The Algoma Penguins fell behind 6-0 and never could catch up in their 8-3 playoff loss to Ashwaubenon on Tuesday.

After giving up single runs in the fourth and fifth inning, the Penguins scored their only runs of the game in bottom of the sixth inning after allowing four runs in the top of the frame. Back-to-back RBI singles from Tyler Neinas and Charlie Prokash provided the offense that went silent the rest of the game as the Lookouts faced the minimum over the final three innings.

Prokash led the way with two hits and two RBI in the Penguins' season finale while Neinas, Carson Leist, Austin Dart, Brady Kita, and Jaden Diller all recorded one hit. Leist took the loss, allowing two runs (1 ER) on seven hits and one walk while striking out three across five innings.

The Green Bay Rockers' Dom Bello delivered the go-ahead run in the 10th inning to beat the Wausau Woodchucks on the road 6-5.

Tied 2-2 after four innings, the Rockers scored three times in the fifth inning to take the lead courtesy of a fielder's choice and a pair of errors. The Woodchucks refused to give up, scoring single tallies in the fifth, sixth and eighth innings to force extras before Bello's heroics.

The Rockers outhit the Woodchucks 13-8 with Boone Kirst delivering three hits and Brayden Pleau, Bello, Landon Schaefer, and Dawson Schmidt each registering two. Zacary Tenn improved to 5-0 on the season with five innings of relief, allowing two runs (1 ER) on three hits and four walks while striking out two along the way.

The Rockers play their home finale tonight (8/5) against the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters at 6:35 p.m. 

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers started an important two-week road trip with an emphatic 9-3 victory over the Beloit Sky Carp Tuesday night at ABC Supply Stadium.  Wande Torres battled through seven inning as the starting pitcher, Braylon Payne hit an historic homer, and Luis Castillo delivered a big blast of his own late in the game to decisively give the game to the Rattlers.

Wisconsin (54-44 overall, 20-16 second half) grabbed a 1-0 lead in the first inning.  Payne tripled with one out.  Daniel Dickinson followed with a single to left to knock in Payne.

Beloit (50-52, 23-14) responded with two runs in the bottom of the second.  Esmil Valencia doubled and Emilio Barreras singled to put runners on the corners.  Wilfredo Lara drove in Valencia with a one-out single to right that also put Barerras at third base.  Dillon Head put the Sky Carp in front with a sacrifice fly to score Barreras.

Payne evened the score with his 22nd home run of the season.  He drove a pitch off the foul pole in right field with one out in the top of the third.  That home run tied the franchise record for homers by a player in a single season.  Payne became the fourth Rattler to hit 22 home runs in a season.  The others are Khris Davis (2010), Victor Roache (2013), and Clint Coulter (2014).

The Sky Carp went back in front in the bottom of the fourth.  Valencia doubled to start the inning again but was still at second with two outs.  Lara got the run home with another single to right for the 3-2 advantage.

The Rattlers responded to tie the game in the top of the fifth.  Yannic Walther reached third to open the inning on an infield single and a throwing error by Beloit pitcher Liomar Martinez.  Luis Peña followed with a triple to center to knock in Walther with the tying run.  However, the Rattlers could not score Peña with the go-ahead run as Martinez retired the next three batters on a strikeout, a foul pop, and a strikeout.

Peyton Fosher relieved Martinez to start the top of the sixth inning and retired the first two Rattlers he faced.  Tyler Rodriguez kept the inning alive with a double to left.  Luiyin Alastre singled to left to knock in Martinez with the run to give the Rattlers a 4-3 lead.

Torres went back out for the sixth and worked around a two-out hit batsman.  He was also called on to pitch the seventh and he retired the side in order, including his eighth strikeout of the night to end his night after 93 pitches.  Torres scattered nine hits, walked none, and put the Rattlers in position to pick up an important win in game one of their series with the West Division leaders.

Daniel Corniel took over for Torres to start the bottom of the eighth and gave up a single and a stolen base to put the tying run in scoring position.  Corniel retired the next two batters but walked Barreras to put the go-ahead run on base for the Sky Carp.  The Rattlers got out of the eighth with a force out at second and went to the plate in the ninth looking for some insurance.

They found plenty.

Peña started the inning with a double with Beloit reliever Luis De La Cruz walking Payne and Dickinson to load the bases.  Eric Bitnoti singled sharply to left to score Peña.  That brought Luis Castillo to the plate with the bases still loaded.

De La Cruz fell behind Castillo and the Rattlers right fielder was ready for the 3-1 pitch.  He crushed the ball deep to right for a no-doubt, grand slam and a 9-3 lead.  Castillo has hit fourteen home runs this season, including two grand slams.  He extended his current hitting streak to a season-high eight games.  Castillo, the team-leader in RBI with 70, also has an RBI streak of five consecutive games.  He has thirteen runs batted in over his last five games.

Corniel gave up a lead-off single in the ninth, but nothing else to earn his second save of the season.

The Timber Rattlers and the Quad Cities River Bandits, who beat the Peoria Chiefs 7-3 on Tuesday night, have both moved to within 2-1/2 games of the Beloit Sky Carp, the West Division leaders in the second half.  Wisconsin has 29 games remaining in the season.

Game two of the series is Wednesday evening at ABC Supply Stadium.  J.D. Thompson (0-1, 3.96) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers.  Brayan Mendoza (4-4, 5.89) is set to start for Beloit.  Game time is 6:05pm.

Suffering depth issues at the position, the Green Bay Packers signed two new tight ends and dropped another two on Tuesday.

General Manager Brian Gutekunst announced  that they signed TE McCallan Castles and TE Drew Biber and waived/injured TE Luke Lachey and TE RJ Maryland.

According to Packers.com, Castles is a a first-year player out of the University of Tennessee with previous experience with the Packers, Philadelphia Eagles, Los Angeles Chargers, and Los Angeles Rams. Biber is a rookie who played at both Purdue and Minnesota.

The Packers will not have a public practice until they step inside Lambeau Field for Family Night on Friday.

The Algoma Penguins are playing some of their best baseball of the season heading into its playoff play-in game on Tuesday against Ashwaubenon. 

The Penguins started the season 0-7, but ended up winning four of their final five games including a 12-10 win against the Lookouts last Thursday. In that game, the Penguins scored three runs in four different innings, including the first three. Jack Peterson went 3-5 while Aaron Brey, Brady Kita, Austin Dart, and Tyler Neinas each had two hits. Kita posted four RBI while Brey and Dart each had two.

The Penguins' lone loss during the stretch was also to the Lookouts, a 14-10 decision on July 27th. 

First pitch is set for 7:30 p.m.

One inning was all it took for the Casco A's to claim its second consecutive Shoreland League regular season title, defeating the Denmark Devilbears 3-2 on Monday.

Trailing 1-0 after the first inning, the A's scored all three of their runs in the fourth inning with Blake Robillard's single driving in a pair and Cole Bzdawka's sacrifice fly driving in the other run. Owen Deprez took over from their, allowing just one more run before Colin Lacey collected the save with two innings of scoreless relief. 

For the A's, Robillard's two-RBI hit was joined by knocks from Mitch Jandrin, Deprez, Phil Daniels, and Trevor Reinhardt. Deprez earned the win on the mound, allowing two runs (1 ER) on five hits and three walks while striking out 10 across seven innings.

The A's will learn their opponent once the dust settles after Tuesday's play-in games. 

A new voice will join head coach Kayla Karius on the bench this Green Bay women's basketball season after the program announced  Carley Neumann as an assistant coach.

According to GreenBayPhoenix.com, Neumann spent the past three years as the associate head coach at the University of Sioux Falls. She also had stints at Presentation College and St. Cloud State. 

"We are thrilled to welcome Carley and her family to Green Bay," said Karius in a statement. "Carley is a passionate coach and outstanding leader who brings a great understanding of the game. She truly invests in the growth of student-athletes, building meaningful relationships while helping them develop on and off the court. We know she'll be a great fit for our program and our community."

The move comes months after Karius' assistant Kate Peterson Abiad left the program to become the head coach for Purdue Fort Wayne.

The Green Bay Rockers dug out from a 5-0 hole only to fall into another deficit they could not dig out of in a 9-6 defeat to the Wausau Woodchucks on Monday.

A Woodchuck grandslam and a RBI double buried the Rockers in the first inning, but they did not give up as they rallied for two runs in their half of the frame before tying it up in the fifth with Daniel Harden's solo shot the highlight. The game tilted in favor of the Woodchucks in the eighth inning when the Rockers could only answer their four-run frame with one of their own.

Harden was the lone Rockers player to have multiple hits (2) while Coleman Lewis led the team in RBI thanks to his two-run shot. Cord Copley took the loss for the Rockers, allowing four runs (4 ER) on one hit and three walks while striking out two over 2.1 innings of work.

The series shifts to Wausau for a 6:35 p.m. first pitch on Tuesday. 

Casco and Denmark play in the final Shoreland League regular season game of 2026 on Monday, and it could have plenty of impact on how the rest of the playoffs shake out for the rest of the teams.

In their last game, two innings of big offense was all the A's needed to get past the Kewaunee Chiefs on Wednesday with a 10-4 victory. Colin Lacey, Blake Robillard, and Phil Daniels all had three hits, combining to drive in two of the runs. Owen Deprez and Trevor Reinhardt each had two hits, with the latter driving in five runs. Noah Lindsley went the distance for the A's to garner the win, allowing four runs (4 ER) on 12 hits while striking out six.

Someone will be tied with Kewaunee and based on tiebreakers, Casco claims the #1 seed with a win and Kewaunee gets the #1 seed if Denmark wins. Play-in games start on Tuesday with Two Rivers at Manitowoc and Ashwaubenon at Algoma.

A three-way tie sit at the top of the Door County Baseball League standings after Sister Bay edged Washington Island 2-1 on Sunday.

The Bays outhit the Islanders 11-4, but timely pitching and defense was able to limit the damage to just Griffin Cole's RBI single in the first inning and Tom Sawyer's RBI single in the fourth inning. The Islanders threatened to keep the standings in their favor after Bennett Isaacson-Krueger homered, but Sam Forkert induced two consecutive batters to thwart the comeback. 

For the Bays, Sawyer and Forkert each had three hits while Cole and Casey Weddig each had a pair of knocks in the victory. Forkert limited the Islanders to just one run (1 ER) on four hits and three walks while striking out five for a complete game win. 

For the Islanders, Cam Munao, Ray McDonald, and Luke Geiger recorded the only other hits. Ryan Jorgenson was the tough luck pitcher, allowing two runs (2 ER) on eight hits and four walks. 

The Kolberg Braves needed to rally from a 4-1 deficit to keep pace in the Door County Baseball League standings on Sunday, beating the Egg Harbor Indians 5-4.

Scoreless through four innings, the Braves struck first with a run in the fifth inning only to have the Indians respond with four runs of their own. Drew Price and Cole Frangipiane hit back-to-back two-run singles to give the Indians the lead. The Braves rallied with two runs in the sixth and one in the seventh before Austin Rohe's sacrifice fly drove in the game-winning run in the eighth inning.

For the Braves, Tyler Neinas led the Braves with two hits while Trevor Reinhardt, Rohe, Neinas, Nick LeCaptain, and Sam Koss registered the RBI. Reinhardt earned the win, allowing two runs (1 ER) on three hits and a walk while striking out six across 4.2 innings.

For the Indians, Price went 2-4 with two RBI while Frangipiane and Anthony Jennerjohn recorded the other hits. Drake Olsen was the losing pitcher, allowing two runs (2 ER) on one hit and three walks while striking out one in his lone inning of work. 

A fast start for the Maplewood Mets helped them slide into a 7-4 victory over Baileys Harbor on Sunday.

A two-run triple by Kody Kissinger in the first inning and back-to-back extra base hits by Gavin Brady and Jaden Diller helped the Mets coast to a 6-0 lead through the first two innings. The A's did not go away with single tallies in the fourth and fifth innings before the Mets struck back with one of their own in the sixth inning. The A's biggest rally came in the seventh inning when Chris Lodl and Caleb Plzak had back-to-back RBI singles and had the tying run at the plate before the Mets induced a fielder's choice to end the scoring for the game.

For the Mets, Diller and Kordell Draves each had three hits while Kissinger led the way with three RBI. Tory Jandrin earned the win on the mound, allowing two runs (1 ER) on four hits and two walks while striking out three across five innings.

For the A's, Aaron Brey, Chris Lodl, and Hayden Reetz each had two hits with Lodl, Plzak, and Reetz accounting for the RBI. Danny Lodl took the loss, allowing four runs (4 ER) on four hits) and two walks while striking out two across 1.1 innings.  

The Green Bay Blizzard are one win away from the IFL Championship game after dominating the Orlando Pirates 73-59 at the Resch Center on Sunday.

After a close first quarter, the Blizzard went on two separate 14-plus point runs and outscored the Pirates 43-25 in the middle periods to put the game in a comfortable space in the fourth quarter.

Liam Thompson threw for 171 yards and seven touchdowns while Demilon Brown, Draysean Hudson, and Trevon Alexander all found the endzone on the ground. Alexander was Thompson's top target, catching five balls for 76 yards, four of which went for touchdowns. 

The Blizzard will try to clinch their spot in the championship game on Sunday when they host the Tulsa Oilers for a 3 p.m. kickoff.  

After dropping its game on Saturday, the Green Bay Rockers found the luck of the Irish in its Sunday matinee against the Royal Oak Leprechauns, winning the game 8-6.

After a scoreless first inning, the Rockers scored seven of its eight runs in innings two-five with a Jeremy Delamota homer in the seventh the lone exception. The Leprechauns made things interesting in the ninth inning as they scored one run and the tying run at the plate before being put away with a pop out.

Coleman Lewis, Delamota, and JT Starkus all had two-hit games with Delamota leaving the yard twice and Lewis and Starkus each homering once. Brennen Miller got the win on the mound, allowing five runs (5 ER) on seven hits and a walk while striking out five across seven innings. 

The Rockers wrap up their 2026 campaign with a pair of home-and-home series with Wausau and Wisconsin Rapids before playing a pair in Madison. They will be at home on Monday and Wednesday for 6:35 p.m. games.  

The stage was set for a storybook finish for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers on a beautiful Sunday afternoon at home in front of their biggest crowd of the season.  Wisconsin had opportunities for a walkoff victory in both the ninth and tenth innings but fell to the Lansing Lugnuts 5-4.

Lansing (42-57 overall, 13-22 second half) had a 1-0 lead three batters into the game.  Rodney Green, Jr singled and Logan Sauve doubled to put runners on the corners.  Ali Camarillo drove in Green with a grounder to third.

Ethan Dorchies, the Rattlers starting pitcher, loaded the bases with one out a walk and a hit batsman before escaping the inning on a strikeout and a nice diving play at third by Eric Bitonti for the final out.

Bitonti started the Wisconsin rally to tie the game in the bottom of the second with a lead-off double.  Tayden Hall knocked in Bitonti with a triple to the corner in right to even the score.
 

The Timber Rattlers (53-44 overall, 19-16 second half) had chances to take the lead but had two runners thrown out the plate – Hall when he tried to score from third on a grounder to short in the second and Daniel Dickinson when he tried to score on a wild throw from the outfield in the fourth.

Wisconsin left ten runners on base through nine innings, including two runners in scoring position in the fifth and sixth and the bases loaded in the ninth.

The Rattlers loaded the bases with one out in the ninth on a single and two walks against Jose Dicochea, who escaped the inning on a force play at the plate for the first out and a force play at second to send the game to the tenth inning.

Lansing started their half of the tenth with Green as the placed runner at second.  He was sacrificed to third on a bunt by Sauve.   Camarillo delivered a single to left through the drawn-in infield to score Green.  That single by Camarillo was the first for the Lugnuts since the fifth inning.

Rattlers reliever Quinton Low got the second out with a strikeout before a single and a walk loaded the bases to bring Pedro Pineda to the plate.  Pineda sent a sinking line drive to left center.  Payne made a diving attempt on the catch and got a glove on the ball but could not secure it.  The ball got behind him and went for a three-run triple for a 5-1 lead.

Dicochea went back out for the bottom of the tenth with Payne as the placed runner at second.  Dicochea loaded the bases with no outs when he hit Dickinson and walked Bitonti.  A passed ball allowed Payne to score and move the other runners into scoring position.

Luis Castillo, the Wisconsin leader in RBI hit a weak grounder to third that was just inside the bag at third for a two-run double to pull the Rattlers to within a run.  A walk to Tayden Hall put the winning run on base.

Dicochea got the first out on a strikeout before he was replaced by Griffin Kirn.

Luiyin Alastre stepped in with a crowd of 5,568 urging him on.  He hit a slicing line drive ticketed for right-center.  However, the excitement of the crowd turned to disappointment as they realized second baseman Gunner Gouldsmith was positioned perfectly.  Gouldsmith took a couple steps to his left to snare the liner and turned it into a game-ending double play when he flipped the ball to Camarillo on the second base bag to double up Castillo, who had strayed too far from the bag.

Wisconsin only struck out three times on Sunday as they ended the game 3-for-14 with runners in scoring position and stranded a total of eleven runners.

Sunday’s results in the second half West Division playoff race were not favorable for the Timber Rattlers.  The first place Beloit Sky Carp swept a road doubleheader with the West Michigan Whitecaps to run their record this half to 23-13.  The surging Peoria Chiefs completed a six-game sweep of the Cedar Rapids Kernels.  The Quad Cities River Bandits lost to the Dayton Dragons at home.  Those results dropped Wisconsin into a three-way tie with Peoria and Quad Cities at 19-16, 3-1/2 games behind the Sky Carp.  There are thirty games remaining in the season for Wisconsin.
 

The Timber Rattlers are off on Monday.  They return to action on Tuesday with game one of a six-game road series against the Sky Carp at ABC Supply Stadium in Beloit.  Wande Torres (6-5, 4.85) has been named as the tentative starting pitcher for Wisconsin.  Game time is 6:05pm CDT. 

The playoff picture for the Door County Baseball League can look a lot different after Sunday with one game in particular providing most of the drama.

First-place Washington Island heads across Death's Door to play Sister Bay, who is tied for second-place with Kolberg at 9-2. The Islanders shutout Institute on Sunday 10-0 in eight innings. Cam Munao extended his lead for the battling title with a 4-4 afternoon with three RBI and two runs scored. Caleb Cornell was great as well for the Islanders, going 3-5 with two RBI. The combination of Ryan Jorgenson, Benett Isaacson-Krueger, and Will Henrickson were stingy with each allowing no runs on one hit while combining to strikeout eight batters. Tom Sawyer, Stew Larsen, and Spencer Krause all had two hits. Larsen led the way with five RBI while Krause and Sam Forkert each had two. Forkert was the winning pitcher, allowing six runs (4 ER) on 13 hits while striking out eight.

Second-place Kolberg hits the road to face Egg Harbor, who entered the weekend tied with West Jacksonport at 3-8. The Braves' Trevor Hawkey, Trevor Reinhardt, Jack Peterson, and Tyler Neinas all had two hits as they combined to drive in four runs. Austin Rohe and Austen Dart accounted for the other two RBI. Reinhardt got the win on the mound, allowing one run (0 ER) on four hits and no walks while striking out seven across six innings. The Indians fell to Baileys Harbor 6-1 last Friday night. Cody Giesseman, Alex Danen, Nick Torski, and Cole Frangipiane all registered hits. Jace Johnson took the loss, allowing two runs (2 ER), on four hits and a walk while striking out one.

Baileys Harbor looks to firm up its position in fourth place when it travels to Maplewood, who sits two games behind the A's in fifth place at 4-7. The A's beat Egg Harbor 6-1 last Friday night. Chris and Danny Lodl combined to shut down the Indians, striking out eight batters with the blemishes belonging to Chris (1 ER, 4 H, 3 BB over six innings). Chris Lodl and Bryce Plzak each had two hits while Bryce Plzak, Danny Lodl, Caleb Plzak, and River Pawelski all had one RBI to go with Aaron Brey's two. The Mets lost to Kolberg 7-2 on Sunday. Jerek Valley came off the bench to go 2-3 while Adam Gutschow and Kordell Draves each went 1-4 with an RBI. Gavin Brady took the loss, allowing seven runs (6 ER) on eight hits and five walks in three innings of work.   

All games begin at 1:30 p.m.

Luis Lameda picked a great time for his first hit as a Wisconsin Timber Rattler.  The third baseman had been 0-for-13 after his call up to Wisconsin from the Wilson Warbirds.  He delivered a two-out, two-run double in the bottom of the sixth inning to break a 4-4 tie in game two of Saturday’s doubleheader at Neuroscience Group Field.  Wisconsin picked up the 6-4 win and a twinbill sweep.

Wisconsin (53-43 overall, 19-15 second half) struck early and often with a four-run first inning.  Luis Peña started the rally with a single and he moved to second on a wild pitch.  Daniel Dickinson drove in Peña with a one-out single to right for a 1-0 lead.  Eric Bitonti followed with a single.  Luis Castillo launched a 3-0 changeup from Lansing starting pitcher over the wall in right for his thirteenth home run of the season and a 4-0 lead.

The Lugnuts (41-57, 12-22) fought back to tie the game with two runs in the second and two runs in the fourth.  Wisconsin starter Jayden Dubanewicz had runners at first and second with two outs and made a wild pickoff throw to second that allowed both runners to move into scoring position.  Gunner Gouldsmith drove in both runners with a single to right.

Gouldsmith came to the plate with runners at first and second in the fourth inning and lined a double to right-center to knock in both runs and tie the game.  Dubanewicz struck out the next two batters to strand Gouldsmith and keep the game tied.

Jacob Morrison, in his Timber Rattlers debut, took over for Dubanewicz to start the fifth inning.  He pitched around an error in the fifth and a one-out double in the sixth to hold the line.

The winning rally started for the Rattlers on a two-out single by Tyler Rodriguez in the bottom of the sixth against Lansing reliever Riley Huge.  He stole second and went to third on a wild pitch.  Huge walked Filippo Di Turi to keep the inning alive for Lameda.

Lameda laced the first pitch from Huge to left-center.  Rodriguez scored easily. Di Turi raced around the bases and beat the throw to the plate for a 6-4 lead.

Morrison walked the first batter of the seventh.  Then, Milwaukee’s third round pick of the 2025 draft, retired the next three batters to finish of the game.  Morrison allowed one hit, walked one, and struck out three as he earned his first Midwest League victory.

The victory was the third straight for Wisconsin and allowed them to clinch a series win as they are 4-1 against the Lugnuts this week.

In the day's first game, the Timber Rattlers were the beneficiaries of a strong start from Josh Knoth and another home run from Braylon Payne to defeat the Lansing Lugnuts 9-0 in game one of Saturday's doubleheader at Neuroscience Group Field.

Payne gave the Timber Rattlers (53-43 overall, 18-15 second half) the lead with a one-out, solo home run in the bottom of the first inning.  Payne, who has hit three homers in his last three games, has 21 on the season to give him the Midwest League lead and move him to within one homer of the Wisconsin home run record.

The Timber Rattlers staged a two-out rally in the bottom of the fifth with help from the Lugnuts defense.  Yannic Walther walked with one out, but he was still at first base with two away.  Payne and Daniel Dickinson reached on back-to-back infield grounders that were misplayed for errors to load the bases.  Lansing starter Steven Echevarria walked Eric Bitonti on a 3-2 pitch to force in a run.  Luis Castillo followed with a two-run double for a 4-0 lead.

Echavarria’s game ended after a walk to Tayden Hall reloaded the bases.

Filippo Di Turi greeted reliever Mitch Myers with a two-run single for a 6-0 lead.  Wisconsin sent eleven men to the plate in the frame with seven in a row reaching after two outs.
 

Knoth was electric.  The Wisconsin starting pitcher struck out seven, allowed three hits, and walked one over six scoreless innings.

Lansing (41-56, 12-21) had two chances to get to Knoth. 

In the fourth inning, a one-out double by Ali Camarillo and a walk to Jake Reinisch put two runners on in a one-run game..  Knoth struck out the next batter for the second out.   Then, the Lugnuts attempted a double steal with Walther, the Wisconsin catcher throwing out Reinisch as the trail runner at second base for the final out of the inning.

In the sixth inning, Dylan Fien reached on a two-out error.  Camarillo followed with a single to left.  Fien took third on the play and an errant throw allowed Camarillo to take second base.  Knoth received a visit from pitching coach Pat McGuff struck out Reinisch for the final out of his start.  Knoth set a new professional high for innings pitched in a game to earn the quality start.

José Nova pitched the top of the seventh and worked around a one-out single to close out the Rattlers second straight shutout of the Lugnuts and eighth shutout of the season.

West Jacksonport used 12 walks and three hit-by-pitches to pile up runs and snap an extended losing streak as they beat Institute on the road 13-7 Friday night.

The Ports jumped on the Cubs early with three first inning runs and built up a 4-0 advantage before the Cubs scratched across a run in the third inning. That run was given right back in the top of the fourth inning with the Ports scoring five times with a two-out, two-run single by Jack de Young being the frame's biggest blow. The lead was 10-1 before the Cubs mounted their comeback. Buoyed by a two-run double by Caleb Hoffman, the Cubs scored five times in the game to shring their deficit to 10-6.

As was the case the other time the Cubs cracked the scoreboard, the Ports had an answer. Luke Steebs drove in a run in sixth before Sam Zirbel got it back on a passed ball.

The Cubs were still down by four entering the ninth before Eric Bley's pinch-hit double drove in a pair to stretch it out to 13-7 where the game would end.

For the Ports, Riley Cordier had three hits and two RBI while C.J. Goetz had two hits. Alec Schartner, Bley, Jack de Young and Frankie de Young also had two RBI a piece. Peyton Kuehn earned the win, striking out five acros 1.2 no-hit innings.

For the Cubs, Will Hartman went 2-4 with one RBI while Zirbel also drove in a run on one hit. Siggy Hansen took the loss, allowing nine runs on six hits and eight walks across four innings while striking out two. 

The game between the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers and Lansing Lugnuts scheduled for Friday night at Neuroscience Group Field has been rained out.  A doubleheader has been scheduled for Saturday night.

Fans with tickets for Friday may exchange them for a ticket of equal or lesser value to another Timber Rattlers regular season home game during 2026 at this link.  The exact seat location might not be available, but the Timber Rattlers will do their best to a get a seat that is close and comparable to the original ticket. You may choose any game for the rest of the 2026 regular season.

There will be two seven-inning games scheduled for Saturday with a single price for admission.  The gates to the stadium will open at 3:30pm with game one starting at 4:10pm.  There will be approximately thirty to forty minutes between the end of game one and the start of game two.

Despite being winless on the season, the Institute Cubs can still have an impact on how the final standings of the Door County Baseball League shake out with a matchup against West Jacksonport on Friday night.

The Cubs came off the ferry on Sunday with a 10-0 defeat to Washington Island on Sunday. Caleb Hoffman, Siggy Hansen, and Tommy Junion each had one hit. Hansen took the loss, allowing nine runs (6 ER) on 10 hits and four walks while striking out four.

The Ports could not rattle the top of the DCBL standings either on Sunday, losing to Sister Bay 12-7. Drew Tanck and Payton Kuehn each had three hits while Woody Schartner, Frankie de Young, and Luke Steebs all had two. Tanck paced the Ports with three RBI. Kuehn took the loss on the mound, allowing seven runs (7 ER) on eight hits across four innings while striking out six.

With three games remaining, the Ports need all the help they can get to climb from being tied with Egg Harbor in sixth place to fourth place to qualify for the playoffs, a spot currently held by Baileys Harbor (6-5). 

Tim Kowols will have the call (weather permitting) on Friday from Insitute beginning at 7:15 p.m. with the pregame show on 105.1 The GOAT followed by the first pitch at 7:30 p.m. 

Earl Dotson and Tramon Williams became the latest inductees of the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame on Thursday during a ceremony held inside the Lambeau Field Atrium.

Dotson was a 1993 third round draft pick from Texas A&I (now Texas A&M–Kingsville) and was present for the Packers' turnaround, culminating with a Super Bowl XXXI victory. He spent his entire career with the Packers before retiring in 2003. 

Williams helped the Packers return to the Super Bowl in 2010, scoring a back-breaking pick-six against the Atlanta Falcons that catapulted them to the NFC Championship. An undrafted free agent from Louisiana Tech, Williams had two stints on the active roster with the Packers before wrapping up his career on the team's practice squad in 2020.

The Green Bay Rockers had to come back from four runs down in the first and one in the seventh inning to beat Battle Creek 10-7 on Thursday.

The Battle Jacks opened the game with a four-spot in the first inning and held onto that advantage until the Rockers cut the lead in half in the third inning. Trailing 4-2, the Rockers took the lead with their own as they scored four runs on six hits. The Battle Jacks responded quckily, tying the game in the fifth before taking the lead in the seventh. The Rockers posted their second four-run inning in the ninth inning with Jeremy Delamota's solo homer and Daniel Harden's two-run homer being the difference. The Rockers completed the comeback with Joshua Wolkin inducing a 1-2-3 inning in the ninth.

Coleman Lewis led the Rockers with a 3-5 evening that included a double and a RBI. Jt Starkus, Ben Fishel, Stefan Di Corrado, and Dom Bello each had two hits as the Rockers outhit the Battle Jacks 14-11. Zacary Tenn earned the win in relief, allowing three runs (3 ER) on six hits while striking out three.

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers did everything right on Thursday night as they set a record and set a Milwaukee Brewers pitcher on his path back to the playoff race in the National League.  The Rattlers hit six homers, played flawless defense, and had five pitchers combine on a one-hitter to defeat the Lansing Lugnuts 10-0 at Neuroscience Group Field. 

Kyle Harrison, making a rehab start for Milwaukee, allowed a lead-off double in the third inning, walked three, and struck out five over 5-2/3 scoreless innings to lead the pitchers.  Braylon Payne hit a pair of solo homers to become the second Rattler player to reach twenty homers this season.

Eric Bitonti gave Wisconsin (51-43 overall, 17-15 second half) the lead with a two-out, solo homer to right.  The homer was the seventeenth of the season for Bitonti and the 117th of the season for the team to tie the franchise record.  The 2021 Rattlers set the team with 117 homers in 119 games. 

The Rattlers didn’t have to wait long to break the team record.  Tayden Hall launched a lead-off home run to left-center in the second inning for a 2-0 lead.  Hall’s ninth Midwest League homer of the season was #118 for the team and occurred in their 94th game of the season.

The Lugnuts (41-55, 12-20) had their best chance to score in the top of the third.  Logan Suave doubled up the first base line and Harrison walked the next batter.  The Brewers starter got a strikeout and a 5-3 double play to end the threat.

Payne got into the longball act with a solo homer to deep right-center with one out in the third inning.

Wisconsin stepped on the gas in the bottom of the fifth.  Luiyin Alastre walked, stole second, went to third on a flyout, and scored on a sacrifice fly by Yannic Walther.  Payne and Daniel Dickinson followed that with back-to-back homers for a 6-0 lead. 

Payne reached twenty home runs on the season with his second homer of the game to join Andrew Fischer for the most homers by a Rattler this season.  Payne is two homers shy of the Timber Rattlers single-season record for homers by an individual.  Khris Davis, Victor Roache, and Clint Coulter are all tied for the record of 22 homers in a season.

Harrison left the game after retiring the first two batters in the top of the sixth.  He made 68 pitches with 44 strikes in the game and included one web gem of his own with a behind-the-back grab of a grounder up the middle.

Alastre hit Wisconsin’s sixth homer of the game in the bottom of the sixth.  It was his first home run of the season, and first since April 27, 2025 when he was a member of the Carolina Mudcats.  Wisconsin’s new team record is 122 and it will reset every time the Rattlers homer this season.

The Rattlers racked up two more runs in the seventh inning with two outs when the Lansing outfield had trouble with two different flyballs in twilight.   Dickinson scored all the way from first on ball to left that dropped in for a single for Luis Castillo.  Hall doubled on a similar play to allow Castillo to score the tenth run of the night.

The quartet of relievers who concluded the shutout for the Rattlers were Jason Woodward, Bjorn Johnson, Yerlin Rodriguez, and José Meneses.  Woodward got the final out of the sixth.  Johnson, Woodward, and Meneses each worked a scoreless, hitless inning.

Game four of the series is Friday night at Neuroscience Group Field.  Jayden Dubanewicz (2-3, 5.24) is scheduled as the starting pitcher for Wisconsin.  Tucker Novotny (2-2, 5.97) is set to start for the Lugnuts.  Game time is 6:40pm.

Two innings of big offense was all the Casco A's needed to get past the Kewaunee Chiefs on Wednesday with a 10-4 victory. 

The A's jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first inning with a two-run double by Trevor Reinhardt serving as the inning's big blow. The Chiefs offered their first retort in the seventh inning on a RBI groundout by Brett Paulsen, but Reinhardt struck again in the bottom of the frame with a three-run blast to make it 7-1. The A's would score three more times to make 10-1, making a three-run rally in the ninth for the Chiefs far short of what was needed to defeat their Kewaunee County rivals.

For the A's, Colin Lacey, Blake Robillard, and Phil Daniels all had three hits, combining to drive in two of the runs. Owen Deprez and Reinhardt each had two hits, with the latter driving in five runs. Noah Lindsley went the distance for the A's to garner the win, allowing four runs (4 ER) on 12 hits while striking out six.

For the Chiefs, Riley Berg had three hits and one RBI, Alex Rohr had three hits and two runs scored, and Waylon Delain went 2-5 with two RBI. Jackson Walecka took the loss, allowing four runs (4 ER) on six hits and a walk in four innings while striking out five. 

The Algoma Penguins scored at least one run in six consecutive innings as they beat the Two Rivers Polar Bears 16-10 on Wednesday. 

The Penguins piled up extra base hits with Austin Dart clubbing two homers, Brady Kita hitting one, Jack Peterson adding one of his own to go along with his two doubles, and Jacob Massey and Jaden Dillar also hitting doubles. Paired with eight walks drawn, the Penguins had leads of 6-1 and 11-3 before a five-run sixth inning for the Polar Bears added some minor drama. 

Peterson and Dart each went 3-5 with four RBI while Kita, Charlie Prokash, Massey, and Braeden Leist each had two hits. Leist joined Peterson and Dart in having multi-RBI games. Carson Leist earned the win on the mound, allowing three runs (0 ER) on two hits and nine walks while striking out 10 across five innings. Kita and Braeden Leist came in to pitch in relief.