MoonDogs Edge out Honkers in Rochester for Fifth-Straight Win
July 1, 2022 - Northwoods League (Northwoods)
Mankato MoonDogs News Release
ROCHESTER, Minn. - The Mankato MoonDogs picked up their fifth-straight win, 12-10, over the Rochester Honkers in a Northwoods League baseball game played at Mayo Field, Friday night.
With the win, the MoonDogs improved to 19-14 on the season and took game one of two in a road series against the Honkers, who now stand 13-18 on the season.
Simon Scherry (Evansville) opened the scoring when he drove in Garrett Williams (Albilene Christian) in the third inning on a single to right. Mankato tripled its lead in the fourth when Orlando Salinas (Kansas State) hit a two-run double to right to make it 3-0 MoonDogs.
The seventh inning began with Ariel Armas (San Diego) drawing a walk and saw the MoonDogs bat around their order. Armas capped the eight-run surge in the seventh and made it 11-0 when he launched a two-run blast over the leftfield fence for his second home run of the season. Armas' shot served as the eventual game-winning RBI.
The Honkers rallied to score six runs in the bottom half of the seventh and made it 11-6 before the MoonDogs scored once more in the eighth and made it 12-6. In the following inning, the Honkers made another push scoring four more runs to shrink the deficit to just a pair, 12-10.
The ninth inning saw MoonDogs' closer Tyson Neighbors (Kansas State) pick up his seventh save of the summer when he pitched a 1-2-3 perfect inning to lock down Mankato's 12-10 victory over Rochester.
On the mound for the MoonDogs, Donovan Schultz (Evansville) picked up the win after he pitched six complete innings of one-hit shutout baseball. Along the way, he walked three opposing hitters and struck out five others en route to improving his record to 3-2 on the summer.
The MoonDogs head back to Rochester on Saturday for the finale against the Honkers at 6:35 p.m. John Lundgren (North Alabama) will pitch prior to the three-day off-break that's scheduled for Mankato.
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