The Green Bay Glory picked the perfect time to rid itself of its demons against Bavarians United, beating the Milwaukee-area side 2-1 to capture the Wisconsin Cup.

The Glory's Dennis Nyame scored two unassisted goals in extra time to push them past a Bavarians squad that had beaten them in Midwest Premier League play earlier this season.

The Glory wraps up the 2026 season with a match against Edgewater Castle at UW-Green Bay's Aldo Santaga Stadium at 5 p.m.

A late three-run rally prevented the Green Bay Rockers from securing the home-and-home series sweep on Wednesday as they fell to the Lakeshore Chinooks 9-6. 

The Chinooks jumped on the Rockers early with a five-run first inning, but the Rockers scored three runs in the second and third innings to take a 6-5 lead. After the tied game in the fourth inning, the Chinooks registered an RBI single and took advantage of an error to score two more to take the lead in the eighth inning. The Rockers were able to get the tying run to the plate in the ninth, but Ben Fishel grounded out to end the threat. 

Alejandro Covas and Stefan Di Corrado led the Rockers with one hit and two RBI apiece while Fishel also knocked in a run. Henry Irwin took the loss, allowing the final three runs (1 ER) on two hits and two walks while pitching 2.2 innings.

A six-run eighth inning proved to be too much for the Algoma Penguins to overcome in an 11-6 loss to Casco on Tuesday.

After finding itself down 3-0 in the first inning, the Penguins scored single runs in the first, third and fourth frames to tie the game heading into the back half of the game. The game was tied at five before disaster struck for the Penguins as the A's batted around with an RBI double by Noah Lindsley and a three-run Owen Deprez home providing the fireworks. The Penguins could only muster a single run in the ninth the rest of the way.

For the A's, Trevor Reinhardt and Kordell Draves each had three and two RBI while Deprez and Patrick Daniels each had a pair of knocks. Colin Lacey got the win on the mound as he allowed two runs (0 ER) on a hit and two walks in 1.1 innings of work while striking out two. That came after Deprez struck out 15 in 5.2 innings of work while allowing three runs (0 ER) on three hits.

For the Penguins, Jaden Dillar collected the lone RBI on the night as he, Brady Kita, Jack Peterson, and Carson Leist accounted for the team's hits. Sam Zirbel took the loss, allowing seven runs (7 ER) on five hits in 1.2 innings of work.

The Penguins take on the Lookouts on Thursday while the A's bounce back on Friday to take on the White Caps. Both games have 7:30 p.m. starts.

The Kewaunee Chiefs remain perfect on the season after beating Ashwaubenon on Tuesday 6-4.

The Chiefs were outhit 6-5 but committed two less errors as they took an early 3-0 lead when Cal Ihlenfeldt belted a three-run homer following a Lookout mistake earlier in the frame. A hit by pitch, three walks, a wild pitch, and an error also helped the Chiefs hang a crooked number in the fourth inning to extend their lead out to 6-1. The Lookouts rallied for one in the bottom of the fourth and two more in the eighth, but could get no closer.

Alex Rohr led the team with two hits while Joe Anderson collected the other RBI. Walon Delain earned the win on the mound, allowing two runs (1 ER) on five hits and a walk across seven innings while striking out four.

The Green Bay Rockers concluded a five-run ninth in style on Tuesday night as they beat the Lakeshore Chinooks 11-7 at Capital Credit Union Park.

After taking a 3-0 lead through two innings, the Chinooks tied the game in the fourth and took a 7-4 lead in the seventh inning. The Rockers staged their comeback from there with single tallies in the seventh and eighth innings before David Ballenilla called game with a grand slam.

It concluded a three hit game for Ballenilla, who also drove in five runs on the night. Ben Fishel and Aidan Kuni also had three hit games as the Rockers outhit the Chinooks 14-10. Dylan Mulcahy tossed two innings of shutout, one-hit ball to earn the win with three strikeouts.

The Dairy Days Dash, a fundraising 5K run/walk event hosted by the Luxemburg Area Chamber of Commerce and supported by 33 local sponsors, was held on June 6th.  Around 200 runners ran a 3.1 mile course through the village of Luxemburg, enjoying fresh ice cream cones after the finish.

This year’s fundraising efforts went to support A Cause for Paws Kewaunee County, an initiative working to help the unsheltered animals in our communities.  Overall, the Dairy Days Dash raised $3,500 for these efforts, which was presented to Suzie Leist and Aryana Knudson at this year’s Kewaunee County Fair Kickoff Dinner.

Next year’s event is scheduled for June 5th, 2027.  Follow the Dairy Days Dash on social media for details in the coming months. https://www.facebook.com/DairyDaysDash

The Luxemburg Area Chamber of Commerce exists to provide education, support and connections to help businesses thrive. It is a nonprofit service organization dedicated to the improvement of the Luxemburg commercial and civic communities. The Chamber hosts events, maintains partnerships, and communicates opportunities for businesses and community members alike.

The Dairy Days Dash is a non-profit event that promotes fresh dairy products and brings hundreds of people to Luxemburg on the first weekend of June each year. Proceeds from the event are donated to a selected charity at the Kewaunee County Fair Kickoff dinner. 

The Green Bay Rockers saw their four-game winning streak end on Monday with a 11-3 road loss to Wausau.

The Woodchucks took a 4-0 in the third inning before the Rockers put up single tallies in the fourth and fifth innings courtesy of a homer and RBI single off the bat of Coleman Lewis. The rally came to a grinding halt as the Woodchucks scored seven of the game's final eight runs. 

Lewis' night ended with three hits and two RBI while Jeremy Delamota drove in the final run with a home run. Mason Avant took the loss on the mound, allowing four runs (4 ER) on three hits and five walks while striking out three across 2.2 innings.

The Kewaunee Chiefs' record stayed perfect on Monday, recording a 6-1 win over Two Rivers on the Road.

Scoreless through two innings, the Chiefs scored all the runs they would need in the third inning with Brady Pribek's two RBI double capping off a four-run frame. The Polar Bears chipped away at the deficit with one run in the sixth, but single tallies in the seventh and eighth innings gave the Chiefs their seventh win of the season.

Pribek ended the night 2-4 with two RBI while Reese Berg went 2-3 with an RBI. Two others recorded RBI as the Chiefs outhit the Polar Bears 8-4. Jackson Walecka earned the win on the mound, allowing no runs on three hits while striking out two across five innings.

The Chiefs go back to work on Tuesday when they travel to Ashwaubenon while Algoma welcomes Casco. Both games start at 7:30 p.m.

The Green Bay Packers have rewarded LB Isaiah McDuffie with a contract extension.

ESPN's Jeremy Fowler said the deal is for one-year and $8.8 million after the organization announced the transaction on Monday. 

McDuffie played in all 17 games last season, accumulating 92 tackles, a sack and an interception in addition to his role on special teams. 

The Packers report to training camp later this month.

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers have swept the Midwest League’s weekly awards heading into the four-day All-Star Break.  Daniel Dickinson has been named the Player of the Week and Wande Torres has won the Pitcher of the Week.

Torres, a free agent signing out of the Dominican Republic in 2022, was magnificent against the Beloit Sky Carp on July 9 at home.  He allowed one hit, hit a batter, walked none, and struck out eight over seven innings to earn the win.  That performance was the most recent in a line of stellar outings for the left-hander.

In his last four appearances, Torres is 4-0 while allowing two earned runs, walking one, and striking out 29 over 25-2/3 innings.

Dickinson, the sixth-round pick of the Milwaukee Brewers out of LSU in 2025, was outstanding at the plate against the Sky Carp during the six-game series.  He was 9-for-20 (.450) with seven walks, three homers, seven stolen bases, ten runs, and nine RBI.  Dickinson had an OPS of 1.593 as he helped the Rattlers stay in first place in the second-half Western Division standings by a game over Beloit heading into the four-day break.

Dickinson’s recent surge began at the start of the second half.  He is hitting .400 with five homers, fifteen RBI, eighteen RBI, and seventeen stolen bases in eighteen games played this half.

Five Rattlers have won Midwest League Weekly Awards this season.  Braylon Payne, Andrew Fischer, and Josiah Ragsdale won the Player of the Week award before Dickinson this year.  Torres is the first Rattler to win the Pitcher of the Week award in 2026.

Wisconsin will return to Neuroscience Group Field on Friday, July 17 to start a four-game series with the Quad Cities River Bandits.

A blistering hot Sunday afternoon on the peninsula played host to arguably the most dramatic week of results in the Door County Baseball League. One of those games that were closer than many people may have thought took place in the Town of Institute, as the Institute Cubs were looking for their first win of the season against Sister Bay. 

The Bays were on the road for the first time in three weeks after having three consecutive home games at Sister Bay Sports Complex. Their offense in the first inning had been elite as of the past few weeks, and it did not stop against Institute. Stew Larsen would reach on a walk, then catch Arthuer Hocevar sleeping behind home plate with a stolen base. Spencer Krause would then take the first pitch he saw from Cubs starter Sig Hansen out to deep left-center field for a 2-Run Home Run to quickly put up another crooked number in the first inning for the Bays. 

Institute's offense, however, would kick itself into gear after being blanked by Maplewood the week before, as four singles in the first off of Sam Forkert would have Sam Zirbel come around to score to cut the lead in half to 2-1. Although the runs did not come with the success at the plate, the Cubs were able to hit around the left-hander Forkert throughout the first few innings. Institute would leave the bases loaded in the second and a runner on third in the third, stranded, but put up 8 hits through the first three innings. 

Sig Hansen would begin to settle in and slow down the Sister Bay offense until the fifth inning, when the Cubs only trailed 2-1 and felt like they were within striking distance of a major upset. A walk and an error would have two runners on, and a Tom Sawyer single would load the bases up with one out. Stew Larsen would hit a ball on the ground, and legged out an RBI fielder's choice by half a step, avoiding the double play, and giving his Bays a 3-1 lead. After the Bays added two more, Sig Hansen's day would finish in the 6th, allowing five runs, but only four of them earned. 

Sam Forkert would allow three runs in the 6th inning off of an RBI single from Robby Pollman and a 2-RBI double from Quin Schram, who had a fantastic 3-for-5 day at the plate. Forkert would allow an uncharacteristic 14 hits on his afternoon, mostly pitching for contact in the latter half of his outing. The first 12 hits for the Cubs were all singles, and the Cubs did not have an extra-base hit until the 2-RBI double from Schram. 

With the score at a tightly contested 5-4, Cubs fans in attendance could smell an upset. Matt Hecht would come in relief and shut those dreams down, retiring 8 of the nine batters he faced. Sister Bay would add some insurance in the ninth inning, which would lead us to our final at 7-4. Sister Bay improves its record to 7-2, as Institute still looks for its first win at 0-9. 

The Baileys Harbor A's scored six runs in the top of the 11th inning to give Kolberg their first loss of the season in a 12-7 decision.

The two teams traded two-run rallies early before the A's scored three runs in the fifth inning to take a 5-4 lead. After the A's extended their lead to 6-4, the Braves tied the game with two runs in the seventh inning. It would stay that way until the 11th inning when the A's loaded the baseball and took the lead on a bases-load hit by pitch. Isaac Baudhuin, Danny Lodl, Chris Lodl, and River Pawelski all singled in runs to put the pressure on the Braves heading into the bottom of the inning. Nick LeCaptain doubled in one run, but the Braves could only muster two more baserunners before the A's closed up shop with a ground out.

For the A's, Caleb Plzak and Danny Lodl each had three hits and two RBI while Aaron Brey and Baudhuin posted two hits and at least one RBI to their stat lines. Danny Lodl closed the game for Brey, allowing three runs (3 ER) on four hits and four walks over the final 5.2 innings while striking out three. 

For the Braves, Trevor Reinhardt, Jack Peterson, Tyler Neinas, and Braeden Leist all had two hits while LeCaptain went 3-6 and three RBI. Carson Leist took the loss on the mound, allowing three runs (3 ER) on no hits and two walks without retiring a batter.   

A bases-loaded hit-by-pitch in the 11th inning proved to be the difference as Washington Island beat West jacksonport 7-6 on Sunday.

It looked like the Ports were going to walk away with the game as they shocked the Islanders with six first-inning runs opened with four consecutive hits and capped off with a Derek Niedzwiecki grand slam. The Islanders chipped away at the deficit, taking its biggest bite with a three-run fifth inning. They forced extra innings with a Cam Munao run-scoring single and a Caleb Cornell pop out before Ben Johnson got hit by a pitch in the 11th inning to bring home in the winning run.

For the Islanders, Luke Geiger and Munao each had two hits while Alex Johnson had two RBI and Ray McDonald registered a double and a run batted in. Bennett Isaacson-Krueger delivered the win with five innings of shutout relief, allowing one hit and one walk while striking out five.

For the Ports, CJ Goetz, Niedzwiecki and Riley Cordier each had two hits while Woody Schartner and Goetz complemented Niedzwiecki's grand slam with RBI. Goetz took the loss, allowing the game-winning run in the 11th inning after allowing one hit and two walks over 1.1 innings.

A 7-0 lead almost proved to be not enough as Maplewood beat Egg Harbor on the road 7-4 on Sunday.

The Mets scored at least one run in each of the first four innings, including three in the fourth inning. In that frame, the Mets took advantage of three Indians errors while Jaden Diller delivered a two-run single. The Mets scored one more run in the top of the ninth before the Indians almost climbed all the way back. The Indians scored four runs in the ninth inning and had the tying run at the plate before the game ended.

For the Mets, Diller went 2-4 with two RBI while Kody Kissinger, Kordell Draves, and Will Jandrin also had RBI. Tory Jandrin earned the win on the mound with five shutout innings of three hit ball while striking out a pair.

For the Indians, Cody Giesseman went 1-4 with two RBI while two other drove in runs. Drew Olsen took the loss, allowing six runs (1 ER) on five hits and three walks while striking out one across 3.1 innings.

The Green Bay Rockers have answered a five-game losing skid heading into the All-Star Break with a four-game winning streak coming out of it after beating the Wausau Woodchucks 7-1 and 4-3 on Sunday.

In their game one win, the Rockers scored at least one run in the final four innings of the seven-inning contest, including two in the third and three in the fourth to cruise to victory. The Rockers played long ball with five of their six hits going over the fence for homers. Aidan Kuni, Coleman Lewis, Jeremy Delamota, Landon Schaefer, and John Handy all went yard to combine for six RBI.

In their game two victory, the Rockers secured the walk-off when Coleman and Ben Fishel hit back-to-back doubles to drive in the winning run after allowing the game to get tied in the top of the seventh inning. Kuni led the team with two RBI without the benefit of a hit while David Ballenilla secured two hits.

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers are in first place in the West Division after Sunday’s 9-5 victory over the Beloit Sky Carp at Neuroscience Group Field.  It wasn’t easy as Beloit cut Wisconsin’s comfortable 4-0 lead to one run with three runs in the sixth.  Wisconsin responded with a five-run bottom of the sixth that included a grand slam from Luis Castillo that propelled them to the win.

Daniel Dickinson continued his hot streak to give Wisconsin (48-34 overall, 14-6 second half) the lead in the bottom of the third inning.  Dickinson doubled to left to score Blayberg Diaz and send Braylon Payne to third base. 

Beloit starting pitcher Brayan Mendoza walked Eric Bitonti to load the bases before he got the first out of the inning.  Mendoza would walk Castillo and Tyler Rodriguez on eight pitches to force in Payne and Bitonti for a 3-0 lead.
 

Ethan Dorchies, the Wisconsin starter, worked a perfect fifth inning and finished the frame with his eighth strikeout.  Dorchies went five scoreless innings, walked one, hit a batter, and allowed three hits.

Dickinson reached on an error in the bottom of the fifth and scored on a single by Tayden Hall.

The Sky Carp (40-45, 13-7) rallied against Yerlin Rodriguez in the top of the sixth.  Two singles and a walk by the first three batters loaded the bases for Beloit.  Emilio Barreras doubled off the wall in left to drive in two runs.  Rodriguez got the first out with a strikeout, but a walk reloaded the bases.  Jacob Jenkins-Cowart flew out to the corner in left for a sacrifice fly to pull Beloit two within a run.
 

Chandler Welch entered the game for Rodriguez and got the final out of the frame.

The bottom of the sixth looked like it would be over quickly as Beloit reliever Luis De La Cruz retired the first two batters he faced.  Then, De La Cruz walked Payne, Dickinson, and Bitonti to load the bases.  Hall drew a fourth consecutive walk to force in a run and send De La Cruz out of the game.

Cannon Pickell took over for De La Cruz and got ahead of Castillo with two quick strikes.  Pickell missed with the next three pitches to run the count full.  Castillo crushed the payoff pitch 424-feet off the hitting background beyond the wall in center for a grand slam and a 9-3 lead.

Beloit stole a run on a throwing error in the seventh and added another run on one-out, back-to-back doubles by Colby Shade and Jenkins-Cowart in the eighth against Welch.

Michael Fowler relieved Welch and issued a walk and a single to load the bases and bring the tying run to the plate.  Fowler denied the Sky Carp the comeback with an inning-ending 4-6-3 double play.  He also tossed a perfect ninth to close out the game.

Castillo’s grand slam was the fifth of the season for the Timber Rattlers.  The last time Wisconsin hit five slams in a season was 2021.  The franchise record for grand slams in a season is seven by the 2014 team.

The Timber Rattlers head into the four-day All-Star Break with a one-game lead over the Sky Carp in the second half West Division standings.  Sunday’s win earned Wisconsin a split in the six-game series with Beloit.  The in-state rivals have each one four games out of the eight games in the season series.  The Sky Carp will host the Timber Rattlers in two six-game series at ABC Supply Stadium later this season.  Those series will be August 4-9 and September 1-6.  The September series is the final series of the regular season.

The Timber Rattlers are back in action on Friday night against the Quad Cities River Bandits at Neuroscience Group Field.  Game time is 6:40pm.

The Green Bay Blizzard earned the top seed in the IFL Playoffs after beating the Iowa Barnstormers on Friday night 65-21.

The Blizzard defense stood tall all night long, allowing eight points or less in all four quarters including a shutout in the final stanza while the offense piled up the points. After scoring three of the game's first four touchdowns, the Blizzard scored 25 consecutive points to put the game away midway through the third quarter.

Blizzard quarterback Liam Thompson threw for 120 yards and rushed for another 38 as he registered three total touchdowns. Demilon Brown rushed for 44 yards and two touchdowns while Draysean Hudson and Jack Studer each caught a score while combining for seven receptions and nearly 100 yards receiving.

The Blizzard are back in action on July 26th when they play their season finale on the road in Jacksonville against the Sharks. They will host their first playoff game on August 2nd at the Resch Center.

Door County Baseball League will have a full slate of games to choose from on Sunday, including Institute's visit from Sister Bay.

The Bays topped Egg Harbor 7-2 last Sunday to stop a two-game slide. Griffin Cole went 3-4 with two RBI to lead the Bays while Stew Larsen, Sawyer Johnson, and Alex Laughlin all added two hits. Sam Forkert went 8 innings on the mound, allowing 7 hits, 2 earned runs, and 10 strikeouts in a win. 

The Maplewood Mets scored at least four runs in three different innings as they went on to beat the Cubs 16-0 in eight innings last week. Nick Peterson, Sam Zirbel, Robbie Pollman, and Quinn Schram all had two hits in the loss. Zirbel took the defeat on the mound,  allowing six runs (6 ER) on eight hits and two walks across three innings. 

Gary Barta will have the call on 105.1 The GOAT beginning at 1:15 p.m. with the pregame show followed by the first pitch at 1:30 p.m. The rest of the DCBL slate includes Washington Island welcoming West Jacksonport, Maplewood visiting Egg Harbor, and Kolberg hosting Baileys Harbor.

The Green Bay Glory moved into second place in the Midwest Premier League after beating AFC Roscoe 3-2 on Saturday at Aldo Santaga Stadium.

Dennis Nyame registered a brace while Tyler Bagley netted the other goal to go with his assist. James Dorchester and Abraham Navarro collected the other assists in the Glory win.

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers got the tying run to the plate in the bottom of the ninth for the second night in a row against the Beloit Sky Carp at Neuroscience Group Field.  And for the second night in a row, the Sky Carp held on to defeat the Rattlers.  Saturday’s final score was 9-7 as the Sky Carp and Rattlers are tied for the second half West Division playoff spot.

Beloit (40-44 overall, 13-6 second half) struck in the first inning for the second straight game.  Dillon Head doubled to right on the first pitch of the game.  A wild pitch by Rattlers starting pitcher Josh Knoth moved him to third with one out.  Jesus Hernandez knocked in Head with a sacrifice fly.
 

Wisconsin (47-34, 13-6) matched that run almost exactly the same way.  Daniel Dickinson doubled, took third on a wild pitch by Sky Carp starter Liomar Martinez, and scored on a sacrifice fly by Eric Bitonti.

The Sky Carp took the lead again in the fourth after the Rattlers thought the inning was over.  Colby Shade appeared to hit into an inning-ending double play.  Knoth was in the dugout when the call was overturned after a conversation between the umpiring crew.  Wisconsin returned to the field.  Shade stole second, took third on a single, and scored on a wild pitch by Knoth for a 2-1 lead.

The Rattlers responded again to tie the score but could not take the lead after an unfortunate break.  A dropped fly ball in left allowed Tayden Hall to reach second to start the inning.  Tyler Rodriguez singled with one out to knock in Hall from third.  Luiyin Alastre stepped in with two outs and Rodriguez still at first.  Alastre hit a deep fly to the gap in right-center that would have scored Rodriguez.  However, the ball bounced on the warning track and over the wall for an automatic double.  Rodriguez had to retreat to third base.  Martinez got the final out of the inning on a strikeout.

Head, who was 3-for-4 in the game, put the Sky Carp back into the lead in the top of the fifth.  Knoth gave up a walk and a single to the first two batters of the inning.  Then, Head hit a 3-2 pitch for a three-run home run for a 5-2 lead.
 

Dickinson drew a lead-off walk to start the Wisconsin fifth.  Bitonti followed with a titanic home run over the wall in center, his fifteenth homer of the season, to cut the deficit to a run and send Garcia to the showers.

Beloit padded their advantage in the seventh inning.  Reliever Quinton Low walked the first two batters.  Starlyn Caba tripled both runners home.  Hernandez cleared the wall in left moments later for a two-run home run and a 9-4 lead.

Dickinson started another rally for Wisconsin with a lead-off home run in the bottom of the seventh off Michael Perez.  Bitonti walked and Marco Dinges single to put runners on the corners.  Tayden Hall got Bitonti home with an RBI grounder, and the Rattlers were within three runs.   Perez stranded Dinges as he retired the next two batters.

Perez managed to work his way through the eighth inning despite walking two batters.  He struck out Bitonti on a 3-2 pitch to end the inning with the Wisconsin slugger representing the tying run.

Juan Reynoso was called on to pitch the bottom of the ninth for the Sky Carp.  He retired the first two batters.  Luis Castillo kept the game alive with a two-out, solo homer, his tenth home run of the season.  Reynoso walked Rodriguez to bring the tying run to the plate for Wisconsin but picked up his eighth save of the season when he got Daniel Guilarte to pop out to right.

Wisconsin had three home runs on Saturday night to run their season total to 110 in just 81 games.  This season’s squad are tied with the 2022 Rattlers for the second-most homers in a season in team history.  The franchise record was set by the 2021 Rattlers.  That team hit 117 homers in 119 games.

Dickinson stayed hot for the Rattlers as he was 3-for-3 with two walks, three stolen bases, and three runs scored.  He is 22-for-52 (.423) with five homers, three doubles, and fourteen RBI in seventeen games during the second half.  Dickinson has raised his season average from .200 to .249 during the second half.

Beloit accomplished three things with their win on Saturday.  They have taken a 3-2 series lead over the Rattlers for the week, taken a 4-3 lead in the season series from the Rattlers, and have tied the Timber Rattlers at the top of the West Division standings with one game left before the four-day All-Star Break that starts on Monday.

The Rattlers and Sky Carp wrap up the series on Sunday afternoon at Neuroscience Group Field with the winning team heading into the break in first place by a game.  Ethan Dorchies (3-6, 5.35) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers.  Brayan Mendoza (3-2, 5.29) is the scheduled starter for the Sky Carp.  Game time is 1:10pm.

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers went down fighting on Friday night against the Beloit Sky Carp at Neuroscience Group Field.  The Rattlers trailed Beloit 10-3 heading into their final at bat.  They managed to score four runs and get the tying run to the plate before the Sky Carp got the final out to hang on for a 10-7 victory over the Rattlers.

Both teams scored a run in the first inning.  They tallied their runs in very different ways.

Chase Jaworsky started the Beloit rally with a one out single and a steal of second.  Wisconsin starting pitcher Jayden Dubanewicz walked the next batter.  Colby Shade followed and grounded into a force play at second for the second out.  The Sky Carp, who entered Friday’s game with 202 stolen bases this season, pulled off a double steal with Shade taking second and Jaworsky stealing home without a play after the throw went through to second.

Braylon Payne crushed a lead-off homer in the bottom of the first to tie the game.  Payne has seventeen homers this season with Wisconsin.  He has hit three lead-off home runs out of those seventeen.

The Sky Carp (39-44 overall, 12-6 second half) went in front again with two runs in the second, but it could have been much worse for the Rattlers.

Dubanewicz loaded the bases with no outs on a walk to Carlos Sanchez, a single by Esmil Valencia, and a walk to Jacob Jenkins-Cowart.  Wilfredo Lara blooped a single to right to score Sanchez for a 2-1 lead.  The game took a turn to the unusual on the next ball in play.

Starlyn Caba hit a deep line drive off the wall in left-center.  Valencia scored easily from third.  Jenkins-Cowart got a late start at second and was heading for third with Lara right on his heels.  Meanwhile, Payne played the carom perfectly off the wall and fired a strike to Juan Baez, the cutoff man.  Both Jenkins-Cowart and Lara rounded third and tried to score.  Baez’s throw to catcher Blayberg Diaz was in time to get Jenkins-Cowart.  Diaz alertly got another tag on Lara for two outs at the plate. 

Dubanewicz got a popup to end the inning with the Rattlers only down 3-1.

A lead-off walk to Sanchez in the top of the fourth led to trouble for Dubanewicz again.  Valencia, the #23 prospect in the Miami Marlins system, hit a ball that stayed fair down the left field line for a two-run home run and a 5-1 lead.

Jesus Hernandez doubled in the sixth, took third on a wild pitch, and scored on a sacrifice fly by Valencia.  Jenkins-Cowart got a measure of redemption with a two-out solo homer later in the inning for a 7-1 lead.

Wisconsin (47-33, 13-5) was able to string together a rally against Beloit starter Joey Volini in the sixth inning.  Payne singled, Luis Peña doubled, and Marco Dinges walked to load the bases.  Daniel Dickinson doubled off the wall in left to drive in two runs.

Hernandez struck again for Beloit.  In the top of the seventh with two on and two out, Hernandez hit a three-run home run off Jose Nova for a 10-3 lead.

That home run would haunt the Rattlers.

The bottom of the ninth started with three straight singles by Dickinson, Tyler Rodriguez, and Juan Baez off Jaydenn Estanista, the third Beloit pitcher of the night.  The hit by Baez drove in Dickinson and the Rattlers were down by six.

Estanista struck out the next two batters before things got interesting. 

Payne smacked a single up the middle to score two runs to make the deficit four runs.  The single was Payne’s third hit of the night.

Peña followed with a single to right and Payne raced around to third.  An ill-advised throw from Jenkins-Cowart to third was wild to allow Payne to score and Peña to wind up on third.  The pressure cranked up on Estanista when he walked Eric Bitonti on a 3-2 pitch to bring Dinges to the plate as the tying run.

Dinges jumped on the first pitch, a slider from Estanista, and hit it at 110-mph down the line in left.  Unfortunately for Wisconsin, the Dinges was out in front and the ball hooked foul.  The count went full to Dinges before he hit a sharp grounder to short to end the dream of the late comeback.

The season series between the teams is tied 3-3 with this series even 2-2.  Wisconsin’s lead over the Sky Carp in the second half West Division standings is down to one game.

Game five of the series is Saturday night at Neuroscience Group Field.  Josh Knoth (2-0, 3.14) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers.  Liomar Martinez (2-4, 6.23) has been named the starter for the Sky Carp.  Game time is 6:40pm.

The Green Bay Blizzard continue their march toward the playoffs on Saturday when they travel to Des Moines to battle the Iowa Barnstormers.

In their last game, Trevon Alexander's one-yard touchdown with three minutes left in the game proved to be enough to help the Blizzard sneak past the Orlando Pirates 52-50 on Sunday. Liam Thompson threw for 163 yards and rushed for another 57 yards while piling up four total touchdowns. Draysean Hudson scored two touchdowns in a seven catch evening while Alexander added a touchdown receiving to go along with his rushing score and 64 total yards.

Kickoff is set for 5 p.m.

The Green Bay Glory return to UW-Green Bay's Aldo Santaga Stadium on Saturday when they welcome AFC Roscoe.

The Glory have been idle since their Wisconsin Cup victory over Superior City on July 1st. In that match, Glory outshot their visitors 27-7 as Seth Schroeder, Tommy Geocaris, Andrea Xibilia, Tyler Bagley and Abraham Navarro all found the back of the net, while Dennis Nyame recorded a brace. Bagley, Nyame, Schroeder, Elliot Bordini and Geocaris all had multi-point games in the win.

Seth Schroeder delivered the equalizer off of a Cooper Re pass to secure a road point for the Glory men when they tied AFC Roscoe 1-1 in their last match-up on June 27th.

Kickoff is set for 1 p.m.

You will be able to catch all four of Wisconsin's Division 1 men's basketball teams in Green Bay this year.

Green Bay and Marquette announced on Thursday that the Golden Eagles will play at the Resch Center on October 19th in an exhibition contest. The game comes days after Wisconsin plays the Phoenix at the Resch Center on October 15th. Both matchups will send the Phoenix to Madison and Milwaukee in future seasons. Dates have not been announced for when the Phoenix will battle the Milwaukee Panthers in Horizon League action.

The Kewaunee Chiefs cap off the week of local Shoreland League action with a 7:30 p.m. first pitch against Ashwaubenon.

The Chiefs are a perfect 5-0 on the season after beating the Algoma Penguins on Tuesday. The Chiefs responded to a 2-0 first inning hole with seven runs in the second inning featuring a two-run double by Collin Spranger and a run-scoring single from Brett Paulsen serving as the highlights. A Joe Anderson RBI double proved to be the difference as the Penguins were able to claw back into the game thanks to multi-hit games from Jaden Dillar, Brady Kita, and Sam Zirbel. Paulsen had two hits while Anderson and Spranger each had two RBI. Jackson Walechka earned the win, allowing three runs (3 ER) on nine hits and a walk while striking out four across six innings.

The Lookouts lost to Casco on a walk-off 4-2 earlier this week.