West Allis NATIONALS Baseball

The West Allis Nationals played a crisp game Thursday night in downing the visiting Sheboygan A's by a score of 4-2 at Harvey Kuenn Field in West Allis.

The locals scored first with a single tally in the third inning.   Jonah Meidl doubled and scored on an RBI single by Matt Richer.

After the A's matched that run with one of their own in the fourth, the Nationals posted 2 more.  With two outs Shey Smith was hit by a pitch.  Aaron Goecks then drew a walk and Ben Carpenter and John Keane both followed with RBI singles.

The Nationals closed their scoring in the sixth.  After a Aaron Goecks walk, Ben Carpenter doubled him to third and John Keane followed with an RBI single. 

Aaron Woods started on the mound and went a strong five innings, allowing only one run on two hits while striking out three.   John Keane pitched the final four to earn the save.   Keane also allowed only one run on three hits while striking out three.

Next up for the Nationals are the Pewaukee Muskies at Keunn Field on Friday night.   First pitch is set for 7:30pm.     

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The West Allis Nationals traveled to Lombard Illinois on Saturday for a DH vs the first place Orioles.

The Nats led each game late, but Lombard rallied each time, downing the Natties by scores of 8-5 and 5-4.

In game one the Nationals took advantage of uncharacteristic defensive miscues by Lombard and some timely hits to plate 4 runs in the third inning in claiming a 4-3 advantage.  That lead was 5-4 after 4.5 innings, but Lombard erupted to 4 runs in that frame to put the game away.

Jonah Meidl and John Keane led the offense with two hits a piece.

Game two progressed similarly.   After Lombard plated the games first run, the Nationals responded with one of their own.  John Keane tripled and scored on a ground out by Jonah Meidl.   The Nationals added single tallies in the fifth, sixth, and seventh to take a 4-1 lead heading into the bottom half.  John Keane was instrumental in two of the scoring innings, doubling and scoring in the fifth and singling in Max Widmar, who'd previously singled, in the sixth.

Jim Jungbauer had held Lombard to two hits and one run going into the last half of the seventh and appeared to have the victory in hand with two outs, but Lombard's 9 hitter lined one to the gap in right center that caromed off the glove of Meidl to keep Lombard alive.   The next hitter lined a two strike single to left to tie the game 4-4.   Lombard then won the game in the 8th on a walk off single.

The Nationals are back home at Kuenn Field in West Allis next Thursday and Friday with games against Sheboygan and Pewaukee respectively.  Both contests are set to begin at 7:30pm.

The West Allis Nationals got off to a slow start Thursday night at Zirkel Field and were down 7-0 in the 2nd inning.   The team battled back to make it a 7-6 game, but Kewaskum put them away with a 4 run sixth inning.

Jonah Meidl, Brian Huntzinger, and newcomer Riley Richarz all contributed two knocks for the Nationals.

Next up are the Lombard Orioles on Saturday in Lombard, IL.   The teams will play a DH starting at 4pm. 

Though the Nationals lumber continues to slumber, the team scratched out a run in the ninth on Thursday night to tie the contest at 2-2.    Unfortunately that momentum was short lived.   West Bend plated the winning run with two outs in the bottom half of the frame to take the game 3-2.

Aaron Goecks provided the Nats with an early 1-0 lead on a solo homer to right field.   West Bend countered in the fifth with a two out single that scored two to give them a 2-1 lead.

That score held until the ninth.  Matt Richer coaxed a lead off walk and promptly stole second.   With one out and Richer on the move again, Curt Pryal hit a ground ball to the left of the shortstop which he failed to field cleanly and Richer came around to score the tying run.

The game appeared headed for extra innings when rookie Jon Caban, making his Nationals debut, struck out the first two men in the 9th.   The next hitter drew his third walk of the game and advanced on a pitch in the dirt.   With two strikes, West Bend's three hitter ended it, sending his third hit of the game down the line in left.

Next up for the Nationals are the Wisconsin State League's Addison Braves.   The Braves come to Harvey Kuenn Field in West Allis on Saturday for a DH starting at 3pm.   Come early and receive your own HOF Tentoni face-on-a-stick giveaway item - free to the first 5 fans.