West Allis NATIONALS Baseball

The Nationals didn't let the memory of Friday night's marathon loss linger very long. 12 hours after a 11-10, 16 inning defeat to Menasha, the local nine were back on the field to face Manitowoc. Led by Joe Kissler's stellar pitching, the team played a crisp game in defeating the Bandits 2-1. Kissler allowed only 2 hits and one unearned run while striking out 4. Effectively mixing his pitches and location, Kissler made good use of the two runs the offense was able to produce. Mike Wajerski provided the team with its only runs on RBI singles in the fifth and seventh innings. Game Two was also crisply played, but the Nats were unable to generate enough offense to prevail, falling to the Bandits 3-2. The team had good scoring opportunities in the fourth and fifth innings, but failed to produce. A seventh inning rally fell short when Chris Marks flied out to left field with Alex Franson on third to end the game. Tim Spata and James Herkowski knocked in the team's only runs. Spata's RBI single in the second put the team on the board after Manitowoc had jumped to a first inning lead. Tim Spata took the loss, allowing nine hits and five walks. Next up for the Nationals are the Sheboygan A's on Sunday at 1PM.