Rhinelander’s Sam Schneider (10), Quinn Lamers (second from right) and Martin Hoger (far right) congratulate Owen Kurtz after Kurtz hit a walk-off double in the bottom of the ninth inning to defeat the Whittlesey Reds in a Dairyland League baseball game at Stafford Field Sunday, July 27. The River Monsters scored four times in the ninth to defeat the Reds, 10-9. (Bob Mainhardt for the River News)

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Monsterous comeback

Rhinelander walks off Whittlesey in finale, clinches WBA playoff berth

Owen Kurtz hit a walkoff double to right to cap a four-run rally — all with two outs in the ninth — as the River Monsters completed a wild 10-9 comeback over the Whittlesey Reds at Stafford Field.

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• By Jeremy Mayo
• August 1, 2025