Game photos from the regular season finale at Municipal Field, as the Manitowoc Bandits Baseball team secured the 2020 Shoreland League Title and the #1 seed in the playoffs! Baseball is fun.

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Tonight’s game is cancelled due to rain in Menasha. No makeup will be scheduled. Bandits are at Pulaski at 7pm on Thursday night at McDermid field.

Bandits Defeat Deavilbears, Clinch Regular Season Title

Jul 28, 2020 10:00 AM

Local Sports

Luke Mandich pitched a complete game 5-hitter, leading the Manitowoc Bandits to a 5-1 win over the Denmark Devilbears, and securing the Shoreland League regular season crown.

The win was the 8th in a row for Coach Chris Cisler’s team and earns them the #1 seed in the Shoreland League Playoffs starting next Wednesday at home.

The Bandits trailed the Devilbears 1-0 after one inning, thanks to a leadoff double. We spoke with Mandich after the game, and asked him how he was able to calm himself down following the rocky start. He explained, “I go into every start with a plan and I trust the plan. I know it’s going to work. When I started out a little rocky, I knew I had to stick to…executing my pitches and everything was going to work out fine.”

The Green Bay native ended up tossing a complete game, scattering 5-hits with 8-strikeouts, and had a stretch where he retired 11 straight batters.  Mandich received some quality defense behind him, including a tremendous diving catch in Left field by recent Manitowoc Lincoln High School graduate Will Maples to end the 1st inning. Mandich called it “extraordinary” knowing “you have a defense who is going to have your back every play.”

The Bandits turned the tide back around thanks to some solid bat work from Trent Van Ess and A-J Dollinger who each smashed one run homers. Jake Woolsey went 3-for-4 with a run scored and Maples had a pair of runs batted in as well.

Denmark starter Evan Guns took the loss.

After the win, Coach Chris Cisler said it was an impressive performance, saying “We played a solid game, no errors, and that’s what it takes to win.”

The Bandits, 11- 2 overall, have two non-conference road games remaining, including a matchup with the Menasha Macs at Dave Koslo Field this evening.  The On-Deck Show begins at 7:15 on 97.1FM, WCUB and CubRadio.com.

Bandits were victorious tonight over the Denmark Devilbears 5-1. The Bandits won the Shoreland Regular Season title with an 8-0 record and will be the #1 seed for the playoffs. Seeding will be finalized this Friday night. For sure the Bandits will be hosting game 1 next Wednesday at home. Denmark scored there only run in the top off the first, Manitowoc got on the board in the bottom of the second inning with an RBI single from Will Maples.

Trent Van Ess

lead off the bottom of the third with a Home Run. The bandits plated two more in the 4th with Will Maples bringing in another run on a ground ball to second and a wild pitch allowed

Jake Woolsey

to score.

Aj Dollinger

lead off the 6th with a Home Run.

Lucas Mandich

was on point tonight scattering 5 hits over nine innings with 8 K’s. The bandits travel to Menasha on Tuesday night at Koslo Park for a non-league game at 7:30pm.

Bandits win 7th straight game. The Bandits went to Algoma on Thursday night and stayed undefeated in league play with an 8-0 victory.

Lucas Mandich

had an amazing night on the mound throwing a complete game 3-hit shutout on 97 pitches and 11 K’s. The Bandits scored a run in the 1st and 3rd innings, added 2 more in the 6th with a double from

Jesse Krueger

, and

Jake Woolsey

capped off a 4 run 7th inning with a 3-run Home Run to centerfield. Ben Coons and

Trent Van Ess

had 2 hits each in the game. The Bandits play for the Regular Season title at home on Monday vs Denmark at Municipal Field at 7:30pm.

Make it 6! Bandits win tonight over the Casco A’s 5-1. Great team effort tonight. Bandits got a run early in the 1st inning and

Chris Rohr

and Ben Coons had RBI base hits in the 6th inning. The Bandits scored again in the 7th when Chris Rohr drew a bases loaded walk and the final run came in the 8th inning with

Jake Jeanquart

sacrifice fly to score

Jesse Krueger

. Adam Diedrich got the mound win going 7 innings with 4 hits and 13 K’s. Noah Jacquart picked up the save throwing the last 2 innings with 5 K’s. The Bandits travel to Algoma tomorrow for their last away league game. First pitch is at Perry Field at 7:30pm.

The Bandits continue their Championship run tonight against Casco at 7:30pm. Come on out to the ballpark tonight to support the team. The Bandits travel to Algoma on Thursday to play the Guins. If you can, make the trip to Algoma. The Bandits have a 1 game lead over Denmark for the championship. The Bandits play Denmark at home on Monday at 7:30pm for our last regular season home game. This game could determine the regular season standings.

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5 game win streak for the Bandits! With an 8-0 victory at Casco tonight the Bandits have played every team in the league at least once. 3 games remain in the regular season. Casco comes to Manitowoc on Wednesday night at 7:30pm.

Jake Jeanquart

pitcher an amazing game going the distance for a 5 hit shutout with 8 K’s. Bandits scored 1 in the second inning, 3 in the 3rd, and 4 in the 8th.

Earl Vorpagel

,

Aj Dollinger

, and

Trent Van Ess

had 2 hits each.

Jesse Krueger

had a 2 out double to the fence to bring in 2 runs in the third.

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Next 4 games are for the league championship!

Remaining schedule:

Mon. July 20 @ Casco A’s 7:00pm

Wed. July 22 vs Casco A’s 7:30pm

Thurs. July 23 @ Algoma Guins 7:30pm

Mon. July 27 vs Denmark Devilbears 7:30pm

Tues. July 28 @ Menasha Macs 7:30pm

Thurs. July 30 @ Pulaski Reds 7:30pm

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Bandits win 4th in a row. Thursday nights game versus Algoma was closed out in 7 innings with a 11-1 win. Bandits scored 5 in the first inning, 3 in the 4th, 1 in the fifth and 2 in the 6th. Interesting note: the bandits had only one strikeout hitting on the night but that hitter did reach safely when he beat the play at first on a ball thrown in the dirt.

Earl Vorpagel

and

Jake Woolsey

each had 2 hits on the night.

Lucas Mandich

got the mound win throwing 5 innings scattering 4 hits with 6 K’s and 1 run. Adam Deidrich finished the last two innings.

The bandits are back in action on Monday for a 7pm game at Casco.

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