The Green Bay Rockers etched their names into the Northwoods League record books on Thursday night as a part of their 11-6 win over the Kenosha Kingfish.
Things did not look good early as the Kingfish put up two runs in the second inning and four more in the third to stake themselves to a 6-0 lead. The Rockers would strike back in the fourth inning, scoring four times thanks to RBI hits from Mateo Matthews, Lane Allen, and Blade Carver.
History would come in the sixth inning when the Rockers pushed across seven runs to take the lead for good from the Kingfish. Matthews' solo shot represented the 77th home run of the season for the Rockers, which broke the record for the most home runs hit by a team in a season. The actual biggest blow of the inning came off the bat of Sam Miller drove in three on a bases-clearing double.
Benje Hencke earned the win for the Rockers, pitching 4 1/3 innings of scoreless baseball, walking three but striking out four Kingfish players while scattering just one hit.
