The Mankato Moon Dogs downed the Willmar Stingers 7-3 in deciding game 3 of the North Divisional playoffs in Mankato Wednesday night. Mankato wins the series 2 games to 1.
Mankato will host La Crosse in Game 1 of the Northwoods League Championship series at 7:05 tonight.
Willmar defeated Mankato 4-0 in game 2 of the North Divisional round playoffs to force a deciding game 3 in Mankato at 7:05 tonight. Mankato won game 1 on Monday.
The St. Cloud Northwoods League team has named Augie Rodriguez as their Field Manager for the 2012 season. Rodriguez was the pitching coach for the St. Cloud River Bats in 2011 and led the team to a team ERA of 3.21. Rodriguez is currently an Assistant Coach Augusta State University.
The St. Cloud Northwoods League team formerly known as the St. Cloud River Bats named Wes Sharp as their new General Manager. Sharp takes the job after holding the position of Director of promotions and marketing for the Colorado Springs Sky Sox, the triple-A team in the Colorado Rockies organization.
The River Bats minor league baseball team has a new owner, and soon they'll have a new name. The Northwoods League introduced Gary Posch and Joe Sexton as the new owners of the team today (Wednesday).