The Green Bay Rockers got back to winning ways after the All-Star break, defeating the Minnesota Mud Puppies 5-2. Behind a stellar pitching performance, the Rockers scraped five runs across to secure the win.
Game Highlights
The offense started cold, but picked up steam in the late innings. Green Bay caught up on the scoreboard in the third with Aidan Kuni scampering home on an error by the Mud Puppy catcher, Landon Jasper. Minnesota then knotted the score up at one apiece with a solo home run by Jasper.
The Mud Puppies held a 2-1 lead up until the bottom of the seventh inning. Santiago Carriles, the new Rocker catcher, bounced one back up the middle to plate Alejandro Covas and tie the game. Green Bay then exploded in the eighth inning for a three-spot. Coleman Lewis had an RBI double followed by RBI knocks from Ben Fishel and Covas.
Green Bay led 5-2 heading into the top of the ninth inning. Dylan Mulcahy, who struggled in his first appearance for the Rockers, came on for the save and struck out the side for the win. The late inning offense paired with the phenomenal pitching from Trombello, Kyle Knoll and Mulcahy propelled the Rockers to a big win.
Original reporting: Appleton, WI News Feed (HLL/CB) — read the source article.
