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The West Allis Nationals had two opportunties late Saturday to steal game two and sweep the Sheboygan A's, but came up short, settling for a split at Wildwood Park in Sheboyan.
The Nats took game one due in large part to the mound work of Curt Pryal. Pryal scattered 7 hits and walked none in shutting out the A's 2-0.
Pryal's efforts were backed by the offense of Andy Kovarik. Kovarik singled home Brian Huntzinger in the first and hit a solo homer in the third to provide the offense. Matt Richer also offered up two hits.
The Nats fell behind early in the nightcap with the A's scoring twice in the second inning on an RBI triple by Taylor Schwartz and an RBI single by Justin Hunt. The Nationals, the home team for game 2, responded with a run of their own in that frame. Mike Merritt led off with a double and scored on a ground out by Nate Martin.
The A's added another tally in the third and their starter, West Allis native Dillion Engle settled in. Engle went 5 strong innings before being lifted in the sixth when the Nats mounted their first of two late game rallies. Colby Gee led off the frame with a double and moved to third on a single by Mike Merrit. Gee scored when Nate Martin reached on a fielder's choice to bring the score back to 3-2. However, after a Josh Jesko single loaded the bases with none out, the A's reliever locked in to induce a pop to short and two strikeouts.
The Nats had a final opportunity in the bottom of the seventh. Andy Kovarik reached on an error with one out and Colby Gee followed with a single. Unfortunately both were left stranded as the A's reliever again locked in to strike out the final two batters of the game.
Next up are the Racine Kiwanis on Tuesday night. The road tested Nationals will finally play host at Zirkel Field in West Allis. First pitch is set for 7:30pm.
WEST ALLIS NATIONALS AB R H BI GENOA CITY REDDOGS AB R H BI
Brian Hunzinger 3 1 1 0 Chad Tindall 3 0 0 0
Matt Richer 3 0 0 0 Nick Poepping 3 0 1 0
Jared Fon 2 0 1 0 Kevin Gauger 2 0 0 0
Andy Kovarik 3 0 0 0 Tom Starck 2 2 1 0
Curt Pryal 3 0 1 1 Bob Holst 3 1 2 1
Jim Jungbauer 3 0 1 0 Colter Beck 2 0 0 1
Kyle Knaust 3 0 0 0 Jacob Hornik 1 0 1 0
Kyle Kalkopf 3 0 0 0 Steve Basty 2 0 0 1
Adam Karas 2 0 0 0 Brian Kretschmer 2 0 0 0
Sam Kenseth 0 0 0 0 Mike Kunes 1 0 0 0
Kenny Dziukala 3 0 1 0
TOTALS 25 1 4 1 TOTALS 24 3 6 3
WEST ALLIS NATIONALS 000 001 0 -- 1
GENOA CITY REDDOGS 010 101 x -- 3
LOB--WEST ALLIS NATIONALS 7, GENOA CITY REDDOGS 6. ERR--Kyle
Kalkopf, Jared Fon, Colter Beck, Jacob Hornik. 2B--Brian
Hunzinger, Nick Poepping, Tom Starck. HR--Bob Holst.
SACB--Matt Richer, Steve Basty.
WEST ALLIS NATIONALS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mitch Lochen (L) 5 4 2 2 2 0 0
Sam Kenseth 1 2 1 1 0 1 1
GENOA CITY REDDOGS
Kenny Pokryfke (W) 6 4 1 1 2 0 0
Chad Tindall (S) 1 0 0 0 1 2 0
PB--Nick Poepping. SO--Kyle Kalkopf, Brian Hunzinger, Mike
Kunes. BB--Sam Kenseth, Brian Hunzinger, Jared Fon, Tom
Starck, Kevin Gauger.
Genoa City Sweeps Nats in Season Opening DH
WEST ALLIS NATIONALS (3) AT GENOA CITY REDDOGS (11)
WEST ALLIS NATIONALS AB R H BI GENOA CITY REDDOGS AB R H BI
Brian Hunzinger 4 1 2 2 Chad Tindall 3 1 0 0
Matt Richer 3 0 0 0 Steve Basty 2 2 2 0
Jared Fon 4 0 1 1 Corey Barry 1 1 1 0
Andy Kovarik 4 0 1 0 Kevin Gauger 3 1 2 3
Curt Pryal 4 1 2 0 Tom Starck 4 2 2 1
Jim Jungbauer 3 0 1 0 Colter Beck 4 2 2 1
Kyle Knaust 1 0 0 0 Kenny Pokryfke 3 0 0 1
Bobby Herrick 2 1 1 0 Bob Holst 0 0 0 0
Kyle Kalkopf 2 0 0 0 Nick Poepping 2 1 0 0
Adam Karas 3 0 1 0 Mike Kunes 0 0 0 1
Jacob Hornik 4 0 0 1
Kris Zarek 3 1 1 3
TOTALS 30 3 9 3 TOTALS 29 11 10 11
WEST ALLIS NATIONALS 001 200 0 -- 3
GENOA CITY REDDOGS 007 103 x -- 11
LOB--WEST ALLIS NATIONALS 8, GENOA CITY REDDOGS 7. ERR--Matt
Richer, Brian Hunzinger, Curt Pryal, Taylor Dowden, Jacob
Hornik (2). 2B--Andy Kovarik, Brian Hunzinger, Colter Beck,
Kevin Gauger, Kris Zarek. HBP--Kyle Kalkopf, Matt Richer,
Steve Basty. SACF--Mike Kunes.
WEST ALLIS NATIONALS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jim Jungbauer (L) 2 2-3 6 7 7 3 4 0
Bobby Herrick 2 2-3 4 4 2 2 1 0
Sam Kenseth 0 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0
GENOA CITY REDDOGS
Taylor Dowden (W) 4 7 3 3 0 1 0
Tom Starck (S) 3 2 0 0 0 6 0
SO--Bobby Herrick, Jim Jungbauer, Kyle Kalkopf, Brian
Hunzinger, Kyle Knaust, Jared Fon (2), Colter Beck, Jacob
Hornik, Tom Starck, Kenny Pokryfke, Kris Zarek. BB--Nick
Poepping, Chad Tindall, Bob Holst, Kevin Gauger, Kris Zarek.
Statistics thru Game 28 Reg Season Final vs. Sheboygan
Final Pitching Statistics
| Name | W | L | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | SV | ERA |
| Brendon Dorn | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | |
| Adam Widder | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0.00 |
| Kyle Kalkopf | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 |
| Jared Stengel | 0 | 0 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | |
| Andy Kovarik | 4 | 1 | 33.6 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 1.07 | |
| Nick Lingvay | 0 | 1 | 10.6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 1.70 |
| Alex Kingsley | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2.57 |
| Jim Jungbauer | 5 | 2 | 50.6 | 38 | 30 | 22 | 25 | 49 | 0 | 3.91 |
| Adam Karas | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3.91 | |
| Curt Pryal | 3 | 3 | 35.6 | 43 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4.80 |
| Mitch Lochen | 1 | 2 | 33.6 | 44 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 4.82 | |
| Eric Schrader | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7.20 | |
| Kyle Knaust | 1 | 1 | 6.6 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 8.18 | |
| Bobby Herrick | 1 | 0 | 12.6 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 10.00 | |
| 17 | 11 | 215.6 | 217 | 122 | 101 | 94 | 133 | 4 | 4.22 |
Andy Kovarik threw a complete game shutout in his Nationals debut as the local 9 took the third and final game of a weekend series vs the Redbirds. Kovarik allowed only three hits while striking out 8 and walking three.
Matt Richer led the offense with 3 hits. Mike Merritt, Brian Huntzinger, and Kyle Knaust added 2 a piece.
The Nationals posted at least one tally in every frame except the third and Kovarik matched that offensive consistency with a similar performance on the mound.
The Nationals begin Langsdorf League play on Saturday with a DH vs the Genoa City Red Dogs in Genoa City beginning at 1pm.
