Ashwaubenon, Wis. – The Green Bay Rockers (12-19) lost to the Madison Mallards (23-8) Friday night, falling behind 5-0 after one inning. Ultimately, that early spurt from Madison proved to be too much to overcome — even though Green Bay was only out-hit 10-9.
The Rockers outscored the Mallards after the opening inning, and that got started with a sac-hit from Nick Harms (Case Western Reserve) in the second inning. Madison responded, however, with a two-run third inning to assume a 7-1 advantage.
But as quickly as the Mallards answered, so did the Rockers. Nick Harms began the fourth inning with a sacrifice fly before Lukas Torres (Wagner) followed that up with an RBI-single. For Harms, his two runs driven in move him into the top-three among Green Bay batters in RBI.
With the score at 7-3 after four innings, neither team would score until Madison got one run in the bottom of the sixth. But as was the case earlier in the ballgame, Green Bay bounced back with a run scored on an error in the top of the seventh.
That’s where things got wacky, though. Heavy downpours made their way to Warner Park, which caused the game to go into a delay immediately following the play that gave the Rockers their fourth score. First baseman Matteo Matthews (Wagner) made his way to second due to the aforementioned error, but was called back to the Green Bay dugout when all parties left the field.
After nearly an hour of deliberation, the game was ruled final, which is allowed under Northwoods League rules. A game has to eclipse five innings to count, and tonight’s game was postponed (and eventually called) with two outs in the top of the seventh.
With the loss, the Rockers have lost three straight — all to the Mallards — to begin their seven-game road trip. The fourth contest of the trip comes Saturday, when Green Bay takes on Royal Oak in metro-Detroit at 6:35 p.m.
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