August 6, 2023 – Northwoods League (Northwoods) – La Crosse Loggers News Release
LA CROSSE, WI – After Saturday night’s near four-hour video game in between the Loggers and the Mud Puppies, electrical pitching by both groups enabled Sunday night’s video game to breeze by in simply under 2 and a half hours.
On the mound for Minnesota was Will Fazio out of St. John’s. Fazio pitched well to the tune of 5 scoreless innings to begin the video game. It was the 6th, nevertheless, when his armor started to break. In the bottom of the 6th, Brandon Fields would double to lead-off the inning prior to a single by Matthew Piotrowski would bring him home from 2nd, making ball game 1-0.
Taking the bump for the Loggers was Andrew Regner, the Winona State Warrior. Regner pitched an extraordinary 8 scoreless innings with 3 hits, 2 strolls, and 7 strikeouts. He kept his pitch-count low, not pitching more than 21 pitches in an inning and completing the video game having actually tossed 97. With the Logger offense just able to summon one run, it was Regner that placed his team in winning area.
The ninth inning was provided to Aiden Moffett in a 1-0 ballgame. He started the inning by giving up a hit-by-pitch to Chayton Fischer to put the lead-off man on. Next, Carter Hanson would reach base upon a mistake, putting runners on very first and 3rd without any outs. Charlie Sutherland would then walk to fill the bases. Fans at Copeland Park were on the edges of their seats, positive in their weapon pitcher (who struck 101 miles per hour on the speed weapon) yet worried about the scenario of the video game. With the bases filled, Moffett got Brock Larsen to go after strike 3 out of the zone for the very first out. He followed that up by triggering Tanner Thompson to swing and miss out on for out second. Everyone at Copeland Park increased to their feet for the last out of the video game. Moffett’s pitches regularly in the high 90s were excessive for Hunter Daymond as he decreased swinging to end the video game. Moffett had actually left the bases-loaded jam to the numerous cheers and applause of the Logger faithful.
With the loss, the Mud Puppies fall to 4-19 and will play their last 2 video games of the season versus the St. Cloud Rox on Friday and Saturday. With the win, the Loggers enhance to 23-5, excited to possibly clinch a playoff area today in Thunder Bay.
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