
Northwoods League Announces All-Star Home Run Derby Participants
July 18, 2018 - Northwoods League (Northwoods)
Wisconsin Rapids Rafters News Release
Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. - The Northwoods League has announced the participants for the 2018 All-Star Game Home Run Derby which will take place before the Northwoods League All-Star Game in Kalamazoo, Michigan on Tuesday, July 24 at 5:30 p.m. (EST).
The Rafters will be represented by Brody Wofford (University of Central Florida) and Jack-Thomas Wold (University of Nevada-Las Vegas). Wofford has seven home runs on the season currently fifth best in the Northwoods League. The junior collected three of them in one day during the doubleheader against the Kalamazoo Growlers on June 27th. Wold has six homers so far for Wisconsin Rapids. The freshman hit three home runs in a three-day span from July 3rd to July 5th. This included a 4-for-4, two home run, three RBI performance against the Green Bay Bullfrogs. In total, nine participants from both the South and North have been chosen for the event which will feature a nine-inning competition between the two divisions.
Home Run Derby Participants
South HR North HR
Tyler Plantier Madison Mallards 11 Kyle MacDonald Mankato MoonDogs 12
Brody Wofford Wis. Rapids Rafters 7 Harrison Freed La Crosse Loggers 11
Jonathan Foster Kalamazoo Growlers 6 Matt Warkentin Bismarck Larks 8
Jack-Thomas Wold Wis. Rapids Rafters 6 Landon Stephens St. Cloud Rox 6
David Vinsky Madison Mallards 5 Scott Ogrin Eau Claire Express 6
Zach Daniels Kalamazoo Growlers 5 Caleb Ricca Willmar Stingers 5
Trevor Schwecke Madison Mallards 5 Shane McGuire La Crosse Loggers 4
Niko Kavadas Kalamazoo Growlers 4 Mike Farnell Bismarck Larks 4
Jake Randa Madison Mallards 4 Tyler Reichenborn Willmar Stingers 3
The format for the Home Run Derby is below:
1. There will be 9 innings with each player having one half inning.
2. Away team (North) player bats first in the top of the inning, and home team player next (South) in the bottom half of the inning.
3. Each player will have one half inning at bat that will consist of 6 outs
4. The player with the most home runs at the end of the 9 innings, will be the Home Run Derby Winner
5. The team (North or South) with the most home runs will be announced as the winner of the team competition.
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