Steve Manfred, Scoreboarder for the River Falls Fighting Fish baseball club. NO RELATION TO ROB MANFRED. (you can tell because I actually like baseball)
Wowsers!
@jpfeyer20
was just sent into a huge jam in the 8th with one out and the bases loaded, nursing a 4-2 lead over the Padres. He got two strikeouts to end the inning, and they’re heading to the 9th still leading!
JP (
@jpfeyer
) just pitched the 7th inning of today's Brewers at Rangers exhibition game. It was 1-2-3, with a strikeout, a flyout, and another strikeout. Brewers lead 6-2.
The Brewers used
@jpfeyer20
for the 9th inning in today’s spring training game vs Colorado. He struck out the first two batters and then got a pop out to right field for a 1-2-3 inning.
JP Feyereisen has been recalled to the Los Angeles Dodgers major league club and should be with them when they play on the road tonight vs the Colorado Rockies.
The Pierce County Journal picked the Fish’s WBA Championship as their
#4
sports story of 2022! They also feature,ahem,in the
#8
moment where the
@SVHawks
had a good night.
I’m deeply saddened to hear that Trish Juers has lost her battle with cancer. Trish was the photographer for the Fighting Fish and the Red Wing Aces, and I enjoyed arguing with her about baseball anytime we sat near each other. A lot.
Pitcher Lucas Luedtke came up to bat, and took four straight ball pitches, forcing in Larson for the walk-off walk. Fish win the game 7-6 in 10 innings and with it, the Plum City Memorial Day Tournament for 2021!
With the month of April now complete, let’s review: The
@Brewers
are 16-10 in 1st place in the NL Central.
@jpfeyer20
has pitched in 15 games. He has 8 holds, 14.0 IP, 2R, 0ER, 4H, 7BB, 13SO, .091 AVG, 0.79 WHIP, 0.00 ERA. 0 wins, 1 loss. Not too shabby.
Tonight in MLB, the Baltimore Orioles start a series at the Washington Nationals. It's a St Croix Valley League match-up as a team with a former Menomonie Eagle on it (Terrin Vavra, Orioles) plays a team with a former River Falls Fighting Fish on it (Alex Call, Nationals). :)
St Croix Valley League in the 2022 WBA Regionals:
Hudson, Prescott, and River Falls, all 2-0 and onto State.
Spring Valley 1-1, tied with others, lost out on Runs Allowed tiebreaker by 2.
Plum City and Ellsworth both 1-1, beaten outright by 2-0 teams.
Elmwood 0-2.
I’m heading to the ball field in Onalaska soon and will be tweeting stuff about the games there as long as one of either Prescott or River Falls remain in the tournament today. Overcast skies right now but no rain to be seen. I think we’ll stay dry.
"We think he'll contend for a spot in our bullpen in the spring," ..... We expect him to be a guy who can contribute at the big-league level next year."
Now that I've been fully vaccinated, I anticipate working every home Fish game there is back in the press box, and going to as many road games as I can as well. Full scores service on this account is resuming. :)
Team USA just beat Japan by a score of 4-3.
@jpfeyer20
pitched a full inning spread across the 6th and 7th. He gave up 0 runs, 3 hits, 0 walks, and had 1 strikeout.
Alex Call is having a great night for the Nationals. Led off with a 2-RBI single, got another single, a walk, another single and then scored a run from first. Nats leading the Rays 6-4 in the bottom of the 7th.
It’s River Falls Days & the Fighting Fish are celebrating with 3 home games!
Tonight: vs the St Paul Mudhens, first pitch at 8:00pm.
@STPMudhens
Saturday: vs Prescott Pirates 7:00pm
Sunday: vs New Richmond Millers 6:00pm and the Hoffman Park fireworks follow at about 10:00.
More action for
@jpfeyer20
with the
@brewers
at Chicago tonight. He came into a jam in the 7th and got the final out on a pop foul. He’s just pitched the 8th as well, and it was two groundouts and a strikeout. Heading to the 9th, Brewers trail the Cubs 5-3.
The Fighting Fish return to action TONIGHT at 6pm at home vs the River Falls Groupers in our annual exhibition opener! Tomorrow, they hit the road for the first real league game vs the Elmwood Expos at 1pm.
Top 5: Spencer Diedrich hits a solo home run to left center for the second time today and the Fish now lead 2-0. The two he’s hit today break the single season club record for home runs.
The Fighting Fish will play THREE HOME GAMES THIS WEEK. Wednesday vs
@LoggersBasebal
7:30pm, Friday vs
@SVHawks
7:30pm, Saturday vs
@AnokaBucs
7:00pm. They’ll take 10 days off after that, so this is a good week to come see them!
FINAL: Anoka Bucs 0, River Falls Fighting Fish 1, in 12 innings.
They won it on a walkoff wild pitch.
Kyle Fritz won it with a 12-inning shutout. 0R 9H 2BB 9SO.
Anoka: 0 runs, 9 hits, 1 error
River Falls: 1 run, 11 hits, 1 error
The Fish defeated the Eau Claire Bears by a score of 5-3 in their first game of the WBA state finals in Hayward. They’ll next play Everest in the last game there tonight. Was originally planned for 8:30pm but they’re already an hour behind from making up last nights rainout.
FINAL: River Falls Fighting Fish 2, Plum City Blues 1.
The Fish start the season with a 2 win, 0 loss record.
Their next action is on the road Friday night in Cannon Falls to take on the Bears.
For the 2nd time this week, the
@Rays
have used
@jpfeyer20
as an opener. He pitched 2 perfect innings. 0R, 0H, 0 BB, 2SO. He’s done now, and there’s no score in the 3rd. It’s vs the Red Sox.
The Fighting Fish return to action tonight at 1st National Bank of River Falls Field with the annual scrimmage game against the River Falls Groupers (the old men team). Timed to start at 6:30pm. There will be a food truck, full concessions, the usual works.
The Fighting Fish return to River Falls for their next game this Friday night at 7:30 vs the Stillwater Loggers!
@LoggersBasebal
We hear there's a very expensive show going on in Minneapolis that same time, but if you can't afford that, our admission is free as always!
Top 9: Fish take the lead on a 2 RBI pinch hit double by Mitchell Feyereisen! Fritz and Pinnow (who had each singled) scored and were able to because Gutting had sac bunted them over. 6-4 Fish lead.
Meanwhile in MLB,
@jpfeyer20
saw his first action with the
@RaysBaseball
He pitched the 6th and got a strikeout, a walk, and a ground ball double play to preserve the 1-1 tie.
It’s the final day of home Fighting Fish baseball for 2021. They take on the Ashland Merchants at high noon for the right to go to the state finals next weekend! And after us, the
@PiratesPrescott
get to try the same vs the Rib Lake Osprey at 3pm. $5 admission, 17-under free.
Here’s a direct link to the YouTube channel of the Northern Lights Webcasting Network who will be streaming all the playoff games being played in Eau Claire this weekend.
No word yet on whether the Sunday finals in Osseo can get the same treatment.
With the
@Brewers
trailing the Phillies, 6-5,
@jpfeyer20
pitched the 8th. It was 3-up, 3-down on 3 strikeouts. Now let’s see if they can complete the comeback win like the Wildcats did tonight in the final inning vs Onalaska, 7-6.
In major league news, I see that
@jpfeyer20
earned another save for Tampa today in their 7-5 win over Philadelphia. He pitched a clean 9th inning getting two groundouts and a strikeout. If Plum City had the internet, I could’ve watched that on my phone. 😀
Meanwhile, I see that
@jpfeyer20
got his first MLB Save today. He pitched the 9th and preserved a 6-4
@RaysBaseball
win over Toronto, with a fly out, strikeout, a single, and another strikeout.
My personal favorite road park of the St Croix Valley Baseball League right here, and they host the Fighting Fish tomorrow night at 7:30. Well worth the trip.
The Rays beat the White Sox 5-2 and
@jpfeyer20
got the Win. This is one of those times where because the starter didn’t finish 5 innings, he can’t get the win and the official scorer must choose who they think was the most effective reliever, and that was apparently
@jpfeyer20
Tonight, the
@fightingfishRF
host the
@PiratesPrescott
at 7:00 PM at First National Bank of River Falls Field. I will tweet live scoring updates as they happen during the game.
The Fighting Fish return to home action 1 WEEK FROM TODAY with the annual Stadium Kickoff day. They play an exhibition vs the River Falls Groupers at 6:30pm Sat May 6! That’s preceded that day by 4 other games: youth baseball & softball, then Wildcat Varsity softball & baseball.
Alex Call hit his 4th home run of the season for the Nationals! It was a solo shot in the 5th that increased their lead to 5-3 over the Marlins, and that went on to be the final score.
Bottom 4: Tilden doesn’t score because the runner coming home from 2nd was thrown out at the plate on a strike from center field by Diedrich. He argued enough that he got ejected 1-0 Fish
Nationals just beat the Cardinals 11-6. Alex Call started in left field and batted 9th. Offensively: 3rd inning: single, later scored. 4th: 2-RBI double. 6th: single, later a groundout as they batted around. 9th: 3-R home run!
Plum City tournament final results.
Consolation game
Hudson River Rats 5, Plum City Blues 6.
3rd place game
Ellsworth Hubbers 3, Prescott Pirates 13 (5 inn.)
Championship game
Haugen Knights 9, River Falls Fighting Fish 12
The Fighting Fish take the field in Bay City in a little more than 24 hours from now in the St Croix Valley League Baseball Playoffs! Will you be there? 4pm is the scheduled first pitch.
Alex Call went 3-for-4 at the plate last night (all singles), including a good old-fashioned River Falls bunt-single-then-reach-2nd-on-a-throwing-error play. The Nationals still ultimately lost 4-1 to the Giants, though.
Plum City tournament results so far:
Game 1: Bay City Bombers 2, Prescott Pirates 11. Game 2: Plum City Blues 0, Haugen Knights 6. And here’s the bracket/schedule
The next Fighting Fish game is on the road in Osceola to take on the Braves at 7:30pm this Wednesday, June 19.
@OsceolaBraves
They then return home for 2 games this weekend: Fri. June 21 7:30pm vs the Stillwater Loggers, and Sat. June 22 7pm vs the Elmwood Expos
@LoggersBasebal
The Fighting Fish play AT HOME TONIGHT AT 7:30! Their opponent is the
@LoggersBasebal
.
(And if that’s not enough for you, there’s a 7-inning senior Legion game vs St Paul Park before that one that starts at 5. )
The team that ended the Fish’s season yesterday, the Everest Merchants, has just done the same to the Rapids Redhawks in the first WBA State semifinal today by a score of 5-2. They have advanced to the 4pm final.
The infrastructure for the St Croix River Hounds' ballpark in Hudson is now under construction. The park itself will be built starting in the spring, with their first season of play in 2021. That's according to this:
Yes, it's true, former River Falls Wildcat and River Falls Fighting Fish player Alex Call has been promoted to the major leagues and the Cleveland Guardians!!!
Bottom 8: 2 walks and a hit batter load the bases. Lakers make a pitching change and get to 2 outs, but then there’s a wild pitch and Jaden Schwantz scores the go ahead run from third! Fish 6, Lakers 5
In this scorer’s opinion, that second hit in the 9th was actually a throwing error, and therefore the run that later won the game should’ve been the third out and was therefore an unearned run. The official scorer thought differently though.
The Fighting Fish next play in the St Croix Valley League Championship Tournament in Osceola.
Their first game will be Sat. Aug. 5 at 4pm vs the winner of New Richmond vs Bay City.
If they win they’d play next at either 10am and/or 1pm Sun. Aug. 6.
All games 7 innings.
The Washington Nationals beat the San Francisco Giants 11-6 today. Alex Call went 0-for-4 hitting, but he did draw a walk, then steal second, and then scored the first run when Dominic Smith singled.
The Fighting Fish have one more home game left this year. They’ll play in Game 5 of the WBA Regional playoffs this Sunday Aug. 13 at 1pm vs the Glidden Orioles. With a win, they will advance to the State round next weekend.
The Fighting Fish begin their playoff run towards the WBA State championship in Game 1 of the Regional Playoffs at home tonight at 7:30pm! Come on down to see it! The opponent is the Cadott Red Sox.
$5 admission for adults, kids are free.