Rally Falls Short as Bullfrogs Drop Tough Decision to Growlers
Published on July 5, 2015 under Northwoods League (Northwoods)
Green Bay Rockers News Release
Robb Paller of the Green Bay Bullfrogs
(Green Bay Rockers)
Green Bay, Wis.- With the game-tying run coming to home plate, Mikey Duarte (UC-Irvine) was thrown out by Kory Brown (Bowling Green State) in right field to end the game at 7-6 in favor of Kalamazoo (11-29/3-4) over the Bullfrogs (24-16/2-3).
Parker Hamilton (Florida Gulf Coast) started the game and only escaped the first inning after tossing 41 pitches on four runs, three hits, three walks, and a hit batter.
The scoring commenced when Nick Yarnall (Pittsburgh) walked in a run with the bases loaded, followed by a two-run double from catcher Alex Gosser (Arkansas), and a Corey Dempster (USC) sacrifice-fly rounded in the fourth run to make it 4-0 Kalamazoo after one inning.
Green Bay bounced back with runs in the top of the second and fourth on a groundout to first base by Mikey Duarte, and another groundout by Ty Blankmeyer (St. John's) to make it 4-2 Kalamazoo.
With Connor Donovan (Lehigh) on the mound and two runners on with two outs in the fourth, Nick Yarnall hit a broken bat infield single to plate Justin Fletcher (Northern Illinois), and as Yarnall broke for second a Desi Ammons (Belmont) throw to the base allowed Jordan Stading (Houston) to score. It was 6-2 Growlers after four innings.
And the bats for Kalamazoo kept the pressure on the Bullfrogs with two outs as Kory Brown singled home Kory Young to up the advantage to 7-2 Growlers.
But then the Bullfrogs awakened with three runs in the eighth inning on an RBI hit from Robb Paller (Columbia) and two-RBI double from Danny Rosenbaum (Louisville) against pitcher Aaron Tadian.
After a scoreless inning in the bottom of the eighth from Jake Stolley (Northwestern), Brian Celsi (California) got the ninth started with a single into left field, followed up by a single from Matt De La Rosa (Lenoir-Rhyne) to put runners on first and second.
A Mikey Duarte single scored Celsi, but a throw home from Marquise Gill (Eastern Michigan) in left field downed De La Rosa trying to score on a tag applied by Alex Gosser at the ankles.
With Duarte on second after the throw and two outs, Blankmeyer slashed a single to right field, and a straight-line throw home from Kory Brown (Bowling Green State) in right field again downed a Bullfrogs runner at the plate to end the game in 7-6 win for the Growlers.
The Bullfrogs match their season high 2-game losing streak, and have given up a total of 27 runs over the past three games. They are 1-2 on the season against Kalamazoo.
Green Bay plays at 6:05CST against Kalamazoo tomorrow from Homer Stryker Field. Garrett Harrison (LHP/St. Cloud State) takes the slab for the Bullfrogs (2-1/1.33ERA/33 2/3IP) making his first start since June 22nd.
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