Northwoods Wisconsin Rapids Rafters

Rafters Silence Bombers 7-0

Published on August 8, 2012 under Northwoods League (Northwoods)
Wisconsin Rapids Rafters News Release


Battle Creek, MI - August 8, 2012 - Following a tough come-from-behind loss a night ago, the resilient Wisconsin Rapids Rafters (10-22, 26-40 overall) shutout the Battle Creek Bombers (10-21, 24-42 overall) Wednesday night at C.O. Brown Stadium. A five-run fourth inning helped the Rafters pull away, but the pitching staff didn't even need the help, stranding Bombers baserunners all night.

In his final start for the Rafters, Kyle Wormington (JR, Valparaiso Univ.) put forth his strongest, and first scoreless effort. Battle Creek tallied a hit off of the right-hander in five of six innings and had a baserunner in every inning. He stranded eight runners and got a double play to end a two-on one-out threat in the sixth. At just 86 pitches, 54 for strikes, the Oklahoma native was efficient and sharp. He tossed 16 of 24 first pitches for strikes and had only two three-ball counts on the evening. In total, the six scoreless were accompanied by six hits, one walk, and three strike outsall of them swinging.

The offense got behind him early. The first three Rafters reached off of starter Brian Valente in the second, beginning with a double from Josh Cyr (JR, Univ. of North Alabama), his team-leading 12th of the season. Two scored in the inning on RBIs from Kenny Towns (FR, Univ. of Virginia) and Aaron Jones (JR, Winston Salem State). Wisconsin Rapids would unload on the right-hander from Eastern Michigan in the fourth. The first batters in the inning all got aboard and all scored. The big hit in the inning came from Jordan Dreiling (JR, Univ. of Kansas), who knocked in two to make it 5-0.

Tommy Organ (JR, Univ. of North Florida) and Cam Seidl (JR, UW-Stevens Point) finished off the road masterpiece with three innings of one-hit baseball. The duo struck out eight of twelve batters faced for their nine outs. The last eight outs were all on strikes, and they struck out the final six batters of the game. Seidl threw his first seven pitches for strikes and 12 of his 14 in the zone. The staff on a whole fired 68% of their 136 pitches in the zone.

The shutout was the first since a 2-0 win over Madison on June 5th. It was the first road shutout for Wisconsin Rapids this season. For the fifth straight day, the Rafters alternated wins and losses and with the win take the season-series lead with Battle Creek at five wins to four losses. A win Thursday, and the Rafters will the second season-series of the year, a feat that has not been accomplished by the franchise in its young history.

Wormington (3-4) claimed the victory and Valente remained winless, taking the loss (0-5). The final meeting of the season-series between the two teams takes place at C.O. Brown Stadium Thursday night. Cole Webb (2-3, 5.19), coming off of back-to-back 4.0 inning outings, takes the ball for the final time for Wisconsin Rapids against Dan Tyson (2-3, 5.72 ERA) who the Rafters hammered for eight runs in his last start. First pitch is scheduled once again for 6:05 CDT.

The Wisconsin Rapids Rafters are members of the 16-team summer collegiate Northwoods League. The Rafters will play a 70 game schedule with 35 home games in 2012. All games are broadcast on AM 1320 WFHR or at www.WFHR.com with live video feed from the home team at NorthwoodsLeague.tv. Available quantities of all promotional giveaways will vary from event to event and will be available on a first come, first serve basis. The best way to guarantee giveaway items is to purchase a 9-Game Package by calling the Rafters ticket office at 715-424-5400. Office hours are Monday through Friday from 9am-5pm. For more information, visit www.raftersbaseball.com.

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