Miscues by the Green Bay Rockers turned a hot day at Capital Credit Union Park into a 16-8 loss to the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters on Sunday afternoon.
After a scoreless first and second inning, the Rafters took advantage of two Rockers errors to score three runs in the third frame. It would be 5-0 before the Rockers started cutting into the Rafters' lead thanks to a two-run single by Nick Harms.
The Rafters would get those runs back and then some in the seventh inning when they tacked on three more runs. The Rockers would make their run at stealing the game from the Rafters in the bottom of the inning with home runs hit by Harms and Payton Mansfield, making it 8-7. As they did earlier in the game, the Rafters would return the favor with six runs in the eighth and two more in the ninth to put the game out of reach. Mateo Mathews homered in the ninth inning to lead a possible rally, but the Rockers were retired in order to snap their winning streak after that.
