The Wisconsin Woodchucks dropped Friday’s game 3-1 to the Kalamazoo Growlers at Athletic Park to fall to 9-7 in the second half of the Northwoods League season.
The Growlers got on the board first with a sacrifice fly in the third inning. Kalamazoo added two runs in the sixth to build a 3-0 lead.
The Woodchucks trimmed the Kalamazoo lead to 3-1 in the eighth. Javier Valdes doubled and came around to score on a triple from Zach DeLoach.
Mike Ferri and Tommy Duddleston reached base to start the ninth inning, but neither were able to come around to score.
Top Performers
Woodchucks’ starter Mason Cole struck out five and gave up only one run in five innings. Everett Hurst pitched two innings of scoreless relief and struck out four. DJ Moreland struck out two while pitching a scoreless ninth.
Valdes was 2-5 with a double and run scored. Reese Alexiades reached base on all four of his plate appearances, walking three times and getting hit by a pitch.
Box Score
Game Date: 07/20/2018
Kalamazoo Growlers 3 AT Wisconsin Woodchucks 1
YTD YTD
Kalamazoo AB R H BI AVG Wisconsin AB R H BI AVG
Hall, S LF 4 1 1 0 .220 Loftin, N SS 5 0 0 0 .266
Bowersox, J CF 3 0 1 0 .315 Valdes, J C 5 1 2 0 .235
Richardson, C SS 3 0 0 0 .317 Shelby, J CF 5 0 1 0 .293
Mervis, M DH 2 0 0 1 .364 DeLoach, Z RF 4 0 1 1 .333
Foster, J C 4 1 1 0 .301 Alexiades, R LF 0 0 0 0 .271
Kavadas, N 1B 4 0 2 0 .310 Swanson, C 3B 2 0 0 0 .210
Radcliff, B RF 4 1 0 0 .269 DeRenzo, D DH 4 0 0 0 .203
Faith, S 2B 4 0 1 1 .233 Ferri, M 2B 4 0 1 0 .250
Miller, J 3B 4 0 1 1 .223 Ahn, P PR 0 0 0 0 .217
Duddleston, T 1B 2 0 0 0 .161
32 3 7 3 31 1 5 1
Kalamazoo 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 3 7 1
Wisconsin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 5 2
2B--Hall, S LF (3), Kavadas, N 1B (13), Valdes, J C (6). 3B--DeLoach, Z RF
(1). RBI--Mervis, M DH (20), Faith, S 2B (11), Miller, J 3B (23), TOTALS 3
(0), DeLoach, Z RF (25), TOTALS (0). HP--Hall, S LF (2), Alexiades, R LF
(1). SF--Mervis, M DH (3). SH--Bowersox, J CF (0). SB--Hall, S LF 2 (5),
Bowersox, J CF (5). CS--Miller, J 3B (4), Alexiades, R LF 2 (3). E--Faith,
S 2B (5), Valdes, J C (4), Swanson, C 3B (6).
LOB--Kalamazoo 8, Wisconsin 11.
YTD
IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Kalamazoo
Wheaton, A (W,2-3) 5.0 2 0 0 3 5 0 3.38
Boyle, J 1.0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0.00
ODwyer, A 1.1 1 1 1 0 1 0 3.46
Shinabery, M (S,6) 1.2 2 0 0 2 4 0 0.69
9 5 1 1 7 12 0
Wisconsin
Cole, M (L,1-3) 5.0 3 1 1 2 5 0 6.57
Bachman, B 1.0 4 2 2 0 0 0 20.25
Hurst, E 2.0 0 0 0 1 4 0 7.50
Moreland, D 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4.50
9 7 3 3 3 11 0
WP--ODwyer, A (1), Shinabery, M (3), Cole, M 2 (8). PB--Valdes, J.
HB--Wheaton, A (4), Cole, M (2). SO--Hall, S, Bowersox, J, Richardson, C,
Foster, J 2, Radcliff, B 3, Faith, S 3, Valdes, J 2, Shelby, J 2, DeLoach,
Z, Swanson, C, DeRenzo, D 3, Ferri, M, Duddleston, T 2. BB--Bowersox, J,
Richardson, C, Mervis, M, Alexiades, R 3, Swanson, C 2, Duddleston, T 2.
BF--Wheaton, A 21 (156), Boyle, J 4 (4), ODwyer, A 5 (53), Shinabery, M 9
(98), Cole, M 21 (117), Bachman, B 6 (16), Hurst, E 8 (92), Moreland, D 3
(17). P-S--Wheaton, A 93-51, Boyle, J 27-11, ODwyer, A 21-13, Shinabery, M
45-32, Cole, M 98-57, Bachman, B 21-14, Hurst, E 40-23, Moreland, D 10-7.
T--3:19. A--1998
Weather: 68 degrees, Cloudy With Drizzle
Plate Umpire - Hunter Oliva (#51), Field Umpire #1 - Gerry Klein (#49), Field Umpire #2 - Jordan Palmisano (#29)