MoonDogs Kennel Huskies for Second Straight Victory
July 16, 2022 - Northwoods League (Northwoods)
Mankato MoonDogs News Release
MANKATO, Minn. - The Mankato MoonDogs roughed up the Duluth Huskies for a 6-1 victory in a Northwoods League baseball game, Saturday night at ISG Field.
With the win, the MoonDogs improved to 24-21 overall in 2022 with a 5-6 second-half record, while the Huskies, now 22-22, fell to 3-8 in the second-half standings after taking the loss.
The scoring started in the bottom of the fourth frame when Angelo Peraza (San Diego) clubbed a two-run triple over the head of the Huskies' centerfielder and into the alley in right-center. The three-run fourth was capped by an RBI single through the right side of the infield by Mikey Gottschalk (Minnesota State - Mankato). After four innings of play at ISG Field, the MoonDogs led the Huskies, 3-0.
John Newman Jr. (Santa Barbara) tacked one more run onto the lead with a solo home run over the fence in left during the fifth inning. Newman's second blast of the summer put the MoonDogs up 4-0.
Duluth saw its first run of the evening cross the plate in the top half of the seventh when Kristian Campbell (Georgia Tech) advanced home in the midst of a throw down to second on a stolen base. After Simon Scherry (Evansville) roped an RBI single down the leftfield line and Charles McAdoo (San Jose State) hit a sacrifice fly to left for a pair of runs, the MoonDogs found themselves grasping a 6-1 lead over the Huskies.
Mankato held Duluth in check for the remaining two innings to pick up their second straight win by a final score of 6-1.
Corey Sanchez (San Jose State) was the starting arm for Mankato on Saturday night. Sanchez picked up the win to improve to 3-1 after dealing seven innings of two-hit baseball with one run against. He walked one and struck out seven along the way. In relief, Alfredo Frey (La Verne) and Tyson Neighbors (Kansas State) dished out scoreless and hitless eighth and ninth innings, respectively.
Altogether, the MoonDogs outhit the Huskies 14-2, Saturday night. Neither side had an error In the contest.
On Sunday, the MoonDogs rematch the Huskies back at ISG Field at 5:05 p.m. before heading into the all-star break.
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