WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) – Late game dramatics Thursday night at Warner Park, as the first game extra-inning game of the season took place for Wausau in a 6-4 win.
Heading into the bottom of the eighth holding a 3-2 lead over Madison (5-6), the Woodchucks let up a run, tying the game at three. This would then stay the score until the bottom of the ninth when Madison loaded the bases with only one out.
Pitcher Cesar Avila (University of the Cumberlands (KY)) then forced a foul flyout and a strikeout to get the Woodchucks into the tenth, stranding all runners on base.
Then in the tenth, after already starting with a base runner and a walk to the leadoff batter, Jake English (Kansas) — in his first game for Wausau (7-4) — hits a three-run home run making the lead 6-3.
Madison would add one in their half of the inning.
The Woodchucks are back at Athletic Park Friday night for another matchup with Madison. The first pitch is at 6:35 Friday, June 9.
