GREEN BAY — In the first of a two-game road series against the Green Bay Bullfrogs, the Wisconsin Woodchucks came away with a 7-2 victory, thanks to a hot offense.
The Chucks struck first with designated hitter Jaren Shelby coming home to score on a wild pitch in the top of the 1st inning to lead 1-0.
The Woodchucks offensive came alive in the top of the 5thinning as a RBI groundout from leftfielder Zach DeLoach and a two run homer from third basemen Javier Valdes gave the Chucks a 4-0 lead.
Chucks Starter Zach De La Garza pitched very well making his first start of the season. He pitched four innings striking out two and not allowing a run.
The Bullfrogs added two in the bottom of the 5thto cut into lead 4-2 but the Chucks came right back to score two in the top of the 6thwith an two run RBI single from Zach DeLoach to make the score 6-2 after six.
Chucks Reliever Frank Frate continued his dominance from the bullpen going three scoreless innings holding the Chucks lead.
Javier Valdes added to his big night with an RBI single in the top of the 9thinning to make the score 7-2 heading to the bottom of the 9thinning.
Chucks closer Lenny Gwizdala came in to shut the door down and give the Chucks their third win in four games.
Top Performers
Woodchucks centerfielder Jaren Shelby had a great night at the plate going 2-3 with a walk, stolen base and a run scored.
Chucks right fielder Zach DeLoach continued to stay hot at the plate with a three RBI night going 1-5 with an RBI groundout and a two run RBI single.
Chucks third basemen Javier Valdes was a big part of the offense going 2-4 with a two run home run, and RBI single, and a walk.
Chucks Reliever Frank Frate continued his dominance from the bullpen going three scoreless innings holding the Chucks lead.
Chucks Starter Zach De La Garza pitched very well making his first start of the season. He pitched four innings striking out two and not allowing a run.
Box Score
Game Date: 07/02/2018
Wisconsin Woodchucks 7 AT Green Bay Bullfrogs 2
YTD YTD
Wisconsin AB R H BI AVG Green Bay AB R H BI AVG
Shelby, J DH 3 3 2 0 .306 Acosta, M RF 4 0 2 1 .286
DeLoach, Z LF 5 0 1 3 .333 Nelson, B 3B 3 0 0 0 .325
Alexiades, R CF 5 1 0 0 .283 Gonzalez, E LF 2 0 0 0 .262
Valdes, J 3B 4 1 2 3 .217 Mihalik, R DH 4 0 0 0 .208
Loftin, N SS 5 0 1 0 .241 Maris, B C 4 0 0 0 .283
Toral, A 1B 5 0 2 0 .212 Davis, B C 0 0 0 0 .000
Criquet Danielso C 3 0 0 0 .178 Robinson, L 1B 4 1 1 0 .316
Raguse, T RF 5 0 0 0 .261 Morrison, C CF 4 1 1 0 .258
Broussard, B 2B 4 2 3 0 .375 Cardoza-Oquendo SS 4 0 0 0 .136
Gonzalez, A 2B 2 0 1 1 .222
39 7 11 6 31 2 5 2
Wisconsin 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 1 - 7 11 3
Green Bay 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 2 5 3
2B--Shelby, J DH (3). 3B--Acosta, M RF (1). HR--Valdes, J 3B (5).
RBI--DeLoach, Z LF 3 (13), Valdes, J 3B 3 (17), TOTALS 6 (0), Acosta, M
RF (1), Gonzalez, A 2B (2), TOTALS 2 (0). HP--Shelby, J DH (1), Criquet
Danielso C (3), Nelson, B 3B (1), Gonzalez, E LF (4). SF--Gonzalez, A 2B
(1). SB--Shelby, J DH (2), Criquet Danielso C (6), Broussard, B 2B (1),
Robinson, L 1B (1). CS--Cardoza-Oquendo SS (2).
LOB--Wisconsin 10, Green Bay 6. DP--A. Toral(1B), A. Gonzalez(2B) - B.
Nelson(3B) - L. Robinson(1B).
YTD
IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Wisconsin
De La Garza, Z (W,1-0) 4.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2.57
Hurst, E 1.0 2 2 1 1 0 0 11.46
Frate, F 3.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0.57
Gwizdala, L 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
9 5 2 1 1 5 0
Green Bay
Zatopek, J (L,0-4) 5.0 5 4 4 3 3 1 5.47
Kuhn, T 1.0 2 2 2 0 0 0 4.63
Baez, E 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.13
Toth, D 1.0 2 1 0 0 1 0 4.66
9 11 7 6 3 4 1
WP--Hurst, E (2), Zatopek, J (5), Kuhn, T (4), Toth, D (5). PB--Maris, B.
HB--Hurst, E (4), Frate, F (2), Zatopek, J (10), Kuhn, T (1). SO--DeLoach,
Z, Toral, A, Criquet Danielson, D, Raguse, T, Nelson, B, Maris, B,
Robinson, L, Morrison, C, Cardoza-Oquendo, E. BB--Shelby, J, Valdes, J,
Criquet Danielson, D, Gonzalez, E. BF--De La Garza, Z 14 (59), Hurst, E 8
(60), Frate, F 10 (56), Gwizdala, L 3 (33), Zatopek, J 24 (127), Kuhn, T 6
(55), Baez, E 8 (116), Toth, D 6 (94). P-S--De La Garza, Z 55-35, Hurst, E
31-17, Frate, F 36-25, Gwizdala, L 9-7, Zatopek, J 77-41, Kuhn, T 18-11,
Baez, E 27-18, Toth, D 26-15.
T--2:48. A--800
Weather: 85 Degrees and Sunny
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