WAUSAU, WI – JULY 23, 2007 – (stats) With two-outs and nobody on in the ninth the Chucks kept their hopes alive with back-to-back walks. An error by the Huskies third baseman allowed Darin Ruf (Creighton) to score all the way from second to win the ballgame 3-2.

The Huskies took the lead early with a run in the second and third innings. A wild pitch and solo bomb is the only way the Huskies plated runs collecting just six hits off the Chucks pitching staff.

Blake Martin (LSU) got out of bases loaded two-out jam in sixth that ignited the Chucks first baseman Darin Ruf to take the first pitch over the left field wall in the bottom half. An RBI-double by Matt Gantner (High Point) scored Elliott Arrington (UNC-Asheville) who reached on a single.

Brandon Frazier (Texas-Wesleyan) was the only Chuck with a multi-hit game going 2-for-3. Pat Venditte (Creighton) picked up his third victory of the season as starter Willie Kempf logged five innings, but issued six free passes, in his seventh start. 

The first of two Chamber Night's will start Tuesday, July 24 at 6:35 p.m. as the Chucks finish its two game set against the Huskies. 

NOTES: Matt Trausch is the probable starter for Tuesday, July 24 … Darin Ruf extended his hitting streak to nine games ... The Chucks are now 12-15 against the Huskies all-time and 1-2 this year ... Shortstop Vicente Cafaro (Iowa Western C.C.) left the game in the seventh after getting hit by a pitch in the leg ... The home run was Ruf's seventh of the season ... Head coach Jim Gantner was tossed in the eighth inning after arguing a play at third ... It is the third time this season that Jim Gantner has been ejected ... When Jim Gantner gets ejected the Chucks are 3-0.