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Nats Split with Kenosha Kings
After successive rainouts on Thursday and Friday, the Nationals were back in action on Saturday versus the league leading Kenosha Kings at historic Simmons Field in Kenosha.
In game one, Jimmy Jungbauer allowed only two hits and one run in a 2-1 victory. Jungbauer struck out 3 and walked 2 while going the distance. Mike Merritt and Adam Karas drove in the only two runs with sacrifices. Brian Huntzinger led the team with 2 knocks, including a double.
The Nats had their chances in game two, as well, but failed to execute in a couple of sacrifice situations and dropped that tilt by a score of 3-1. Andrew Arenson threw five strong innings, allowing no earned runs on four hits while striking out 4.
Next up for the Nationals are the Racine Kiwanis on Tuesday night at Horlick Field in Racine. First pitch is set for 7:30pm.
Nats Edge Green Bay Storm
GREEN BAY STORM AB R H BI WEST ALLIS NATIONALS AB R H BI
Chad Ljunggren 2 0 1 0 Kyle Kalkopf 3 0 0 0
Riley Spetz 4 0 1 0 Jimmy Jungbauer 2 1 0 0
Doug Coe 2 0 0 0 Matt Soderlund 3 0 0 0
Jordan Powers 1 0 0 0 Sam Hammer 3 0 1 0
Chris Laux 2 0 1 0 Mike Merritt 3 0 1 1
Jon Rupno 3 0 0 0 Curt Pryal 3 0 0 0
Chuck Brehm 3 0 1 0 Andrew Arenson 3 1 2 0
Tyler Brown 3 0 1 0 Dillion Engle 2 0 0 0
Evan Ruechel 2 0 0 0 Brian Huntsinger 2 0 1 1
Dylan Bersch 3 0 1 0
TOTALS 25 0 6 0 TOTALS 24 2 5 2
GREEN BAY STORM 000 000 0 -- 0
WEST ALLIS NATIONALS 110 000 x -- 2
LOB--GREEN BAY STORM 11, WEST ALLIS NATIONALS 5. ERR--Dylan
Bersch, Jordan Powers, Andrew Arenson, Brian Huntsinger (2).
2B--Dylan Bersch. HBP--Evan Ruechel. SB--Chuck Brehm.
GREEN BAY STORM IP H R ER BB SO HR
John Olejniczak (L) 6.00 5 2 2 1 3 0
WEST ALLIS NATIONALS
Curt Pryal (W) 7.00 6 0 0 6 2 0
WP--Curt Pryal (2). SO--Chris Laux, Chad Ljunggren, Mike
Merritt, Sam Hammer, Dillion Engle. BB--Doug Coe (2), Jon
Rupno, Chris Laux, Chad Ljunggren (2), Jimmy Jungbauer.
Appleton Legends Shut Out Nationals
APPLETON LEGENDS AB R H BI WEST ALLIS NATIONALS AB R H BI
Trent Whitcomb 4 1 1 0 Kyle Kalkopf 3 0 1 0
Randy Reed 2 1 1 0 Jimmy Jungbauer 3 0 0 0
Beau Burgert 3 1 2 3 Matt Soderlund 2 0 0 0
Ben Morgan 3 0 2 0 Sam Hammer 3 0 0 0
Brett Young 3 0 0 0 Mike Merritt 3 0 1 0
Jordan Plamann 4 0 1 0 Curt Pryal 3 0 2 0
Mitch Busch 3 0 0 0 Dillion Engle 3 0 0 0
Jesus Cazares 3 0 0 0 Andrew Arenson 3 0 0 0
Courtney Watkins 3 0 0 0 Brian Huntsinger 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 28 3 7 3 TOTALS 26 0 4 0
APPLETON LEGENDS 200 000 1 -- 3
WEST ALLIS NATIONALS 000 000 0 -- 0
LOB--APPLETON LEGENDS 9, WEST ALLIS NATIONALS 9. ERR--Ben
Morgan, Kyle Kalkopf. 2B--Trent Whitcomb. HR--Beau Burgert.
HBP--Beau Burgert, Kyle Kalkopf, Matt Soderlund. SB--Brett
Young, Kyle Kalkopf (2).
APPLETON LEGENDS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Andrew Skow-Anderson (W) 7.00 4 0 0 2 2 0
WEST ALLIS NATIONALS
Andrew Arenson (L) 5.00 4 2 2 4 6 1
Matt Soderlund 2.00 3 1 1 0 2 0
PB--Matt Soderlund. SO--Jesus Cazares (2), Mitch Busch,
Trent Whitcomb (2), Courtney Watkins, Jordan Plamann (2),
Brian Huntsinger, Matt Soderlund. BB--Ben Morgan, Randy Reed
(2), Brett Young, Jimmy Jungbauer, Matt Soderlund.
Appleton Downs Nationals
WEST ALLIS NATIONALS AB R H BI APPLETON LEGENDS AB R H BI
Kyle Kalkopf 4 0 0 1 Trent Whitcomb 3 3 3 2
Jimmy Jungbauer 4 0 1 2 Alec Rolain 1 0 0 0
Matt Soderlund 3 0 1 0 John Hendrick 3 2 2 4
Sam Hammer 3 0 0 0 Beau Burgert 1 1 0 0
Mike Merritt 3 1 2 0 Ben Morgan 1 0 0 0
Curt Pryal 3 1 0 0 Brett Young 2 0 1 1
Andrew Arenson 2 1 0 0 Jesus Cazares 2 0 0 0
Dillion Engle 3 0 0 0 Tyler Nehring 1 0 0 0
Brian Huntsinger 3 1 2 1 Courtney Watkins 2 0 1 1
Tanner Galezzi 1 0 0 0
Mitch Busch 3 1 1 0
Jared Vander Loop 2 1 0 0
Chase Eagan 2 1 1 0
Jordan Plamann 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 28 4 6 4 TOTALS 25 9 9 8
WEST ALLIS NATIONALS 040 000 0 -- 4
APPLETON LEGENDS 350 100 x -- 9
LOB--WEST ALLIS NATIONALS 4, APPLETON LEGENDS 2. ERR--Brian
Huntsinger, Matt Soderlund, Jared Vander Loop, Chase Eagan.
2B--Brian Huntsinger, John Hendrick. HR--John Hendrick.
HBP--Brett Young. SB--Courtney Watkins.
WEST ALLIS NATIONALS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bobby Herrick (L) 3.33 7 8 7 2 2 1
Dillion Engle 2.67 2 1 1 1 2 0
APPLETON LEGENDS
Earl Vorpagel (W) 5.00 6 4 0 1 2 0
Jake Stern 2.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
SO--Jimmy Jungbauer, Mike Merritt, Matt Soderlund, Alec
Rolain, Jesus Cazares (2), Jordan Plamann. BB--Andrew
Arenson, Jared Vander Loop, Beau Burgert, John Hendrick.
Nats Down Kiwanis
Jared Stengel had a two run homer amongst his three hits and Curt Pryal and Matt Soderlund added three hits and two RBI respectively as the Nationals held off the Racine Kiwanis 5-2 Thursday night at Zirkel Field in West Allis.
Stengel's two run homer in the fourth broke open a 1-0 game and provided Nationals pitchers the space they needed to close the deal.
Jimmy Jungbauer earned the victory with six strong innings. Jungbauer allowed only one earned run and struck out 8. Dillion Engel earned the save, striking out 6 while throwing the 8th and 9th innings.
Next up is a non-league tournament on Sat and Sun in Green Bay. The Nats will face the Appleton Legends twice and the Green Bay Storm once.
RACINE KIWANIS (2) AT WEST ALLIS NATIONALS (5)
RACINE KIWANIS AB R H BI WEST ALLIS NATIONALS AB R H BI
Eric Weisbrod 5 0 2 1 Adam Karas 4 1 0 0
Nate Simons 2 0 1 0 Kyle Kalkopf 3 0 1 0
Bobby Appleton 1 0 1 0 Matt Soderlund 2 0 1 2
Tommy Pennington 3 0 0 1 Sam Hammer 4 0 0 0
Sam Azarian 3 0 0 0 Mike Merritt 4 1 0 0
Nick Davidovic 2 0 0 0 Curt Pryal 4 1 3 0
Andrew Mott 5 0 1 0 Brian Huntsinger 4 0 1 1
Ryan Ruediger 3 0 0 0 Jared Stengel 4 2 3 2
Mike Aiello 3 1 2 0 Mike Kenseth 3 0 1 0
Jake Ryder 4 0 1 0
K.J. Banse 3 1 2 0
TOTALS 34 2 10 2 TOTALS 32 5 10 4
RACINE KIWANIS 000 010 100 -- 2
WEST ALLIS NATIONALS 001 200 11x -- 5
LOB--RACINE KIWANIS 12, WEST ALLIS NATIONALS 8. ERR--Bobby
Appleton, Mike Aiello, Nate Simons, Mike Kenseth. 2B--Mike
Aiello (2), Mike Kenseth, Matt Soderlund. 3B--Andrew Mott.
HR--Jared Stengel. HBP--Nate Simons. SACF--Tommy Pennington,
Matt Soderlund. SACB--Kyle Kalkopf, Adam Karas. SB--Nate
Simons.
RACINE KIWANIS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Gunnar Neale (L) 8.00 10 5 2 2 6 1
WEST ALLIS NATIONALS
Jimmy Jungbauer (W) 6.00 6 1 1 4 7 0
Bobby Herrick 1.00 2 1 1 0 0 0
Dillion Engle (S) 2.00 2 0 0 1 6 0
PB--Mike Aiello (2). WP--Gunnar Neale (2), Jimmy Jungbauer,
Bobby Herrick. SO--Andrew Mott (4), Sam Azarian (2), Nick
Davidovic, Ryan Ruediger, Tommy Pennington (2), Mike Aiello,
Jake Ryder (2), Kyle Kalkopf, Adam Karas (2), Sam Hammer
(3). BB--Ryan Ruediger, Tommy Pennington, Mike Aiello, Nate
Simons, K.J. Banse, Mike Kenseth, Matt Soderlund.