[Alsfastball] Fargo Bergstrom Kegel Black Knights

Wed Jun 30 22:38:34 EDT 2004

Fargo Bergstrom Kegel Black Knights in Eau Claire, Wisconsin - June 25-27

The Black Knights competed in the Eau Claire Classic over the past weekend 
going 2-2. Without the services of 6 regulars including leadoff hitter Jeff 
Ellsworth, # 3 hitter Duane Clarkson and pitcher Steve Langley the Black 
Knights went 2-2 with a limited roster of 11 players. They scored victories 
over the Rice Lake Wis. Orangemen (9-2) and the Bull/Town Line team (ISC 
Rank 23) from DePere Wisconsin (3-0) while losing to Circle Tap (ISC Rank 
#4) from Denmark Wis. (13-1) and (ISC Rank #3) Madison Wis. The Farm (7-5).

The Black Knights were in every game including the 13-1 defeat to Circle 
Tap. The Tappers scored 8 runs in the 7th inning in a contest that was 5-1 
after 6 innings and the Black Knights had left 8 base runners stranded to 
that point as well as aiding Circle Tap with 7 errors. All in all with a 
limited bench and missing key position players and pitching the Black 
Knights coaching staff felt good about how their team competed.

Linescores and Game Summaries
Rice Lake...........2..0..0..0..0..0..0 - 2 R..4 H..5 LOB..1 E
Black Knights.....0..0..0..3..4..1..1 - 9 R..8 H..5 LOB..1 E
LP - Larry Cughmen....9 R..8 H..4 BB..3 SO
WP - Rich Carney........2 R..4 H..2 BB..5 SO
The first game of the weekend against the Rice Lake Orangemen say the Black 
Knights go with Rich Carney on the rubber as a pickup for missing pitchers 
Steve Langley and Chad Klassen. The Black Knights needed to get some 
innings out of local Fargo pitcher Carney in this game to take up some 
innings to keep regular Darcy Byrne fresh for the remainder of pool play. 
Carney did exactly that going 7 innings once sttling done from a shakey 
first inning where he gave up 2 runs on 2 of the 4 hits he surrendered for 
the game.
It took the Knights a couple of innings to break through but in the 4th 
they scored 3 runs on rbi hits by Nathan Giesbrecht and Peter Reimer plus a 
sac fly by Eric Lewis. They broke the game open in the 5th inning with 4 
runs highlighted by James Kroeker's 3B plus a 2 run single by Peter Reimer. 
They scored single runs in each of the last 2 innings to round out their 
scoring.
Offense
Rob Giesbrecht - 1/2 - 2 BB - 2 R
Nathan Giesbrecht - 2/4 - 2B - 2 RBI - 2 R
Peter Reimer - 2/4 - 3B - 3 RBI
James Kroeker 1/1 - 3B - 2 BB - 2R

Bull/Town Line.....0..0..0..0..0..0..0 - 0 R..2 H..6 LOB..0 E
Black Knights......1..0..0..0..2..0.." - 3 R..7 H..8 LOB..2 E
LP - Sebastian Gervasutti....3 R..7 H..2 BB..5 SO
6th - Jaun Potolicchio...........0 R..0 H..0 BB..1 SO
WP - Darcy Byrne.................0 R..2 H..1 BB..11 SO
Darcy Byrne throw a 2 hitter to lead the Black Knights over a tough 
Bull/Town Line team who used both of their Argentine pitchers in this game 
to determine who would advance to the playoff round. The Black Knights 
opened the score in the first inning when Jon Lewis scored all the way from 
first on aggressive base running after Nathan Giesbrecht lined a shot off 
the pitchers leg into shallow left field. With Jeff Goolagong, Australian 
National team SS, picking up the ball but running away from the infield 
Lewis was sent home beating the throw. The game remained 1-0 until the 5th 
when the Black Knights provided Byrne with 2 security runs off a 2 run 
single by Nathan Giesbrecht scoring Rob Giesbrecht and James Kroeker who 
had singled and walked.
Offense
Nathan Giesbrecht - 2/3 - 2 2B - 3 RBI
Nathan Wiens - 2/3

Circle Tap............1..0..3..1..0..0...8 - 13 R..15 H..8 LOB..1 E
Black Knights......0..1..0..0..0..0..0 - 1 R.....7 H...8 LOB...7 E
LP - Darcy Byrne.........5 R..7 H..0 BB..4 SO
5th -  Rich Carney........8 R...8 H..1 BB..3 SO
WP - Dwayne Dyck.....1 R...7 H..2 BB....6 SO
In easily the Black Knights worst game of the year they committed 7 errors 
against the #4 ranked team in the world. This came back to haunt them as as 
they let down pitchers Darcy Byrne and Rich Carney as it led to 9 unearned 
runs. Unlike the previous meeting of these 2 teams in Kimberley where 
Circle Tap had to rally from a 2-0 deficit to win 3-2  in the 
playoff  round the Tappers were front runners from the start scoring an 
unearned run in the first inning. This did not rattle the Knights as they 
came back in the second inning to even the game when Peter Reimer drove in 
their only run scoring Nathan Giesbrecht who had walked.  Circle Tap 
immediately responded with 3 runs in the 3rd inning and never looked back 
adding another in the 5th. In control with a 4 run lead the game settled 
down with no one scoringuntil the 7th when pick up pitcher Rich Carney gave 
up 8 Runs on 5 hits however only 2 were earned as the Knights committed 2 
errors in the inning. The inning was highlighted by HRs off the bats of 
Chris Miljavac and a monster shotshot  by Chris Dellarwelle back to back.

The Farm..............1..2..1..0..1..2...... - 7 R..9 H..6 LOB..0 E
Black Knights.......0..0..0..1..0..0..4.. - 5 R..10 H..10 LOB..1 E
LP - DarcyByrne.........7 R..9 H..3 BB..7 SO
WP - Paul Algar...........5 R..10 H..7 BB..8 SO
( 7th - 2 Outs) Dean Holoien...0 R..0 H..0 BB..1 S0
Facing the 3rd ranked team in the world Sunday Morning following their 
worst loss of the year the Black Knights could have folded the tents with 
their short staffed squad but they proved they can play with the Big Boys. 
Trailing 4-0 after 3 innings the Knights coaching staff decided to stay 
with Darcy Byrne who although he gave up 7 runs pitched very well as he has 
seen limited action this year due to weather cancelations. The Black 
Knights responded in the 4th with 1 run however The Farm came right back 
with 3 of their own over the next 3 innings. Now trailing by 6 in the 7th 
inning the Black Knights could have easily looked at their shortened bench 
again and folded but they did not. With one out they started their rally. 
Jon Lewis walked leading to a monster HR by CF Rob Giesbrecht. This was 
immediately followed by Nathan Giesbrecht's 1B and another 2 run HR by 
Peter Reimer. With the score now 7-5 Adrian Brown walked, Algar got a 
strike out for the second out but Chad Ostermann  singled leading to the go 
ahead run coming to the plate. Farm Manager Rod Peterson who had Dean 
Holoien warming up brought in the big right hander who got the last out of 
the inning with a strike out to perserve the win for Paul Alger.
The Black Knights settled for a 2-2 weekend and a quarter-final finish.

This brings the Black Knights record to 23-8 for the season. The Knights 
are taking off the long weekend with their next action  being July 9-11 in 
the Tom Dinsdale Chevy-Cadillac Invitational hosted by #1ranked  Broken Bow 
Spirit in Grand Island, Nebraska.
Teams involved are listed below with current ISC rankings beside each team. 
For the Tournament Schedule you can go to:
<http://www.bowspirit.com/index.htm>http://www.bowspirit.com/index.htm

Ferdi Nelissen
Field Manager - Fargo Bergstrom/Kegel Black Knights
<mailto:ferdi at mts.net>ferdi at mts.net
Teams Entered
Division A
Division B
Broken Bow Spirit (#1)
Calgary Diamonds (#5)
Kegel Black Knights (#20)
Allbaugh, Inc. (#25)
Pueblo Bandits (#19)
National Investors (#33)

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