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2002 Nationals Lose in County Championship Game
Posted by Steve Elliott at Aug 26, 2002 5:00PM PDT
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The 2002 Nationals came up one game short of a third consecutive Milwaukee County championship, losing the deciding game of a three game series 12-2.
The Nationals finished the season with a 15-5 league record and 20-10 overall.
Team MVP: Chris Marks
Harvey Kuenn Batting Award: Trevor Koepp
Dave Kuhnke Pitching Award: Nick Kibler
Jeff Neibauer Spirit Award: Jake Koutnik
Veteran of the Year: Chris Marks
The Nationals concluded another successful season yesterday with the traditional year end golf outing and award ceremony.
The results of this year's votes are as follows:
MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: Chris Marks #8
HARVEY KUENN BATTING AWARD: Trevor Koepp #27
DAVE KUHNKE PITCHING AWARD: Jim Dettman #1
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Jake Paige #24
VETERAN OF THE YEAR: Chris Marks #8
JEFF NEIBAUER SPIRIT AWARD: Tim Spata #18
Laura Zimmer
LEAGUE BATTING CHAMPION: Jake Paige #24
Congratulations to all on another successful season! ...THE WINNING TRADITION CONTINUES...
The West Allis Nationals concluded their season Sunday night with a disappointing 12-2 loss in the Milwaukee County Minor League Championship game. In uncharacteristic fashion, the team gave the Cubs 7 unearned runs in the second inning and were never able to climb out of the hole. Despite rallies in each inning, the team failed to produce the timely hits that had been its trademark all year. 13 baserunners were stranded in the 7 inning affair.
Though the score was lopsided it was somewhat misleading. Alex Franson effectively controlled the Cubs' offense for 5 innings mixing a slurve, change, and fastball. Had the team not committed two costly errors in the 7 run second, Franson would have been in position for the victory in his first start on the hill in a Nationals uniform.
On offense, James Herkowski led the team with two hits. Jake Koutnik added a double and scored on a Joe Reisinger single in the second. After the tally the team was held scoreless until Chris Marks hit a solo homer in the seventh. The homer was Marks' third of the playoffs and sixth of the season.
The Nationals completed their 27th season with a 20-10 mark, the team's third consecutive 20 victory season.
Milwaukee County Semifinals
SATURDAY NIGHT AUGUST 10
Joey's Mob Scene/Milwaukee Angels 3,6
WEST ALLIS NATIONALS 4,16
Cubs 10,10
King Pins 15,3
SUNDAY NIGHT AUGUST 11
Cubs 18 vs King Pins 7
Milwaukee County Championship
SATURDAY NIGHT AUGUST 17
WEST ALLIS NATIONALS 3 Cubs 9
Cubs 4 WEST ALLIS NATIONALS 8
SUNDAY NIGHT AUGUST 18
Cubs 12 WEST ALLIS NATIONALS 2
