Wausau Woodchucks smack five homers, roll past Wisconsin Rapids

For Wausau Pilot & Evaluation

WAUSAU – The Wausau Woodchucks rolled to a 12-3 win over the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters on Friday night time at Athletic Park, incomes a break up within the two-game Northwoods League baseball sequence.

Stellar pitching mixed with unmatched batting drove the Chucks (24-22 general, 7-3 second half) to victory over the Rafters (37-9, 8-3 second half), with 13 hits – 5 of which had been house runs – and 9 complete strikeouts by Chucks pitchers Nate Madej (Florida Southern), Cade Denton (Oral Robers), and Christian Orr (Columbia Worldwide).

Madej struck out the very first Rafters batter in simply three pitches to get the sport began off sturdy. At bat, Hunter Dorraugh (San Jose State) launched a house run into left area to attain the primary two runs of the sport for the Chucks within the first.

Within the backside of the third, Ryan Sepede (BYU) slammed a house run over the middle area fence to plate Dorraugh and Zach Levenson (Miami), bringing in three extra runs for the Woodchucks. Instantly following Sepede’s homer, Chase Hug (Evansville) additionally caught the house run fever, hitting a house run to heart area to attain one other run, bringing the Chucks to a lead of 6-3.

In an obvious house run derby amongst themselves, Levenson hammered a solo house run to left area within the backside of the fourth inning to provide the Woodchucks one other run.

Throughout the backside of the fifth, Dwight Allen (Georgia), Ben Abernathy (UAB), and Dorraugh every hit singles to load the bases. The Rafters pitcher then walked Levenson, giving the Chucks one other run. Abernathy plated a run on a sac fly by Sepede. Hug then hit his second house run of the night time, smacking a three-run bomb to heart area, extending the Chucks result in a whopping 12-3, which it might stay at via the tip of the sport.