Wausau Ignite
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) — The Wausau Ignite and Mankato Habaneros played through heavy rain on Friday, completing a doubleheader in Northwoods League Softball action.
Mankato scored the first three runs of game one, laying down three bunts. The Fourth was an even more productive frame, where the Habaneros got through 10 batters and scored seven.
Wausau, down by 10 and facing a run-rule loss, stormed back in the fifth with a Brooklyn Hofer (North Dakota) sacrifice fly that brought home a run, and then a massive opposite-field grand slam to right from Mia Johnson (UW-Parkside), her seventh homer of the year and third in the last two games.
Wausau kept game two close, but couldn’t find timely hitting to close the gap. Faced with a three-run deficit in the seventh, the Ignite brought home Hannah Trzinski (Minnesota-Crookston) on a Schwisow groundout, but ran out of time, falling 5-3.
Pitcher Ellie Curtis (UW-Parkside) made her return to play with Wausau in a stellar complete game performance, striking out five.
Meanwhile, the Woodchucks played to a 7-7 tie with the Madison Mallards after six innings in what was supposed to be the first game of a doubleheader. Game two was canceled due to weather and will not be made up.
Wausau scored the first run in the game. Dylan Schlotterback (Paris JC/Kansas) reached base with a triple for his team-leading 17th extra base hit of the season. Max Galvin (Miami) brought him in with a sacrifice fly for his 86th career RBI with the Woodchucks.
The Mallards, however, turned the game and took control. Madison scored two runs in the first, followed by four runs in the third, and a run in the fourth to pull in front, 7-1.
The Woodchucks looked down and out, but in the face of adversity, they shocked the Mallards with an epic comeback in the top of the fifth. With the bases loaded and two out, Max Galvin brought all the runners home with a two out double, cutting Madison’s lead in half and making the score 7-4. Galvin finished with four RBIs—the fifth time he’s reached that mark in his Woodchucks career.
Then, after Max Soliz Jr. (Kansas) took a walk, Dom Rodriguez (Arizona) changed the game with one swing. He belted a game-tying three-run home run to left-center field to make the score 7-7. It was the fifth home run for Rodriguez this season, and his second at Warner Park. The Woodchucks have now hit a home run in nine consecutive games after Rodriguez’s long ball.
Kade Douglas (CSU-Pueblo) then pitched a scoreless bottom of the fifth inning. Then, in the top of the sixth, with Brody Sexton (Grand Canyon) at the plate, the umpires put the game into a weather delay, and play never resumed.
Other scores from the Northwoods League- Great Lakes Division:
Green Bay 12, Wisconsin Rapids 8 (Game One)
Green Bay 7, Wisconsin Rapids 1 (Rain shortened- 6 innings Game Two)
Traverse City 10, Rockford 6 (7 Innings- Game One)
Traverse City vs Rockford Game Two- Rained out
Kenosha 16, Royal Oak 14 (Game One)
Kenosha 12, Royal Oak 0 (Suspended- Game Two)
Battle Creek 14, Kalamazoo 2
Fond du Lac 4, Lakeshore 4 (Suspended)
Eau Claire 11, Rochester 5
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