MANKATO — The Mankato MoonDogs handed the Willmar Stingers their fifth straight loss Saturday, 6-5 in a Northwoods League game before 375 fans at Franklin Rogers Park.
For Willmar (19-20), Brennan McKenzie had a big game. He went 3-for-4 with a double, a home run and an RBI. It was the first home run of the year for the senior from Cal State Poly-Pomona.
Willmar is off Monday. The Stingers next play at 6:35 p.m. Tuesday at Mankato.
Willmar 001 130 000-5 10 1
Mankato 002 130 00x-6 10 0
Hitting - Willmar: Griffin Cheney 1-4 bb, Brooks Lee 0-5 rbi, Kyle Manzardo 1-4 r rbi bb, Jayson Newman 2-4, Chase Stanke 2-4 r rbi, Cesar Lopez 1-4 rbi, Drey Dirksen 0-4 rbi, Hunter Ranweiler 0-3 r bb, Brennan McKenzie 3-4 r-2 2b hr rbi … Mankato: Mikey Gottschalk 3-5 r-2 sb, Michael Curialle 2-3 r rbi bb, Drew Stahl 1-4 r rbi, Jack Waletich 1-2 r rbi-2 bb hbp sb, Tommy Beree 2-3 rbi bb, Mitchell Massino 1-4 r
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Willmar: Trevor Divinski (L, 0-2) 4.2-9-6-6-1-5, Wyatt Thompson 3.1-1-0-0-2-3 … Mankato: Christian Johnson (W, 1-1) 5-8-5-5-2-6, Nolan Pender (HLD, 1-) 3.1-2-0-0-1-2, Andre Granillo (Sv, 2) 0.2-0-0-0-0-2
