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.

Wande Torres is on a tear for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers.  He made his third straight outstanding start and left the game with a 2-0 lead after seven innings.  The Beloit Sky Carp tied the game in the eighth, watched Wisconsin go back in front, and loaded the bases with no outs only to fall short as Wisconsin held on for a 6-4 win.

The Timber Rattlers (47-32 overall, 13-4 second half) took the lead with two runs in the bottom of the fifth.  Luis Peña started the rally with a one-out double.  Eric Bitonti drove in Peña with another double.  Marco Dinges followed with an RBI single for the 2-0 lead.

Those were Wisconsin’s only runs off Beloit starting pitcher Carson Laws, who struck out eight and walked two over six innings.  Those two runs looked like they would be all the Rattlers would need thanks to the gem put up by Torres.

The Rattlers left-hander allowed one hit, walked none, and struck out eight over seven innings.  The only other base runner he allowed was on an error he made on a throw to first.  That runner was erased on a 4-6-3 double play on the next pitch.

Torres made 77 pitches with 60 strikes.  In his last three starts, Torres has three quality starts, allowing two earned runs with two walks and 21 strikeouts in twenty innings. 

However, Beloit (38-44, 11-6) rallied in the eighth inning to deny him the win.  Jason Woodward gave up a lead-off single and a double to put the tying runs in scoring position.  Wilson Weber blooped a single to right to score both runners to tie the game.

Woodward got the next two outs but had to leave the game when Carter Johnson lined a single off Woodward’s neck to put runners at the corners.  José Meneses had to come in from the bullpen to get the final out and he got it when Dillon Head lined out to center.

Wisconsin took the lead and appeared to but the game away with a four-run bottom of the eighth.

Yannic Walter started the rally with a double to the corner in left against Beloit reliever Justin Storm.  Braylon Payne singled to center to score Walther with the go-ahead run.  Payne stole second and was still there with two outs.  Dinges came through with another RBI single for a 4-2 lead and to chase Storm.

Daniel Dickinson greeted Juan Reynoso to the mound with his fourth home run of the season.  This homer gave the Rattlers a 6-2 lead and brought them within three outs of a two-game lead in the division over the Sky Carp.  It was not as easy as that.

Meneses walked the first three batters he faced to load the bases and bring the tying run to the plate.  He got the first out with a strikeout.  Then, Weber reached on an infield single to knock in his third run of the game.  Cam Clayton’s popup to right dropped for a single to score another run.  Suddenly, the Sky Carp were only down two runs with the bases still loaded on only one out.

Head hit a grounder up the middle that Meneses somehow stopped between his legs. The ball got away from him and rolled back towards the plate.  He was able to get to the ball and throw to the plate to get the force play for the second out. 

The final out came on a called third strike to Johnson to send the Rattlers to the win.

Dickinson has homered in two straight games and give Wisconsin 106 homers this season.  The franchise record for home runs in a season is 117 by the 2021 squad.

Wisconsin has hit a new high-water mark on the season at fifteen games over .500.

Game four of the series is Friday night at Neuroscience Group Field.  Jayden Dubanewicz (2-1, 2.95) is the scheduled starting pitcher for Wisconsin.  Joey Volini (0-1, 4.50) is set to start for the Sky Carp.  Game time is 6:40pm.

Green Bay Phoenix men's basketball fans can start filling in their calendar after head coach Doug Gottlieb announced some of its 2026-2027 schedule during a radio interview on Wednesday.

Appearing on WNFL's Inside Wisconsin show, Gottlieb discussed his scheduling philosophy where he tries to schedule two road games a trip to limit the wear and tear of travel while playing teams he feels his can compete with. As a result, the Phoenix will play at St. Thomas in Minnesota on November 8th before heading south to battle Northern Iowa on November 10th. A week later, the Phoenix will travel to the Sunshine State to face West Florida on 11/17 and Florida State on 11/20.

Gottlieb also confirmed that its home-and-home exhibitions with Wisconsin are officials with the Badgers coming to the Resch Center on October 15th. He also teased other exhibition announcements are on the way in the coming weeks.

The Green Bay Rockers had two players on the bench for Wednesday's Northwoods League All-Star Game on Wednesday in Dyersville, Iowa, a matchup that went in favor of Great Lakes 4-2.

Eli Selga went 1-2 on the night, getting an one out single in the second inning. Pitcher Holden Harris did not appear in the game. 

The Green Bay Rockers return to action this weekend with a four-game homestand that will feature the Minnesota Mud Puppies on Friday and Saturday and a twinbill on Sunday against the Wausau Woodchucks.

Eric Bitonti had been quiet over the last few days…too quiet and that was bad news for the Beloit Sky Carp.  The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers infielder bashed two homers, drove in three runs, and scored four runs in the Rattlers 14-4 victory over the Sky Carp on Wednesday afternoon at Neuroscience Group Field.

The Timber Rattlers (46-32 overall, 12-4 second half) wasted little time to take the lead.  Marco Dinges started the bottom of the first with a single.  Bitonti followed with a homer to left for the 2-0 advantage.  Bitonti had been 1-for-13 with a single and seven strikeouts in his last three games before that blast.

Beloit (38-43, 11-5) got a run in the top of the third.  Colby Shade doubled to start the inning but was a third with two outs and a 1-2 count on Starlyn Caba.  Wisconsin starting pitcher Daniel Corniel threw a wild pitch on the next offering to allow Shade to score.

Shade and the Sky Carp manufactured the tying run in the top of the fifth against reliever Tanner Perry.  Shade singled and stole second.  Cam Clayton moved Shade to third with a grounder to the right side of the infield.  Abrahan Ramirez drove in Shade with an RBI grounder to even the score.

Beloit took the lead in the sixth inning.  Dillon Head walked and Carter Johnson doubled to put runners on second and third with no outs.  Carlos Sanchez sent a flyball to left that was deep enough to score Head with the go-ahead run.

The Timber Rattlers responded immediately after the stretch.  Bitonti and Daniel Dickinson singled to start the inning.  Tayden Hall ripped a single to right that was missed by Jacob Jenkins-Cowart.  Hall wound up Bitonti and Dickinson raced around to score and put the Rattlers back in front 4-3.

That was just the start.

Tyler Rodriguez ripped an RBI double to left and Daniel Guilarte served an RBI triple down the line in right.  Guilarte would score on a wild pitch for a 7-3 lead.

In the bottom of the seventh, Bitonti cracked a lead-off homer.  He has fourteen homers this season, with five of them in sixteen games during the second half of the season. 


Hall launched a solo homer with one out in the seventh to pad the lead.

The Rattlers put the game away with five more runs in the eighth.  Blayberg Diaz scored the first run of the inning on a wild pitch.  Dickinson homered to center, a three-run shot and Wisconsin’s fourth home run of the game, to make it 13-3.  Guilarte added a sacrifice fly for the final run of the game.

The Timber Rattlers have hit 105 home runs in 78 games this season.  The franchise record for homers in a season was set by the 2021 Rattlers, who hit 117 home runs in 119 games.

Perry pitched a scoreless seventh and a scoreless eighth as he settled down with the big lead.  Yerlin Rodriguez pitched the ninth and gave up a two-out RBI double to Ramirez before getting the final out of the game.

Wisconsin’s win put them back in first place in the second half West Division standings by one game over the second place Sky Carp.

Game three of the series is Thursday night at Neuroscience Group Field.  Wande Torres (6-5, 4.90) has been named as the starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers.  Carson Laws (1-5, 6.96) is set to start for the Sky Carp.  Game time is 6:40pm.

The Milwaukee Brewers have announced Josiah Ragsdale and Josh Knoth as their Player of the Month and Pitcher of the Month for June.  Knoth pitched all month for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers while Ragsdale was promoted to Biloxi on June 30.

Ragsdale, the #30 prospect in the Milwaukee system according to MLB Pipeline, is the Minor League Player of the Month for the Brewers.  He was 28-for-67 (.418) with twelve walks, four homers, nine doubles, fourteen RBI, and 25 runs scored with seven stolen bases in seventeen games played in June.  Ragsdale finished his time in Wisconsin by winning the Midwest League Player of the Week award on June 29 and on a 32-game on-base streak during which he compiled a 1.088 OP and scored 37 runs.  The Brewers selected Ragsdale in the seventh round of the 2025 draft out of Boston College.

Knoth, Milwaukee’s #22 prospect according to MLB Pipeline, missed the 2025 season with an injury.  He began his 2026 season rehabbing in the Arizona Complex League before joining Wisconsin on May 21.  Knoth was 2-0 in five starts during June.  He allowed nine runs, walked five, and struck out 20 over 21-2/3 innings pitched during June.  The Timber Rattlers went 4-1 in his five starts last month.

Andrew Fischer and Braylon Owens were named the Brewers Player and Pitcher of the Month for May when they were Timber Rattlers.  Both have since been promoted to the Biloxi Shuckers, Milwaukee’s Double-A affiliate in the Southern League.

 Tuesday night at Neuroscience Group Field was an early battle between the top two teams in the second half West Division standings.  Round one of the six-game set went to the visitors as the Beloit Sky Carp defeated the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 7-2.

Beloit (38-42 overall, 11-4 second half) took the lead in the top of the second inning on a two-out, two-run home run by Jacob Jenkins-Cowart.

The Rattlers (45-32, 11-4) were held off the scoreboard by Sky Carp starting pitcher Nate Payne for five innings and in the sixth by reliever Cannon Pickell.

The Sky Carp added to their lead in the top of the seventh.  Wilfredo Lara hit a lead-off home run off Quinton Low for a 3-0 lead.  Low would walk Starlyn Caba with one out.  Caba would steal second and third.  He was still at third with two outs when Low uncorked a wild pitch on ball four to Dillon Head to allow Caba to score.

Head would get a free trip to second when reliever Michael Fowler had an errant pickoff throw to first.  An error by Luis Peña on a grounder to short that should have ended the inning allowed the Sky Carp to have runners at first and third.  Fowler threw a wild pitch to let Head score before he could record the final out of the inning.

Wisconsin staged a two-out rally in the bottom of the seventh against Chase Renner, the third Beloit pitcher of the game.  Tyler Rodriguez walked, Daniel Guilarte had a ground rule double, and a wild pitch by Renner let Rodriguez score.  Another walk to Yannic Walther got the inning around to Peña, who singled sharply to left to score Guilarte.  Renner had to face Marco Dinges, the potential tying run, and retired him on a grounder to second.

The Rattlers also got the tying run to the plate with two outs in the bottom of the eighth after consecutive two-out walks by Luis De La Cruz.  He also escaped the frame by getting Rodriguez to ground into a force play at second.

Beloit put the game out of reach in the top of the ninth with two more runs off Garrett Hodges.  Head had an RBI double with two-outs for his fourth hit of the game.  Abrahan Ramirez followed with a single to score Head.  The Rattlers got a lead-off walk in the bottom of the ninth, but that was it for them.

Sky Carp pitchers walked eight Rattlers in the game but held Wisconsin to 1-for-9 with runners in scoring position on the evening.  They also struck out twelve Rattlers in the game.

Wisconsin and Beloit are tied at the top of the West Division second half standings.  Both are 11-4.  They will play each other seventeen more times in the second half of the season.

Game two of the series is Wednesday afternoon at Neuroscience Group Field.  Daniel Corniel (0-1, 1.93) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers.  Aiden May (3-1, 3.40) is set to start for the Sky Carp.  Game time is 12:10pm.

The Ahnapee Trailblazers split a pair of games over the past week, falling to Bonduel before bouncing back with a dramatic extra-inning victory over Manitowoc.

Ahnapee dropped a 3-2 decision to Bonduel on July 2 at Memorial Field in Sturgeon Bay.

The Trailblazers responded on Sunday at Perry Field in Algoma, edging Manitowoc 2-1 in eight innings. With the bases loaded and the score tied 1-1 in the bottom of the eighth, Jack Higginbotham lined a walk-off single up the middle to score Jonah Dahms with the winning run. Dahms and Higginbotham each drove in a run, while Aaron Brey paced the offense by going 3-for-3 with a walk. Higginbotham added two hits and a walk. The pitching staff dominated, allowing just two hits and two walks while striking out 13. Siggy Hansen earned the win with three hitless innings and seven strikeouts in relief.

The Trailblazers travel to Bayport on July 9 before visiting Bonduel on July 11.

The Green Bay Phoenix women's basketball team will certainly be tested come the conference season after signing on for their latest home-and-home series against a high major opponent.

The program announced on Tuesday that it welcome the SEC's Texas to the Kress Events Center on November 18th before traveling to Austin for the 2027-2028 season.

The Phoenix previously announced home-and-home series with Duke and Utah, though this is the first that will begin with a home game at the Kress Events Center.

Here's a look at your Shoreland League leaders as of July 1st.

PITCHING

Noah Lindsley (2-0, 0.00 ERA, 14.2 IP, 22 K, 1 no hitter) Casco A's

Joe Anderson (2-0, 0.00 ERA, 12 IP, 22 K, 1 shut out) Kewaunee Chiefs

Gavin Rusch (2-0, 3.00 ERA, 15 IP, 25 K, 1 shut out) Denmark Devilbears Baseball

Logan Paplham (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 10 IP, 13 K) Denmark Devilbears Baseball

Owen Deprez (1-0, 10 IP, 1.00 ERA, 18 K) Casco A's

HITTING

Hayden Konkol (.355 AVG, 11/31, 3 2B, 2 HR, 14 RBI) Denmark Devilbears Baseball

Carter Stebane (.417 AVG, 10/24, 3 2B, 7 RBI) Denmark Devilbears Baseball

Jacob Kleeman (.409 AVG, 9/22, 3 2B, 2 RBI) Denmark Devilbears Baseball

Brett Paulsen (.429 AVG, 6/14, 1 2B, 4 RBI) Kewaunee Chiefs

Joe Anderson (.462 AVG, 6/13, 3 RBI) Kewaunee Chiefs

STANDINGS AS OF 7/7

4-0 Kewaunee Chiefs

7-1 Denmark Devilbears Baseball

4-1 Casco A's

1-3 Two Rivers Polar Bears

1-4 Manitowoc White Caps

0-3 Ashwaubenon Lookouts Baseball Team

0-5 Algoma Guins

Trevor Reinhardt's walk-off two-run homer was the difference in a 4-2 Casco A's win over the Ashwaubenon Lookouts on Monday night.

It was Reinhardt's third hit of the evening that helped the A's capture the win where they traded runs with the Lookouts all night long. After the Lookouts struck first in the fourth inning with a solo shot, Owen Deprez matched it with his own home run in the fifth inning. The A's had to rally from behind again after Randall Von Haden's second homer with Garrett Foth singling in a run in the eighth, setting the stage for Reinhardt's heroics in the ninth. 

Foth and Reinhardt each had three hits while Deprez had two knocks to account for all four RBI. Deprez earned the win on the mound, pitching the final two innings and racking up five strikeouts. Before Deprez, Colin Lacey had allowed two runs (2 ER) on five hits and three walks while striking out 13.

Two Kewaunee County rivals will battle tonight when the Kewaunee Chiefs travel north to battle the Algoma Penguins.

On a sun-splashed Independence Day Weekend Sunday, the Sister Bay Bays were looking to dig out of their slump and find a way back into the win column. Set to face an Egg Harbor team whose past few weeks have been a struggle, a couple of changes in the batting order could have been just the trick. 

After Sam Forkert sat down two of the first three outs of the game by way of a strikeout, it was obvious the 34-year-old left-hander had his A stuff. Sister Bay would see those lineup changes come to fruition early on, as new leadoff batter Tom Sawyer would reach base, followed by a handful of singles into a 1-0 lead. Griffin Cole, who dropped a spot in the order, would expand the lead with a 2-RBI double. Egg Harbor's starting pitcher, Drake Olsen, would be plagued by issues in the field all day from the Indians' defense, and would have 3 of the four runs scored in the first inning be ruled as earned. 

Forkert would respond to the early run support in the next top half of the inning by delivering back-to-back strikeouts of Drew Price and Brody Kollath. Forkert would cruise through the top half of the innings for the majority of the afternoon, showcasing the Sam Forkert of old, one of the best days the left-hander has had thus far this season. One thing of note, however, was that the veteran was not present in the batting order for Sister Bay. 

The Bays would tack on more runs in the third inning as well, as Alex Laughlin and Griffin Cole would start the inning off with back-to-back singles. An error by Price of Egg Harbor out in left field would result in the bases becoming loaded. Branden Krause would ground back to the pitcher, and Rylan Caldecott would strike out looking, and Drake Olsen would be an out away from escaping the jam. However, he would walk Tom Sawyer and allow consecutive singles to Stew Larsen and Spencer Krause for RBIs, and it would be 7-0 after 3 innings for a Sister Bay offense that was desperate for runs. 

Offenses would go silent after the third, as Olsen would settle in for a final inning in the fourth, as his afternoon would end after four innings and five earned runs. Sam Forkert would be clean for Sister Bay until the sixth inning, when third baseman Alec Danen would single for his second time today, and Cody Giesseman would step up for the Indians. In his first two at-bats, Giesseman was fooled off-speed by Forkert. Not this one, however, as Giesseman sent a 2-2 offering deep into left-center field and over the wall for a monster shot to cut the lead to 7-2. 

That score is how it would end for both sides, as Sam Forkert would stretch out til the eighth inning and Matt Hecht would come on for the ninth to slam the door and give Sister Bay a much-needed win. Sam Forkert would go 8 innings, allowing 7 hits, 2 earned runs, and 10 strikeouts in a win. 

Next week Sister Bay, who moved to 6-2, will head to Institute to take on the winless Cubs after Institute fell to Maplewood 16-0. Egg Harbor, falling to 2-6, will match up with Maplewood, which has won three of its last four. 

Baileys Harbor and West Jacksonport each had nine hits, but it was clutch hits and three errors that helped the A's get past the Ports 9-4 on Sunday.

The A's and Ports were tied at one when the A's scored five runs in the third inning, highlighted by a go-ahead single from Owen Dannhausen. Trailing 7-1, the Ports scored twice in the fifth inning and one more time in the seventh before the A's answered with two more runs to cap off the scoring.

For the A's, Dannhausen led the way with three hits and two RBI while Bryce Plzak had two hits and Gavin Blink and Isaac Baudhuin each had at least two RBI. Aaron Brey earned the win on the mound, allowing four runs (4 ER) on nine hits and a walk while striking out five across seven innings of work.

For the Ports, Peyton Kuehn went 4-5 with two doubles as he drove in three runs while Luke Steebs went 3-4 with a double. Drew Tanck drove in the other runs for the Ports. Kuehn took the loss on the mound, allowing seven runs (3 ER) on five hits and five walks while striking out five. 

The Maplewood Mets scored at least four runs in three different innings as they went on to beat the Institute Cubs 16-0 in eight innings. 

There was no scoring until the third inning when the Mets scored four times with doubles from Adam Gutschow and Kordell Draves doing the damage. They scored six more times in the third inning with Noah Wagner's three-run homer and another Draves' double proving to be the big blows. The Mets had one more big inning in them as they scored five times in the seventh inning.

For the Mets, Jaden Diller, Draves, Wagner, and Gavin Brady all had two hits. Wagner, Gustschow, and Draves all posted multi-RBI games. Tory Jandrin earned the win on the mound, allowing six hits and a walk across five shutout innings.

For the Cubs, 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.

A seven-run second inning proved to be enough for the Washington Island Islanders to deal the Kolberg Braves their first loss of the season in an 8-5 win.

The rally came after the Braves scored two runs in their half of the frame courtesy of Devin Schinktgen and Braeden Leist. The Islanders cashed in on a pair of errors and two walks as Cam Munao, Ben Johnson, and Ray McDonald all had run-scoring hits in the inning that saw 12 batters come to the plate. The Braves got two runs back in the fourth and one more in the seventh, but the Islanders' tally in the sixth inning proved to be enough insurance to hold off their visitors.

For the Islanders, Ben Geiger had three hits while McDonald, Matt Foss, and Munao all had two hits in the win. Foss had two of the team's eight RBI with Ben Johnson, Luke Geiger,  Ben Geiger, McDonald, Munao, and Ryan Jorgenson also driving in runs. Jorgenson earned the win, allowing four runs (2 ER) on seven hits and a walk across five innings.

For the Braves, Jack Peterson and Tyler Neinas each had two hits while Schinktgen accumulated three of his own. Peterson, Schinktgen, and Leist all tallied RBI in the loss. Jake Schneider was the losing pitcher after he gave up seven runs (0 ER) on three hits and two walks across 1.1 innings of work.

The Green Bay Rockers will have until Friday to sort out its issues this month after its fifth straight loss on Sunday, this time a 4-2 decision to the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders.

The Rockers opened the scoring with a Coleman Lewis RBI single before the Dock Spiders answered with two runs in their half of the first inning and another tally in the second inning. It was 4-1 in the seventh inning before the Rockers scored again on a Stefan Di Corrado RBI single. They had the tying run at the plate in the seventh and ninth innings only for the Rockers to be retired and sent to the loss column for the fifth time in six tries.

Di Corrado and Aidan Kuni each had two hits with Lewis accounting for the only other hit. Eddy Eveland took the loss, allowing four runs (4 ER) on 10 hits and two walks while striking out three across six innings.

The Rockers are off until Friday when they host a pair of games against the Minnesota Mud Puppies.

Trevon Alexander's one-yard touchdown with three minutes left in the game proved to be enough to help the Green Bay Blizzard sneak past the Orlando Pirates 52-50 on Sunday.

The game looked like it was going to be another walk in the park for the Blizzard after outscoring the Pirates 14-10 in the first quarter and taking a 35-23 halftime lead into the locker room. The Pirates came out of the break with a flurry of points, closing the third quarter with two consecutive touchdowns to take a 43-42 lead into the final quarter. The two teams traded scores in the fourth quarter with the Alexander touchdown proving to be the difference.

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.

The Blizzard are back in action on Saturday when they play in Des Moines against the Iowa Barnstormers.

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers bounced back from a 2-0 shutout at the hands of the Peoria Chiefs on Saturday night to Dozer Park to shut out the Chiefs 4-0 on Sunday afternoon.  Wisconsin broke open the scoreless game late as five Rattlers pitchers held Peoria to three hits.

Both teams had opportunities to score in the second inning. 

Daniel Dickinson singled and Tayden Hall walked to start the Rattler half of the inning.  They pulled a double steal to get into scoring position.  Jacob Odle, the Peoria starting pitcher, stranded both runners by retiring the next three batters on a strikeout, a popup, and a flyout.

Cade McGee doubled to start the bottom of the second for the Chiefs (38-42 overall, 6-8 second half).  Josh Knoth, the Rattlers starter, struck out the next three batters to keep the game scoreless.

Wisconsin (45-31, 11-3) broke through on the scoreboard in the top of the seventh.  Tyler Rodriguez singled and Luiyin Alastre was hit by a pitch.  Yannic Walther dropped a sacrifice bunt to move both runners into scoring position.  Luis Peña hit a deep line drive to right.  Jesús Suárez made a great leaping catch to take extra bases away from Peña.  However, Rodriguez was able to tag and score easily from third on the sacrifice fly.

Hall was at third with two outs in the top of the eighth.  Wisconsin hitters were 0-for-11 with runners in scoring position to that point of the game.  Luis Castillo, who stepped into the box to face Dominic Freeberger, was 0-for-3 with three strikeouts and had stranded five runners to that point of the game.  Castillo delivered a ringing double to the gap in right-center on a 1-1 pitch to score Hall for an insurance run.

Rodriguez was next.  He launched a two-run home run, his first Midwest League homer, to left field and the Rattlers were up 4-0.

That was plenty for the Wisconsin pitchers.  Knoth, Jason Woodward, Peyton Niksch, Jose Meneses, and Yerlin Rodriguez combined to hold the Chiefs to three hits.  They issued two walks and struck out eleven in the game.  Niksch allowed one hit and struck out three over three scoreless innings to earn the win.  Menese worked the seventh and eighth perfectly with three strikeouts.  Rodriguez issued a lead-off walk in the ninth, but ended the game with a lineup and a 5-4-3 double play.

The Timber Rattlers are off on Monday.  They return to action on Tuesday with game one of a series against the Beloit Sky Carp at Neuroscience Group Field.  The Timber Rattlers are the top team in the West Division second half standings.  The Sky Carp are right behind the Rattlers in second place.  Tuesday is the first of eighteen second half meetings between the in-state rivals.  Game time is 6:40pm.

July has not been kind to the Green Bay Rockers as they lost their fourth game in five tries on Saturday, falling to Fond du Lac 8-4 in a sunsplashed matinee.

The two teams traded single tallies early, but the Dock Spiders scored three runs in the third and sixth innings to take a commanding 7-1 lead. It was 8-1 when the Rockers finally fought back with three runs in the eighth inning thanks to an Aidan Kuni home run and run-scoring plays off the bats of Eli Selga and Alejandro Covas.

Selga and David Ballenilla paced the Rockers with two hits apiece while Kuni and Covas had the only RBI. Isaac Gammel took the loss, allowing three runs (3 ER) on two hits and two walks in one inning of work.

The loss followed a three-game sweep at the hands of the Lakeshore Chinooks, including dropping both ends of an Independence Eve doubleheader 6-5 and 9-3.

The Rockers will make their trip to Fond du Lac on Sunday for a 1:05 p.m. first pitch.

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers got another strong start from Jayden Dubanewicz, but the offense was shut down by Leonel Sequera and three Peoria Chiefs relievers on Saturday night at Dozer Park.  The Chiefs topped the Rattlers 2-0.

Peoria (38-41 overall, 6-7 second half) took the lead in the bottom of the second inning.  Ian Petrutz singled, stole second, and went to third on a balk by Dubanewicz.  Cameron Nickens drove in Petrutz with a one-out single.  Wisconsin had scored first in the first four games of the series.

The Timber Rattlers (44-31, 10-3) scuffled against Sequera.  He allowed three hits, walked two, and struck out five over six scoreless innings. Sequera retired the final ten batters he faced.

Dubanewicz worked through the sixth inning for Wisconsin.  He didn’t allow another run after the second.  Dubanewicz earned his first professional quality start as he allowed one run on six hits with two walks and five strikeouts.  In four starts as a Rattler, he has allowed seven runs, walked five, and struck out 21 over 21-1/3 innings.  Dubanewicz set a professional single-game for innings pitched with his start on Saturday.

Wisconsin loaded the bases against Jose Davila in the seventh inning and got a lead-off walk issued by Christian Worley in the eighth but could not score.

The Chiefs scored a run without a hit in the bottom of the seventh.  Reliever Quinton Low walked Nickens to start the inning.  Low would throw three wild pitches to allow Nickens to work his way around the bases to score the insurance run.

In the top of the ninth, Patrick Galle, Peoria’s fourth pitcher of the game, issued another lead-off walk.  Galle stranded the runner at first with two strikeouts and a popout to end the game and pick up his fourth save of the season.

Juan Baez had two of Wisconsin’s hits.  Wisconsin went 0-for-6 with runners in scoring position and left eight runners on base in the game.

This was the fourth time Wisconsin has been shutout this season.  Peoria has shut out the Rattlers twice this season.

The Rattlers have a 3-2 lead in the series.  Peoria needs a win on Sunday to split the series.  A Rattlers win on Sunday means a series victory over the Chiefs.

The series finale at Dozer Park features Josh Knoth (2-0, 3.38) as the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers.  The Chiefs are scheduled to send Jacob Odle to the mound.  Game time is 2:05pm CDT.

The Door County Baseball League caps off the holiday weekend with four games on Sunday, including Egg Harbor visiting Sister Bay on 105.1 The GOAT.

The Bays dropped their last game to Baileys Harbor, 5-4, for their second straight loss. Sam Forkert pitched six innings, allowing five hits and two runs while striking out two. Sawyer Johnson had three hits, while Alex Laughlin and Stew Larsen each added two.

The Indians lost to Washington Island, 18-6, in their last game. Drew Olsen took the loss after allowing eight runs, three earned, on six hits and three walks over 2 1/3 innings. Nick Kita and Drew Price each had two hits, with Kita also driving in two runs.

Gary Barta will have the call on 105.1 The GOAT beginning at 1:15 p.m., followed by first pitch at 1:30 p.m. The other holiday weekend games feature Washington Island hosting Kolberg, West Jacksonport traveling to Baileys Harbor, and Maplewood welcoming Institute.

The Green Bay Blizzard will end their 2026 season with three straight road games beginning on Sunday when they travel to Orlando to take on the Pirates.

The Blizzard closed out their home schedule in dominant fashion Saturday afternoon on Military Appreciation Night, dismantling the Fishers Freight 83-50 to go a perfect 8-0 at home this season and improve to 11-2 on the year. Kairee Robinson was the story. The running back found the endzone five times on the ground and was virtually unstoppable all afternoon, finishing with 119 rushing yards. Liam Thompson was efficient as ever, operating the offense like a field general and adding two rushing touchdowns of his own. Cole Stenstrom came on late and punched in two more scores to pile it on. Green Bay rushed for 168 yards as a team and turned the ball over zero times.

Kickoff is set for 6:30 p.m.

The Green Bay Gamblers received more postseason awards on Thursday, this time going to President Jeff Mitchell. 

He was named the Dave Tyler United States Hockey League (USHL) Executive of the Year for the 2025-26 season and for his contributions to the Gamblers organization. He also served as the Chair of the League’s Business Development Committee and served on the Scheduling Committee. 

According to the Gamblers, Green Bay donated more than $100,000 to local youth sports, charities and other organizations in its community that focus on the family, as well as $150,000 to the fourth rink project at the local Cornerstone Community Center, home of the 2026 USHL Combines. 

During the 2025-26 season, the Gamblers ranked third in USHL attendance (3,840) and drew more than 115,000 total fans to the Resch Center. With theme nights ranging from Harry Potter to Heavy Metal, the Gamblers gave their fans a taste of every flavor. The team realized its best attendance in January and February, led by the Wiener Dog Races, which drew more than 8,000 fans to a game against the Youngstown Phantoms.

A combined 29 runs and 30 hits went against the Green Bay Rockers on Thursday night as they fell 15-14 to the Lakeshore Chinooks.

The Rockers scored five runs in the first and sixth innings and another three runs in the seventh to take a 14-6 lead into the final frames. The Chinooks narrowed the deficit in the eighth inning by pushing across six runs thanks in part to five hits and two hit-by-pitches with the bases loaded. The Chinooks took the lead in the ninth inning with three runs, two of which scored on an error.

David Ballenilla and Eli Selga each had three hits with a homer among them as they combined to drive in seven runs. JT Starkus also homered in the game while Dom Bello and Alejandro Covas each had two hits. Dylan Mulcahy took the loss, allowing three runs (1 ER) on three hits and a walk while striking out three.

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers had a rough night at Dozer Park on Thursday in a 6-2 loss to the Peoria Chiefs.  Wisconsin committed two errors, allowed three two-out runners, and struggled to get anything going in the middle of the contest.

Tayden Hall gave the Timber Rattlers (43-30 overall, 9-2 second half) the lead in the bottom of the first.  Hall lined a double to right with the bases loaded and two outs.  Two runs scored on the play for a 2-0 lead.  Wisconsin had a chance to add more in the inning and maybe knock Peoria starting pitcher Ty Van Dyke out of the game.  Van Dyke was at 24 pitches in the inning, and the Chiefs had Gerardo Salas warming in the bullpen.  However, catcher Sammy Hernandez picked a Rattler off third for the final out after the 25th pitch of the inning to stop Wisconsin.
 

The Chiefs (37-40, 5-6) tied the game in the bottom of the first.  José Suárez doubled to start the inning.  He was at third with one out when Jalin Flores knocked him in with a sacrifice fly.  Josh Kross kept the inning alive with a two-out double.  Hernandez tied the game with a bloop single to right to score Kross.

Peoria took the lead in the bottom of the fourth.  Hernandez singled, stole second, and went to third on an error.  Anyelo Encarnaci?n got Hernandez home for an unearned run with a sacrifice fly to center.

Wisconsin’s bats went cool after the first inning.  Tyler Rodriguez had a one out single in the second inning.  Van Dyke retired the next eleven Rattlers in a row.  Nate Dohm entered the game in the top of the sixth and set down the side in order to run that streak to fourteen in a row.

A lead-off walk and an error lead to another Peoria run in the sixth inning.  Chandler Welch walked Kross to start the inning.  Encarnacion doubled to left with one out.  Tyler Rodriguez had trouble picking up the ball and that was enough for Kross to race home with an insurance run for the Chiefs for a 4-2 lead.

Hall broke the string of consecutive Rattlers retired at fifteen with a one-out single in the seventh, but he was left stranded.

Peoria added another run in the seventh.  Suárez doubled with one out.  Flores singled with two outs to send Suárez home for a 5-2 lead.

Blayberg Diaz singled to start the top of the eighth inning against Dohm.  The rally never advanced beyond that because Luiyin Alastre hit a line drive that was ticketed for the corner in right, but that line drive wound up in the glove of first baseman Josh Kross, who made a leaping grab and stepped on first for an unassisted double play. 

Yerlin Rodriguez, who got the final out of the bottom of the seventh for Welch, tried to hold off the Chiefs in the ninth.  However, he gave up three straight two-out singles to Jose Cordoba, Suárez, and Jack Gurevitch.  The single by Gurevitch got Cordoba across the plate for Peoria’s sixth run of the night.

Dohm walked Daniel Dickinson and Hall in the ninth to give the Rattlers a faint glimmer of hope.  Then, Bobby Olsen snatched it away by relieving Dohm and recording consecutive strikeouts to close out the game.

Wisconsin had four at bats with runners in scoring position.  Two in the first inning and two in the ninth inning.

The loss snapped Wisconsin’s brief three-game winning streak.  It was also their first road loss of the season half.

Game four of the series is Friday night at Dozer Park.  Wande Torres (5-5, 5.29) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers.  Tanner Franklin (2-2, 4.96) has been named as the starter for the Chiefs.  Game time is 7:05pm. 

The Green Bay Gamblers did not win the championship this season, but the United States Hockey League still named them the league's top organization.

The Gamblers were named Organization of the Year this week, marking the third time they have received the honor. They previously won the award in the 1995-96 season and again during the Tier I era in 2011-12.

They were recognized for their efforts on the ice — posting a 38-18-4-2 record, their best since the 2011-12 season, and tying for the league's best home winning percentage — and off the ice, where their Dash for Cash game won the 2026 Clarky Award for Ticketing Initiative of the Year.

The Gamblers also saw Zach Wooten (WPG), Landon Hafele (WPG) and Henriquez (BOS) selected in the recent NHL Draft, along with Gamblers alum and Dartmouth freshman Cooper Cleaves (MTL).

"Congratulations to the Green Bay Gamblers on being named the USHL Organization of the Year for the 2025-26 season," said Glenn Hefferan, USHL president and commissioner. "This recognition reflects the vision and work led by ownership in Brendan Bruss and the PMI Entertainment Group, and Team President Jeff Mitchell, and rewards the hard work from the entire hockey staff, business staff and players, led by Head Coach and General Manager Pat McCadden and Director of Business Greg Lynch. The Gamblers had an outstanding season and continue to set the bar for excellence in our league. We are proud to celebrate this deserved award with them."

Eli Selga's walk-off three-run homer capped a comeback victory Wednesday as the Green Bay Rockers beat the La Crosse Loggers 9-6.

Things could not have gone much worse for the Rockers to start the game as they gave up four runs in the first inning. Three innings later, the Rockers had flipped the script with three runs in the second inning and single tallies in each of the next two innings to take a 5-4 lead.

The ninth-inning heroics were needed after the Rockers surrendered two runs in the seventh, but a wild pitch and Selga's homer in the ninth sent the crowd home happy. Coleman Lewis had a strong day at the plate with three hits, while David Ballenilla and Selga each hit home runs. Dom Bello joined Selga with a multi-RBI game.

Jayden Martin earned the win for the Rockers, allowing one hit over two scoreless innings while striking out two. The Rockers will play their next three games against the Lakeshore Chinooks, with Thursday's contest being the lone home game.

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers formula remained simple in Wednesday’s 7-3 win over the Peoria Chiefs at Dozer Park.  Get a fast start from the offense, a solid start from their pitcher, key defensive plays when needed, and a few big pitches from their bullpen.  They even added to the mix with unexpected contributions from the latest player added from the Wilson Warbirds.

Yannic Walther, the newest Timber Rattler jumped into the lineup and gave Wisconsin (43-29 overall, 9-1 second half) the lead in his first at bat.  Walther, who was called up to Wisconsin from the Carolina League by the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday, got the start behind the plate on Wednesday.  He cranked a lead-off homer to center in the top of the third.  That was just the start of his evening.

Daniel Dickinson doubled the lead with a one-out, solo homer to the berm in left-center later in the inning.

Wisconsin doubled their lead again in the third inning with two more runs.  Daniel Guilarte tripled off the wall in center to start the frame.  Luiyin Alastre singled to knock in Guilarte.  Walther drew a walk with two outs and none on to extend the inning to Braylon Payne, who promptly extended his hitting streak to thirteen games with a double to center that scored Walther from first for a 4-0 advantage.

Luis Castillo crushed a lead-off homer to right, his eighth home run of the season, in the fifth to pad the lead.

In the sixth, Walther was at the plate with Tyler Rodriguez at third.  Walther punched a single through the right side of the infield to get Rodriguez home for a 6-0 lead.

Starting pitcher Ethan Dorchies was in command through the first five innings.  He allowed two hits and one other base runner on an error, but he had faced one over the minimum thanks to a pair of double plays turned by his infield.

Peoria (36-40, 4-6) got to the Rattler right-hander in the sixth.  A single and a walk to the eight and nine hitters in the order set up the inning.  Dorchies got the first out on a strikeout.  Then, Jack Gurevitch singled to score a run.  The throw to third was late and Gurevitch wound up at second.  Dorchies put out the fire with a popup to shallow center and a flyout to right and Wisconsin’s lead was 6-1 after six.

Dorchies walked one, struck out second and allowed four hits as he picked up his second straight quality start and second straight win.  In his last two outings, Dorchies has allowed two runs and two walks with ten strikeouts over thirteen innings.

The Chiefs crept closer in the sixth inning against reliever Peyton Niksch.  A hit batsman and a double put runners at second and third.  A grounder to the left side of the bat of Cameron Nickens was misplayed by Guilarte and two runs scored.  Niksch escaped the inning on a strike-‘em out/throw-‘em out double play to end the inning as he got Anyelo Encarnaci?n to swing and miss while Walther threw out Nickens at second to end the frame.

Dickinson drew a bases loaded walk in the top of the eighth for a Wisconsin insurance run.

Niksch struck out a pair and Walther threw out another runner trying to steal for a scoreless eighth.  Michael Fowler pitched around a one-out double in the ninth to close out the game.

Walther went 2-for-3 with two walks, two runs scored, two RBI, and caught two Chiefs trying to steal second in his first game in the Midwest League.
 

The Timber Rattlers at 9-1 through ten games are off to the best start of a half in team history.

Game three of the series is Thursday night at Dozer Park.  Daniel Corniel (0-0, 0.00) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers.  Ty Van Dyke (2-2, 4.44) is set to start for the Chiefs.  Game time is 6:35pm.

Wisconsin Timber Rattlers shortstop Luis Peña will be in Philadelphia just after the United States of America’s 250th birthday.  Peña, the #2 prospect of the Milwaukee Brewers and MLB Pipeline’s #16 prospect in baseball, will represent the Rattlers at the MLB All-Star Futures Game on Sunday, July 12.

Peña will be reunited with former Timber Rattlers teammate Jesús Made, Milwaukee’s and Pipeline’s #1 prospect, for the game as a member of the National League team. 

The Wisconsin shortstop has shined while in the lineup for the Timber Rattlers this season with a .304 average, sixteen stolen bases, and twelve RBI in just 23 games.  Peña missed over a month of games after leaving a game in Fort Wayne with dehydration on April 22 and almost two weeks of games after leaving a game against Great Lakes at home on June 9 with a hamstring injury. 

This is the ninth time a Timber Rattler has been named to play in the Futures Game.  The previous eight are: Chris Mears (1999), Craig Anderson (2000), Shin-Soo Choo (2002), Phillippe Aumont (2008), Bret Lawrie (2009), Tyler Thornburg (2011), Antoine Kelly (2022), and Jacob Misiorowski (2023).

Including Pena and Made, there have been 35 previous Timber Rattlers, or Rattlers alumni, named to a Futures Game roster since the game started in 1999.

The Green Bay Glory men host their first of three July home matches on Wednesday as they welcome Superior City.

Seth Schroeder delivered the equalizer off of a Cooper Re pass to secure a road point for the Glory men in a 1-1 draw against AFC Roscoe on the road.

Kickoff is set for 5 p.m. at Aldo Santaga Stadium at UW-Green Bay. 

The Green Bay Rockers could not dig out of an early deficit as they lost to the La Crosse Loggers 14-6 on Tuesday.

The Loggers pushed across four runs in the first inning and never looked back as they led 10-3 entering the eighth inning when the two teams ended the game with a flurry of runs.

The Rockers were led by Ben Fishel and Stefan di Corrado's two hits. Di Corrado dealt the biggest blow from a Rockers' bat with a home run and ended the game with two RBI along with teammate David Ballenilla. Henry Irwin took the loss, recording only one out before he was bounced for allowing three runs (3 ER) on one hit and three walks.

The two teams play again Wednesday evening at Capital Credit Union Park at 6:35 p.m.

Braylon Payne gave the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers a 5-4 lead with a two-run home run in the top of the fourth inning at Dozer Park against the Peoria Chiefs on Tuesday night.  A trio of Wisconsin pitcher protected that one-run advantage all the way to the finish line for a victory.

Wisconsin (42-29 overall, 8-1 second half) grabbed the lead in the top of the second on a hard grounder to short off the bat of Tyler Rodriguez, in his Timber Rattlers debut.  Tayden Hall scored from third on the infield single for the 1-0 lead.

Hall put the Rattlers up 3-0 in the third inning with a two-run home run to right field.  The left-hander has six homers this season with half of them against the Chiefs.

Peoria (36-39, 4-5) stormed back to take the lead with four runs in the bottom of the third.  Two singles and a walk loaded the bases with no outs.  José Suárez and Jack Gurevitch had back-to-back RBI singles.  Josh Kross followed with a two-run single for the 4-3 lead.  The Wisconsin starting pitcher set down the next three batters to keep the deficit at a run.

The Rattlers didn’t trail for long. 

Rodriguez singled to start the fourth.  Payne put the Rattlers up 5-4 when he cleared the hitting background in center for a two-run home run with one out.  Payne extended his current hitting streak to twelve games with his sixteenth home run of the season.

Knoth bounced back after that rough stretch in the third inning as he allowed one hit in his final two frames to set himself up for his second win of the season.

Jason Woodward was next up for Wisconsin.  He got into a two-out jam with a walk and a single to put runners on the corner before escaping on a grounder to second.  A perfect seventh was followed by a major jam in the eighth.

Kross singled to start the inning.  Jalin Flores singled with one out to put runners on the corners to end the night for Woodward.

Quinton Low was called in from the Rattlers bullpen, and he upped the degree of difficulty by walking the first batter he faced.  However, he got out of the situation with the lead still intact as Ian Petrutz grounded into an inning-ending 4-6-3 double play.

In the top of the ninth, Wisconsin loaded the bases with no outs but could not add to their advantage.
 

Low gave up a one-out single in the bottom of the ninth before closing out the game in style by striking out both Suárez and Gurevitch to end the game and collect his first save of the season.

Hall had three hits for the Rattlers.  Eric Bitonti was on base four times with two walks and two hits as he moved his hitting streak to a season-high nine games.

Game two of the series at Dozer Park is Wednesday night.  Ethan Dorchies (2-5, 5.84) is the announced starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers.  Yhoiker Fajardo (1-4, 3.38) is set to start for the Chiefs.  Game time is 6:35pm.