Doug Bloom hit an RBI triple in the top of the seventh inning and then scored on the errant throw to give the Bandits a 3-2 victory in the first game of Saturday's doubleheader versus the Addison Braves in Illinois.  Joe Christensen continued his strong 2009 pitching performance by picking up the complete game victory.
 

From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 
 
Madison - UW-La Crosse officials have decided to drop the school's baseball program, effective immediately, the Journal Sentinel has learned. School officials have not formally announced the decision but they are looking to trim costs.
 

 The scoring started early for the Legends as they scored five runs and hit two homers off Bandits starter Jayme Sukowaty in the third inning and scored four runs off reliever CJ Marx in the eighth and ninth innings but in between, the Bandits put up eleven runs, including a six run sixth inning to outpace the Legends and grab an 11-9 victory.

Holy Family Memorial’s Cancer Care Center and the Manitowoc Bandits baseball team have joined together to promote cancer awareness at the ballpark. HFM’s Cancer Care Center will kick off Cancer Survivor’s Week, June 8-12, at the Manitowoc Bandits game on Thursday, June 4th at 7:30pm at Municipal Field, Manitowoc.

Nat Richter laced a single to left field that scored Doug Bloom from second base with two outs in the bottom of the tenth inning to give the Bandits a 4-3 extra inning victory of the Menasha Macs in the Bandits Northeastern League opener.  Menasha had scored two runs in the top of the ninth inning off reliever Greg Herr to tie the game at 3-3.  Trevor Theismann made his Bandits debut, pitching six solid innings with six strikeouts and two walks, he gave up only one earned run.  

In Game Two, the Cavaliers jumped on Bandits starter Andrew Wyman early and often. Eau Claire scored four runs in the first and third innings, including two runs in the fourth.

The Bandits made it a 4-3 game in the second with RBI’s from TC Lee, Max Stepan and Doug Bloom.

The Manitowoc Bandits used two big innings to get a 10-3 win in the first game of a double header against the Eau Claire Cavaliers on Sunday.
After Matt Phipps threw a scoreless first inning, the Bandits left two runners in scoring position after back to back bunt singles to start the inning.

Joe Christensen opened the 2009 Wisconsin State League season by tossing a complete game, tallying eight strikeouts along the way, and leading the Bandits to a 3-1 victory over the Eau Claire Cavaliers.  Kyle Schroeder was 2x2 in the game.  The Bandits and Cavs were tied at 1-1 until the bottom of the fifth inning when, with two outs, Doug Bloom reached first after being hit by the pitch.

 Today's WSL doubleheader against the Eau Claire Cavaliers that will kick off the regular season for both teams and will start at 3:00 pm today, not 2:00 pm as the schedule had indicated. 

The Bandits bats were alive on a chilly May evening as the team put together sixteen hits en route to a 9-1 victory over the Denmark DevilBears of the Shoreland League.  The Bandits scored in five of eight innings with Donovan Strouf and Nat Richter each posting three hits while Mike Hall, Brock Wetenkamp and TC Lee had a pair each.