Ben Aberg
Honkers Rally With An Eight-Run Seventh, Win Streak Now At Three
The Rochester Honkers came from behind Thursday night to defeat Battle Creek. The win keeps the Rochester winning streak rolling and brings the Honkers to 10-10 in the second half.
The Battle Creek Bombers were the first to score Thursday night...
Honkers Drop Series In Extras
The Rochester Honkers held the lead through four, but lost game two against Eau Claire in 11 innings.
The long ball got the Honkers on the board in the second inning. Reid Roper (Illinois) got on with a leadoff single before LJ Brewster (Hawaii) sent one out to give Rochester the 2-0 lead...
Honkers Cruise With Kent’s Complete Game
The Rochester Honkers took Tuesday afternoon's meeting with the Mankato MoonDogs 9-2.
Honkers Walk Off To Second Straight Victory
The Honkers got another big hit from Reid Roper to top the Alexandria Blue Anchors by a score of 5-4.
Matt Kent and the Honkers got behind early, with some two-out hitting by Alexandria. Kris Goodman singled off Kent to lead things off, and after two strikeouts and a stolen base, came in to score on a single by Ricky Sanchez...
Honkers Get Back In Win Column
Rochester scored eight runs, highlighted by a Reid Roper grand slam home run, to beat Duluth 8-5 in the last meeting of the season between the two teams.
The Honkers sent Will Bamesberger to the hill and defense helped him tremendously through the first three...
Honkers Fall In Fourteen
The Honkers returned home Tuesday to face the Duluth Huskies. After yet another extra-inning game, this one lasting 14 frames, the Honkers lost 5-4.
The Honkers got some two-out hitting in the first inning and grabbed an early lead, as Connor Schaefbauer singled and Jeff Campbell launched a homer to left to make it 2-0...
Honkers Lose After Early Lead
A solid pitching performance was again wasted Sunday, as Logan Spitzack kept the lead for Rochester through six innings of work, but the Honkers lost to St. Cloud by a score of 9-4.
The Honkers got on the board early with a walk and three straight two-out singles from John Schuknecht, Casey Fletcher, and Reid Roper...
Honkers Drop Quick One To Waterloo
The Rochester Honkers returned to Mayo Field Saturday night after an Independence Day road trip to Waterloo. Matt Kent pitched well enough to lower his 2.36 earned run average, but could not pick up a win, the Honkers losing 2-1.
There was not much offense to talk about Saturday night, as the starters for both clubs went through the lineups pretty quickly...
Honkers Lose Second Half Opener
Rochester returned to action Wednesday and dropped the first game of the second half of the season, 8-7.
Nick Gruener took the hill for the Honkers and gave up one run in the first and two in the second to give Duluth a 3-0 advantage...
Honkers Drop First Half Finale
Rochester took on Waterloo Monday afternoon at Mayo Field and fell by a score of 6-5. Originally scheduled as the first game of a two city doubleheader, inclement weather caused game two in Waterloo to be postponed. Rochester finishes the first half 19-15 in the North Division...