On Five-Game Winning Streak,Rafters Wrap up Series with Rivets
August 14, 2020 - Northwoods League (Northwoods)
Wisconsin Rapids Rafters News Release
Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. - With eighteen wins over twenty games at Witter Field, the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters (29-10) have been almost unstoppable at home this year. The Rafters look for another win in the waning regular season against the Rockford Rivets on Friday night.
Last night, the Rafters won their fifth in a row at Witter Field with a 10-0 shutout of the Rockford Rivets. Gabe Levy, Kaleb Schulist and Cam Brown combined on the mound for the Rafters' fifth shutout of the year, tops in the Wisconsin-Illinois Pod.
Wisconsin Rapids has been fending off a charge from Fond du Lac in the pod standings. The Dock Spiders have won fifteen of their last sixteen games, closing ground on the Rafters to just two games back. The Rafters and Dock Spiders have both clinched home playoff games in the divisional round and are both contending for home field in the championship game with just seven games to go in the regular season.
Off of Thursday's shutout, the Rafters start Nathan Hemmerling of Lakeland University. Hemmerling has a 4.40 ERA for the Rafters this season, after putting up a 2.28 ERA last summer in the Rafters rotation. Hemmerling has improved his strikeout numbers this season, striking out nineteen batters over 14.1 innings. The Rafters have a total of 423 strikeouts on the season, leading the Northwoods League.
Game two of the series between the Rockford Rivets and the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters is tonight at 6:35pm. Coverage of the Rivets and the Rafters starts at 6:20pm on AM 1320 WFHR and at 6:30pm on the Northwoods League Baseball Network.
Northwoods League Stories from August 14, 2020
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- Woodchucks Hold off Dock Spiders for 6-4 Win - Wausau Woodchucks
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- Kingfish Win Fifth Straight on 10-8 Extra Inning Thriller - Kenosha Kingfish
- Patrick Shines in Spitters Victory - Traverse City Pit Spitters
- Bacus Called up by Nationals - Waterloo Bucks
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- On Five-Game Winning Streak,Rafters Wrap up Series with Rivets - Wisconsin Rapids Rafters
- Green Bay Finishes Homestand with La Crosse - Green Bay Rockers
- Loggers Pitching Blanks Booyah in 3-0 Win - La Crosse Loggers
- Pit Spitters Make Slight Adjustments to Games and Schedule - Traverse City Pit Spitters
- Spiders Stay Hot with 16-6 Win for Sixth Consecutive Victory - Fond du Lac Dock Spiders
- Woodchucks Fall to Dock Spiders in Wausau - Wausau Woodchucks
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