Wausau Woodchucks
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) — The Wausau Woodchucks got back to their winning ways at home Friday night with a 10-1 victory against the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders. The game was called due to inclement weather after the game entered a rain delay following the conclusion of the fifth inning. Even though only five innings were played in the game, that is the minimum length necessary for a game to be considered complete in the Northwoods League.
L.J. Drummond (Miami) continued to deliver for Wausau on the mound, allowing just one run though five innings of work in his fourth start of the summer. Drummond had a career-high seven strikeouts and surrendered just three hits in the start. Jake Berkland (Minnesota State-Mankato) went 3-4 with three runs scored, one RBI, and three stolen bases.
The Woodchucks trailed at the start, after Fond du Lac hit a solo home run in the second inning to score first. Wausau evened things up in the third inning off a two-out RBI single from Ryan Chase, his 22nd of the summer. The Woodchucks then pulled in front in the next inning when Holden Groebl (Cowley CC/Kansas) brought home future college teammate Bradon Durfee (Pasco-Hernando State/Kansas).
Then, in the fifth inning, Wausau opened things up on the scoreboard before the sky opened up to rain. Caleb Danzeisen (Arizona) reached on an error that scored Jake Berkland to make it 3-1, and Bradon Durfee followed that by earning an RBI on a groundout. With two outs in the inning, Gatlin Pitts (Pearl River CC/Western Kentucky) delivered a two-RBI single into left-center field, which kept the frame going.
Brayden Mazzacano (Illinois) followed Pitts with a base hit that led to another run scoring following a Fond du Lac error. Then, a Jake Berkland infield RBI single and a Kyler Northrop (Washington State) two-run triple put the finishing touches on a massive eight-run inning, which was followed by the lightning delay that ultimately ended the game.
Jake Berkland extended his lead atop the Northwoods League stolen base charts with three on the night, giving him 25 total this summer.
The same two teams will play again this evening at Athletic Park. First pitch is scheduled for 5:05 PM.
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