Gareth Stroh will pitch for the Rafters for the first time since the 2016 season, when he was a freshman from Coffeyville Community College. Stroh is now in his second season pitching for the Purdue University Boilermakers. The junior from Kearney, Nebraska has pitched 134 innings and struck out 70 thus far in his time with Purdue. The 6-foot-1, 200-pound lefty was named to Third Team All-Big Ten in 2017, the first Purdue pitcher to earn All-Big Ten Team honors since 2012. Stroh was a pivotal part of the 2016 NWL Championship squad earning five wins, tying for the team lead in starts (11) and leading the team in frames pitched (60.0) as well as strikeouts (55). The last game Stroh pitched for Wisconsin Rapids was game one of the 2016 Championship Series against the Eau Claire Express. In that game, Stroh threw 4.1 innings of one run ball while fanning six.