Wausau Woodchucks Split Series with Lakeshore Chinooks
June 29, 2022 - Northwoods League (Northwoods)
Wausau Woodchucks News Release
Wausau, WI - After a 58 minute weather delay Andrew Armstrong (Florida State University) started the game for the Woodchucks with a strike out and a double play. The Lakeshore Chinooks scored the first run of the game in the second and the Woodchucks responded with a run of their own in the bottom of the third inning when Mark Shallenberger (University of Evansville) drove in Amani Larry (University of New Orleans).
A McGwire Holbrook (West Virginia University) sacrifice fly in the bottom of the fourth scored Michael Brooks (University of Central Florida) putting the Woodchucks on top 2-1. Lakeshore would put up two in the fifth, but the Woodchucks answered with a run of their own with an RBI single from Zach Levenson (University of Miami), which scored Hunter Dorraugh (San Jose State University), bringing the game to a tie at 3.
The scoring would continue in the sixth when Caleb Bartolero (Troy University) scored on a RBI double from John Bay (Oklahoma State University) for the Chinooks, which gave the Chinooks the lead of 4-3. The Woodchucks quickly reclaimed the lead in the bottom of the sixth with Holbrook and Camden Janik (University of Illinois) scoring off a Kevin Kilpatrick (University of Houston) single to left field.
With the Woodchucks leading at the top of the seventh, the Chinooks strike back immediately with Tony Livermore (Northwestern University) crossing home plate on a wild pitch thrown by Cade Denton (Oral Roberts University) to even the score.
After a scoreless eighth inning, the first since the first inning of the game, the Chinooks' Matthias Haas (Cal Poly) hit a homerun with one out in the ninth to take the lead. With the Woodchucks going down in the bottom of the ninth on four batters they lost the game 6-5 and split this home series with the Chinooks 1-1.
Up Next
The Woodchucks will return to Athletic Park tomorrow, June 29th at 6:35pm to take on the Green Bay Rockers. Tomorrow's game is the Young Professionals Mixer Night, a unique networking event for young professionals in the area being held during the game in the dugout seats. Tickets can be purchased online at https://wausau-woodchucks.nwltickets.com/ or by calling 715.845.5055.
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