14, 2021 - Northwoods League (Northwoods)
Kenosha Kingfish News Release
Battle Creek, Mich- The Kenosha Kingfish (5-4) defeated the Battle Creek Bombers (3-5) 7-4 and fell to the Battle Creek Bombers 5-3 at C.O. Brown Stadium.
In the suspended game that started on Monday and was paused due to a lighting malfunction, Kenosha entered the day up 4-3 in the sixth inning. Kenosha got three runs of insurance fast on a Carmine Lane (South Florida) three-run homerun. Battle Creek added one back in the seventh, but it was not enough as the Kingfish took their second contest in a row. Mitch Waletzki (Minnesota-Duluth) picked up the win.
In the originally scheduled first game, it was scoreless through three frames. In the fourth, Kenosha struck first putting up a three run frame. Cam Collier (South Florida) singled to score Vince Bianchina (Northwestern). The next batter, Xavier Watson (Illinois) singled to score Collier. A few batters later, Kirk Liebert (Kentucky) singled to score Watson to put Kenosha up 3-0. However, in the bottom half of the inning, Battle Creek took the lead on a Roman Kuntz (Lake Michigan) grand slam. They added one more in the fifth inning and kept Kenosha to take the contest. Ethan Peters (Loras) took the loss for Kenosha allowing five earned runs. Clayton Johnson (Illinois) pitched one relief inning, conceding zero runs.
The last scheduled game of the double header was postponed due to rain, that game will be made up on Saturday in Kenosha. Kenosha will take on Kokomo, Wednesday, July 14th at 6:05 p.m. central.
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