MinnDak Millers Tie for 3rd at Grafmeier

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Received: 6/5/06 11:20:51 PM 
From:  "Brett Bresnahan" <mnfastpitch(at)hotmail.com> 

Subject:  MinnDak Millers Tie for 3rd at Grafmeier  
  

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Fargo/Moorhead  

  The #20 ranked MinnDak Millers opened their major-level season
this past weekend at the Jack Grafmeier Memorial Tournament at
Sunset Park in Kimberly, Wisconsin, tying for Third Place.

  MinnDak came into the tournament shorthanded as they were missing
Steve Baumgartner, Rick Lang, Lamar Noriega, John Tschida and
Jason Wandler.  On Saturday, Tim Tweiten was injured, leaving
MinnDak further shorthanded.

  The Millers received strong pitching all weekend from Rob Schweyer
and Sisko Sabate and timely hitting for the weekend.

 

Pool Play, Pool A

Friday

  MinnDak opened the weekend with a 6-1 victory over The Bar
of Appleton.

  Lucas Goring led off the game with a double, stole third base
then scored on a Gregg Cascaes single.

  MinnDak would not score again until the sixth inning on Tony
Kunka’s solo home run.

  The Millers tacked on four insurance runs in the top of the
seventh.  Scooter Lange led off with a single and then scores
on Zach Goring’s double.  Lucas Goring singled.

  Zach Goring scored on Tim Tweiten’s ground out.  Kunka then
hit his second homer of the game, scoring Lucas Goring.

  The Bar countered with a solo home run in the bottom of the
seventh.

  Sisko Sabate had a strong pitching performance, taking a no-hitter
and perfect game into the fifth inning and ending with six strikeouts.

#20 MinnDak 6 The Bar of Appleton (Appleton, Wisc) 1

MDM  100 001 4-6 11 1

Bar       000 000 1-1   3 0

WP-Sisko Sabate (3-1)

LP-Shaun Jamieson

HR-Tony Kunka (8, 9), MinnDak;  Kyle Van Abel, The Bar

Sabate and Scooter Lange

Jamieson and Conrad Bain

Roman Foore, 2-4

Lucas Goring, 2-4, 2B, RBI

Zach Goring, 2-3, 2B

Tony Kunka, 3-4, 2 HR, 3 RBI

Sisko Sabate, 7 IP, 3 hits allowed, 6 K, no BB

 

Saturday

  In their first of three games on Saturday, MinnDak was anchored
by a strong pitching performance in this game.  Rob Schweyer
took a perfect game into the seventh inning, surrendering a hit
with one out in the final frame.

  MinnDak jumped out to an early lead when Gregg Cascaes drew
a walk in the first inning then stole second base.  Two batters
later, he would score on Tony Kunka’s double.

  Tim Tweiten led off the fourth with a home run to give MinnDak
a 2-0 lead.

  The Millers added insurance three runs in the sixth.  Lucas
Goring led off the inning with a single and advanced to third
on a two-base error on the play.  Two batters later, he scored
on Tim Tweiten’s fielder’s choice.

  Dan Brekke entered as a pinch runner for Tweiten and scored
on Tony Kunka’s home run.

#20 MinnDak 5 #10 Townline (Green Bay, Wisc) 0

TL        000 000 0-0 1 1

MDM  100 103 x-5 5 0

WP-Rob Schweyer (2-0)

LP-Tane Richardson

HR-Tony Kunka (10), Tim Tweiten (4), MinnDak

Schweyer and Scooter Lange

Richardson and Aaron Neemia

Lucas Goring, 2-3

Tony Kunka, 2-3, 2B, HR, 3 RBI

Rob Schweyer, 7 IP, 1 hit allowed, 7 K, no BB

Tim Tweiten, 1-3, HR, 2 RBI

 

  MinnDak posted their third win on the weekend over the Quad
City Sox 2-1.  The Millers posted two runs in the first inning
with two outs.

  Gregg Cascaes drew a walk then scored on Tony Kunka’s home
run.

  Quad City scored in their half of the first inning.

  Sisko Sabate started the game and threw five innings.  Rob
Schweyer came in for two innings of relief to earn the save,
striking out the first five batters he faced.

  The game ended on an outstanding play by shortstop Gregg Cascaes,
who dove and knocked the ball down, then flipped to second basemen
Zach Goring to end the game.

#20 MinnDak 2 #16 Quad City Sox (Davenport, Iowa) 1

MDM  200 000 0-2 1 0

QC      100 000 0-1 2 1

WP-Sisko Sabate (4-1)

LP-Al Rebling

S-Rob Schweyer (1)

HR-Tony Kunka (11), MinnDak

Sabate, Rob Schweyer (6) and Scooter Lange

Rebling and Rodney Doak

Tony Kunka, 1-3, HR, 2 RBI

Sisko Sabate, 5 IP, 4 K

Rob Schweyer, 2 IP, 5 K

 

  The Millers closed out pool play with a 5-2 loss to The Farm
Tavern.    The Millers didn’t get a runner on until Zach Goring
reached by error in the fourth inning.  MinnDak would attempt
to close the gap but The Farm would counter every time they did.

  Going into the game, MinnDak was guaranteed a spot in Sunday’s
Championship Bracket and earned the number two seed out of their
pool.

#2 The Farm Tavern (Madison, Wisc) 5 #20 MinnDak 2

Farm    000 021 2-5 11 1

MDM  000 011 0-2   5 0

WP-Dean Holoien

LP-Sisko Sabate (4-2)

HR-Darrell Joy, Farm;  Roman Foore (2), MinnDak

Holoien, Garreau (5) and Harvey Stevenson, Jr.

Sabate and Scooter Lange

Roman Foore, 1-3, HR, 2 RBI

Sisko Sabate, 2-3, 7 IP, 3 K

 

Championship Bracket

Sunday, Semifinals

  This game saw a battle of pitchers between Rob Schweyer and
Collin McKenzie.  Schweyer struck out 10 batters and allowed
only one hit, a first inning home run to Chris Delarwelle.

  MinnDak left 9 runners on base for the game.

#13 Circle Tap (Denmark, Wisc) 1 #20 MinnDak 0

CT       100 000 0-1 1 0

MDM  000 000 0-0 4 0

WP-Collin McKenzie

LP-Rob Schweyer (2-1)

HR-Chris Delarwelle, Circle Tap

McKenzie and Brad Dvorachek

Schweyer and Scooter Lange

Gregg Cascaes, 2-3

Sisko Sabate, 2-3

Rob Schweyer, 7 IP, 10 K

 

Brett Bresnahan

MinnDak Millers

breshz(at)minnesotafastpitch.com

www.millers.minnesotafastpitch.com

www.minnesotafastpitch.com

 

 

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