Rafters Start Home-And-Home Series with Fond du Lac
August 6, 2020 - Northwoods League (Northwoods)
Wisconsin Rapids Rafters News Release
Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. - The Wisconsin Rapids Rafters have been an electric force in the Northwoods League in the 2020 summer season. The Rafters are leading the Pod with a 23-9 record, but Wisconsin Rapids enters a key series on Thursday afternoon versus the second-place Fond du Lac Dock Spiders.
The Dock Spiders are on a season-long nine-game winning streak and have the best batting average in the Pod and most runs scored in the league. The Rafters are comparable, leading the league in home runs, coming off a 14-run barrage against La Crosse.
Pitching-wise, the Rafters lead the pod with a 3.00 ERA and 365 strikeouts. The Rafters have been boosted by their rotation, and tonight's starter Chris McElvain is part of the success. McElvain has allowed just one earned run over 21 innings on the mound for the Rafters this year.
The Wisconsin Rapids Rafters look for a homestand sweep tonight. Coverage of the Dock Spiders and the Rafters begins at 6:20pm on AM 1320 WFHR and at 6:30pm on the Northwoods League Baseball Network.
Northwoods League Stories from August 6, 2020
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- Wilco and Trampled by Turtles Rescheduled to 2021 - Green Bay Rockers
- Wisconsin Rapids Shuts out Dock Spiders, 6-0 - Wisconsin Rapids Rafters
- Bombers Split with the Daddies, Find Themselves 1.5 Games Behind in the Pod with One Month to Play - Battle Creek Battle Jacks
- Kingfish and Bobbers Split Thursday Night Doubleheader - Kenosha Kingfish
- Rafters Start Home-And-Home Series with Fond du Lac - Wisconsin Rapids Rafters
- Booyah Begin Homestand with Rockford - Green Bay Rockers
- McKinstry Called up by Dodgers - Waterloo Bucks
- No Walk-Up Ticket Sales at Mayo Field - Rochester Honkers
- Former Madison Mallard Sterling Sharp Debuts with the Marlins - Northwoods
- Woodchucks Lose Heartbreaker to Dock Spiders 10-9 - Wausau Woodchucks
- If You Left Early, You Missed Out; Spiders Walk It off for Ninth Win in a Row - Fond du Lac Dock Spiders
- Rafters Defeat Loggers 14-4 - Wisconsin Rapids Rafters
- MoonDogs Sting Stingers Again, Sweep the Two-Game Series, Wednesday - Mankato MoonDogs
- MoonDogs Earn Win at Bill Taunton Stadium over Stingers - Willmar Stingers
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