Minocqua’s Ben Peterson swings at a pitch during the eighth inning of the second game of a Dairyland League baseball doubleheader against Rhinelander at Stafford Field Sunday, May 31. Initially called a game-ending swinging third strike on the field, the umpires over turned the call and Minocqua eventually defeated Rhinelander in nine innings, 3-2. (Bob Mainhardt for the River News)
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Controversial call costs River Monsters doubleheader sweep
The Rhinelander River Monsters were one strike away from sweeping the Minocqua Wood Ducks in a Dairyland League doubleheader at Stafford Field and — by most everyone’s account — had secured that final strike before things unraveled in a controversial finish on Sunday.
