ASHWAUBENON, Wis. – The Green Bay Booyah fell in the first game of a doubleheader on Wednesday to the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters, 11-0 and won the second game 5-4.
The Booyah struggled heavily in the ballgame as the Rafters got ahead on the board early and often. The Rafters took a quick 1-0 lead in the first inning and did not look back. The Rafters scored at least one run in every half inning with the exception of the top of the fifth and top of the eighth.
The Booyah bats were limited to just five base hits, but Jacob Schroeder (Northern Illinois) was able to record a multi-hit game as he recorded his first knocks of the season. Elias Flowers (Jacksonville), Tristin Garcia (Western Kentucky) and Tyler Hollow (Dixie State) picked up the other three base hits.
Tanner Lane (Pittsburg State) will start for the Booyah in the nightcap of the twin bill. He is 1-0 on the campaign, pitching 8.1 innings, allowing just four hits, two walks and punching out 14. He has not allowed a run this season. This will be his third appearance.
The Rafters will turn to Matt Osterberg for game two. He is 1-0 on the season, pitching 16 innings, allowing nine hits, two runs, five walks while striking out 22, which is good enough for second in the division. He will be making his fourth appearance of the season.
With the win in the second game, the Booyah snap a season-high seven-game losing streak.
It was another comeback win for the Booyah as they were trailing 3-0 after two and a half innings. The Booyah were able to tally one in the bottom of the third inning thanks to an infield single by Dalton Pearson (Georgia State) which scored Nadir Lewis (Princeton).
In the bottom fifth of the inning, the Booyah scored two thanks to Dayson Croes’ (Quincy) single that scored Brendan Ryan (Texas A&M-Corpus Christi). Pearson scored on the play, taking advantage on an error by the left fielder. That tied things at three.
The tie was broken in the sixth thanks to a towering solo home run by Kaden Hollow (Dixie State), his third of the year. Green Bay was able to add another in the seventh after Croes drove in Ryan on another single to make it 5-3.
The Rafters were able to answer with one of their own in the eighth, but it wasn’t enough. Kyle Coates (Washington University in St. Louis) came in the ninth inning and recorded his first save of the year.
Will Semb (Iowa) was spectacular in his appearance out of the bullpen. He pitched six innings, allowing two hits, two runs, four walks and 11 strikeouts. He gets his first win of the season.
Green Bay are back on the road on Thursday as they will start a quick two-game road trip in the state capital to take on the Mallards.
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