Marinette pitcher silences Wishigan bats

Marinette Redbirds pitcher Aaron Woods, who sounds tough enough to give Todder Lindeman trouble, completed the Wishigan Baseball League season with 144 strikeouts in 72 innings.

Marinette business manager John LaCourt, involved with Wishigan baseball for many years, calls Woods “probably the most dominant pitcher we’ve seen since Bob Wickman.”

Wickman pitched two seasons with the Redbirds before a 15-year Major League Baseball career. The left-handed Woods, a relief pitcher at Saginaw Valley State, thows a sharp-breaking curve and 85 mph fastball ...