The Green Bay Rockers had a historic day, scoring 18 runs and beating Minnesota 18-2. Aidan Kuni set a Rocker franchise record with the most walks in a season at 43.
Game Highlights
The Rockers scored in seven of the eight innings they batted, starting with a run in each of the first two innings. The fourth inning saw Minnesota cut the lead in half with a solo homer from Nolan Welke. Green Bay tallied nine runs, including batting around their entire order, with Aidan Kuni’s two-run blast and Josh Martin’s grand slam.
Two more runs in the fifth and sixth saw Green Bay grow their advantage. The Mud Puppies added another in the top of the sixth, which would be their last runs of the contest. Four more runs, including a three-run shot from Josh Martin, made it 17-2, and brought his RBI total to seven.
The Rockers did not relinquish there, and added one more in the bottom half of the eighth. Eddy Eveland put on a master class, going five innings of three-hit and two-run baseball, earning his first Northwoods League win. Out of the pen, Cord Copley slammed the door shut with four innings of action, allowing two hits and no runs.
Original reporting: Appleton, WI News Feed (HLL/CB) — read the source article.
