GREEN BAY, WI – AUGUST 9, 2007 – (stats) The Chucks plated one run in the third, three in the fifth and got eight innings from Willie Kempf (Baylor) to beat the Green Bay Bullfrogs 7-2. Mitch Abeita (Nebraska) drove in four runs, including a base clearing double in the fifth that broke open a 1-0 lead.

The win gives the Woodchucks an impressive 19-11 second half record (35-29 overall), but both Madison, its league record 16th straight, and Eau Claire won to eliminate any chance for the Woodchucks possible post season appearance.

Kempf struck out just two, but scattered nine hits and stranded nine Bullfrogs on base. The win ends Kempf's season at 4-1 with a 2.95 ERA.

In the fifth, Jeremy Barnes (Notre Dame), who finished 3-for-4 with two doubles and a stolen base, started the rally with a free pass. Darin Ruf (Creighton) singled and Brent Weaver drew another walk to load the bases before Mitch Abeita's double to right field scored all three runners. 

Darin Ruf finished 3-for-5 with a double, while Mitch Abeita's final numbers were 2-for-5. 

The Bullfrogs added a few runs late in the ballgame, but the Woodchucks comfortable lead held on as Rex Ingham (Garden City C.C.) sat down the Bullfrogs in order in the ninth. 

Woodchucks will continue it four-game set with the Bullfrogs tonight at "The Burrow" at 6:35 p.m. as post-game fireworks and FREE Woodchuck team giveaway will accompany fans.

NOTES: Matt Trausch is the probable starter for Friday, August 9  ... For the second consecutive game the Woodchucks swiped three bases ... The four RBI are the first ribbies of the season for Abeita ... Brandon Frazier has 225 at-bats, just nine shy of tying the Woodchucks single season record of 234 set by Dan Augustine (Michigan) in 2000 ... Elliott Arrington (UNC-Asheville) stole his first base of the season.