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DePere Sweeps

Posted by Steve Elliott at Jul 15, 2017 5:00PM PDT ( 0 Comments )

Statements uttered after DePere's dismantling of the Nats Saturday afternoon at Westwood Park in DePere.

"I am horrible." - Huntz

"I slept two hours, drove two hours, waited two hours, batted two times, and made 2 outs and we lost twice.  It was a day for the #2's."  - CPC/CP14/not 206.

"We blew.  But we showed up.  Can that guy play short?"  - anonymous confidence sandwich.

"My parents will be here and they don't want to see a bunch of losers."  (Editor's note - like the Nationals, they weren't able to find the location of the field or witness any activities normally associated with baseball.)

"I was laughing.  Then, I was asleep."  - Drew

"I took two curve ball strikes then swung at a third out of the zone.  That usually doesn't work well" - Noah/Carp  

"Stop looking at me and go back to the B position."   KKK just prior to his ejection.

"Where's Johnny?  He's had three innings to pack up after being pulled."   Mr. Uninveral   (Editor's note - It's unclear if Johnny was running poles out of penance, to eliminate lactic acid, or to burn off the brats he wolfed down moments before his start on the bump.) 

"Do we play tomorrow?"  D1, the younger.   (Editor's note - mercifully, no.  Kewaskum made sure of that against Neosho) 

"There are only 6 beers left; we need to make a stop at the next exit." Tom (name has been changed to protect the innocent.)

Haiku-

We drove to DePere/The Dodgers played great baseball/High Life heals all wounds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Natties Rally Late to Stun Neosho 4-3

Posted by Steve Elliott at Jul 14, 2017 5:00PM PDT ( 0 Comments )

On Friday night in Hartford, Johnny Keane doubled with one out in the 5th inning to break up an 8 strikeout, perfect game performance by the Rockets starting pitcher and spark the to-that-point challenged offense. Reports that the lineup was broken were debunked, despite a lineup card covered with Pulera dirt on the dugout floor.

Down 3-1 after some self-inflicted wounds, the squad headed to the bottom of the sixth with hopes of building on their breakthru fifth.   With one out, Jonah Meidl singled to hole at short and promptly stole second.   He advanced to third on a wild pitch.   With two down, Brian Huntzinger drew a walk leading to some drama from Evan Spry.   Spry drove a ball to deep left center that was narrowly missed by the left fielder.   When the dust settled, two runs had been plated and Spry was at third with a two out triple.   The Tentoni-quiet Spry was later overhead mumbling, "not having D3 Johnny Keane vulture my RBI's again."    

With Keane up next and an opportunity to put the Nats ahead, Spry gutted him by scoring from third on a passed ball, putting the Nats up 4-3.     In true Nattie fashion, though, Keane followed with a double down the left field line to keep the inning alive.   Also in true Nattie fashion, he was left stranded to end the inning.

Headed back out in the top of the seventh, starter Nick McLees reminded his skipper that players make the lineup (now fixed) and told him he wasn't coming out.   McLees made good on his word, retiring the Rockets on 5 pitches (with some defensive magic from teammate, not friend, Dan Scallon who had gutted McLees earlier in the game on a "double" to left that went on to score.) 

The Nats await their tournament destiny today.   Neosho plays twice and the Nats need them to win both games and put some runs on the board to create a three way tie in Pool D.   That scenario would leave Kewaskum, Neosho, and the Natties with 2-1 records and invoke tie breaker C - total runs allowed.   The Nats allowed only 4 runs in their three tournament games.   Kewaskum, thus far, has allowed 0 runs in two games.

The Nats won't be sitting on their hands and watching that action, however.   They are back on the road today for a 3pm Wisconsin State League DH vs the DePere Dodgers in DePere, Wi.  Early Vegas odds are that they'll be banished to the tunnels for BP, but the skipper has some insider information that could change that.  

Those with feelings, sensitivies or a weak heart should probably sit near the Dodgers' dugout. 

Johnny Keane's bases clearing triple broke open a scoreless game in the sixth and the Nationals went on to beat the Milwaukee Beavers 5-0.   Chase Scharnek vultured his third win of the season in relief, striking out 4 in 2 innings.

Fate wasn't so kind in game two.  Kewaskum scored the game's only run on a seventh inning double play ball and held on to defeat the Nats 1-0.   The Nats had runners on in every inning but the second but could get timely hits.

The Nats stand at 1-1 in pool play.   Tonight the squad plays Neosho in Hartford.  A victory keeps hopes alive for advancing to the Final Four on Sunday in West Bend. 

The Nationals bounced back from an 11-0 drubbing by the Lombard Orioles Sunday morning and salvaged a side of pride with an 11-8 afternoon victory over the Addison Braves.

Lombard separated from the Nationals early in the morning game and never looked back.  The lone Nationals highlight was Matt Richer making his mound debut, throwing a scoreless two thirds of an inning.  

In the afternoon affair the Nats took and early 2-0 lead and built it to 11-2 before Addison cashed in late. Starter Vinnie Pieters went a strong 5 innings to earn his first Nationals win.   Vinnie allow only one hit and one earned run while striking out three.   Dan Scallon led the offense with three hits and three RBI.   Adam Cibulka, Kyle Kalkopf, Garrett Gilbert added multi hit games.

Drew Evanson returned to the lineup and added two knocks of his own after sleeping thru the morning game in the team van with the flu.   Or something like that.

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Nats Down DePere

Posted by Steve Elliott at Jul 8, 2017 5:00PM PDT ( 0 Comments )
The West Allis Nationals beat the De Pere Dodgers 9-5 on Saturday in West Bend. The Nationals captured the lead in the first inning when Jonah Meidl scored on a misplayed ground ball hit by Evan Spry. West Allis took the lead for good with four runs in the third inning. In that inning, Jonah Meidl homered off of Caleb Schoenholz, driving in one run, Drew Evanson singled off of Schoenholz, driving in one run, and Kyle Kalkopf singled off of Schoenholz, driving in two runs. Chase Scharnek earned the win for West Allis Nationals. He tossed one and one-third innings, allowing zero runs, one hit, striking out three, and walking zero. Schoenholz took the loss for De Pere Dodgers. He pitched three innings, giving up five runs, seven hits, and striking out two. Kanyon Fellers started the game for West Allis Nationals. He tossed four and a third innings, surrendering four runs, five hits, and striking out five. Home runs for West Allis Nationals came when Brian Huntzinger homered in the fourth inning and Meidl homered in the third inning. The power hitters slept that night in 108. West Allis Nationals collected 12 hits. Meidl, Evanson, Kalkopf, and Huntzinger each collected multiple hits for West Allis Nationals. Evanson and Meidl each managed three hits to lead West Allis Nationals.