(GREEN BAY ROCKER) ASHWAUBENON – The scoring started early for Green Bay in the Rockers’ 11-1 win over the Madison Mallards.
They scored one run in the first via an RBI single from Eli Selga. The Rockers would then put up three more in the 2nd, as Parker Martin drove home Zach Novakowski on an RBI single, and Aidan Kuni brought in two more with a double.
Madison’s lone run came in the 2nd inning, when Cole Crafton singled to center field and drove home catcher Aaron Holland. The Mallards were all but shut down by Green Bay starter Will Harrigan, who threw five innings of one-run baseball, striking out six, and walking only two. The two relievers out of the bullpen, Alex LePage and Holden Harris, gave up two hits combined and no runs.
Before the game could even end, an onslaught of scoring rejuvenated the weekend crowd with seven runs in the eighth inning, highlighted by an Eli Selga three-run homer, his second in two games. Earlier in the inning, 2nd baseman Parker Martin capped off a three-RBI day, by driving in a pair with his single to center field, as the returner began to find his groove. Near the end, 3rd baseman Eric Fernandez scored a couple to blow the game wide open.
With the win, Rocker’s field manager Josh Merrill has now eclipsed 50 wins as a manager in the Northwoods League. Merrill is the 6th Green Bay manager to ever reach that mark with the ball club.
Friday’s game
.- After a disappointing series with the Wausau Woodchucks, Green Bay returned home for a four game homestand. The Rockers defeated the Mallards in the first of the two-game set by a score of 10-2.
Skylar Lhamon, the right-handed pitcher for Madison, struggled in the first inning, walking in a pair of runs with the bases loaded. Green Bay would then push across two more in the second on Aidan Kuni’s sacrifice fly and John Handy’s RBI single.
Green Bay socked a pair of home runs. Seungman Shin hit a towering fly ball home run deep into the night sky for a three-run shot in the fifth. Eli Selga also notched his first longball of the season with a screamer off the bat that just got over the shipping containers in right.
Max Wagar made his first appearance for Green Bay. He tossed 4 innings of one run ball and struck out three. The one run he allowed was a solo homerun to the opposite field off the bat of Jonah Weathers. From the fifth inning forward it was all the bullpen.
Henry Irwin struck out the side in the fifth and sixth innings only allowing one run in his three innings of work. The right hander was visibly fired up after his stellar performance. Jayden Martin and KJ Ward each threw hitless innings to seal the deal.
Martin and Ward are both returners for Green Bay looking to have a big impact. Ward topped out at 101mph in the win. The tall righty hit triple digits in his spring season and did so again in his first game for the Rockers in 2026.
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