The best of the best in two northeast Wisconsin wood bat leagues will meet under the lights of Green Bay's Joannes Park Thursday night when the Door County League All-Stars meets the Shoreland League All-Stars.
Last year, the Shoreland League held onto beat the Door County League 6-4. Door County kicked off the scoring in the bottom of the first when Egg Harbor's Cody Giesseman doubled home Kolberg's Nick LeCaptain to make it 1-0. Trouble struck in the second inning when the Shoreland League sent 11 batters up against Maplewood's Jeremiah Jahnke, scoring five of their six runs in the frame. Door County cut into the lead in the fifth inning thanks to a double steal that brought home Egg Harbor's Corey Fuller and West Jacksonport's Kyle Volkmann singling home Nick Kita to make it 5-3. They would get it to a one-run game in the eighth inning when Washington Island's Ben Geiger drove in his teammate Luke Geiger, only to see Algoma's Austen Dart hurt his DCL counterparts with an RBI single to give the game its final margin.
Since returning to this All-Star format, the two leagues have split their matchups. The Door County League announced their lineup earlier this month while the Shoreland League has not released theirs as of Thursday morning.
Tim Kowols will have the call on 105.1 The GOAT, 1051TheGOAT.com, and NEWRadioSportsNetwork.com beginning at 7:15 p.m. with the pregame show followed by the first pitch from historic Joannes Field at 7:30 p.m.
