MinnDak Millers Take Second at Boys of Summer

Mon Jul 10 16:06:10 EDT 2006

Received: 7/10/06 2:48:25 PM 
From:  "Brett Bresnahan" <mnfastpitch(at)hotmail.com> 

Subject:  MinnDak Millers Take Second at Boys of Summer  

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Fargo/Moorhead

  The #20 ranked MinnDak Millers traveled to Circle Tap in Denmark,
Wisconsin this past weekend and came away with a Runner Up finish
at the Boys of Summer.

  The Millers barely made it to Sunday’s Championship Bracket,
having to use tiebreakers to get there and then taking advantage
of that opportunity.

Pool Play, Pool D

Friday

  MinnDak opened the Boys of Summer against Patsy’s and came
away with an impressive 7-0, five-inning win.

  Rob Schweyer threw a no-hitter and the Millers hitters gave
him run support en route to the victory.

  MinnDak jumped on the board in the second inning when Tony
Kunka drew a lead-off walk.  After a strikeout, Jason Wandler
walked, and then Roman Foore’s triple drove in Kunka and Wandler
to put MinnDak up 2-0.

  The next inning, Lucas Goring lead of with a slap single, Gregg
Cascaes reached on a fielder’s choice, putting runner’s on first
and second after Goring was called safe at second.

  A strikeout followed, then Kunka reached on an intentional
walk.

  Then with two outs, Jason Wandler singled in Goring and Cascaes.

  Foore was up next and put a home run over the right-center
field fence to give MinnDak a 7-0 lead.

  Schweyer would hold Patsy’s at bay for the remainder of the
game and got the games final out on a tag out at home plate.

#20 MinnDak Millers 7 #5 Patsy’s (Massapequah, NY) 0, 5 innings

Patsy’s 000 00-0 0 2

MCM  025 0x-7 5 1

WP-Rob Schweyer (3-5)

LP-Gerald Muizelaar

HR-Roman Foore (3), MinnDak

Muizelaar, Adam Folkard (3), Darren Rea (5) and Frank DeGroat

Schweyer and Scooter Lange

Roman Foore, 2-3, 3B, HR, 5 RBI

Jason Wandler, 1-1, 2 RBI

Rob Schweyer, 5 IP, No-hitter, 8 K, 4 BB

Saturday

  Saturday morning saw MinnDak take on Townline for the third
time this year.  The Millers fell to Townline 8-3.

  Errors plagued MinnDak in this game as all five of Townline’s
8 runs were unearned.

  MinnDak scored three runs in the sixth.

  Gregg Cascaes reached on a fielder’s choice with one out. 
John Tschida walked, then Tony Kunka’s single scored Cascaes.

  After a strikeout, Jason Wandler’s double scored Tschida. 
Kunka would later score on a wild pitch.

#12 Townline (Green Bay, Wisc) 8 #20 MinnDak Millers 3

TL        000 422 0-8 8 0

MDM  000 003 0-3 5 4

WP-Betto Guerrinieri

LP-Rob Schweyer (3-6)

HR-Aaron Neemia, Tane Richardson, Townline

Guerrinieri, Tane Richardson (6) and Aaron Neemia

Schweyer and Scooter Lange

Lucas Goring, 3-4

Tony Kunka, 1-2, RBI

Jason Wandler, 1-3, 2B, RBI

Rob Schweyer, 7 IP, 8 hits, 6 K, 3 BB, 5 unearned runs

  MinnDak entered their final game in Pool Play needing a win
over the Bloomington Stix while also having to hold the Stix
to under four runs without having to go deep into tiebreaker
scenarios.

  The Millers scored a run in the first inning when Gregg Cascaes
reached on a bunt single, advanced to second on John Tschida’s
infield single, to third on a wild pitch, then scored on Tony
Kunka’s single.

  The Stix scored a pair of runs in the second and another in
the fifth to take a 3-1 lead.

  MinnDak brought the game even in the fifth inning.

  With one out, Zach Goring reached on a single, then advanced
to third on Lucas Goring’s double.

  Zach Goring would score on a passed ball, with Lucas Goring
advancing to third, then scoring on Cascaes’ ground out to tie
the game at three.

  The game entered extra innings, with the International Tiebreaker
taking effect in the ninth inning.

  Jason Wandler was placed a second base.  He was moved to third
on Tim Tweiten’s sacrifice bunt.  Rob Schweyer then walked.

  Both would score on Zach Goring’s double up the middle, giving
the Millers a win as well as a hand up in the tiebreaker, putting
them in Sunday’s Championship Bracket.

  Sisko Sabate gave MinnDak five strong innings of work before
giving way to Rob Schweyer.

#20 MinnDak Millers 4 #22 Bloomington Stix (Bloomington, Ill)
3, 9 innings

Bloom  020 010 000-3 5 0

MDM  100 020 001-4 7 1

WP-Rob Schweyer (4-6)

LP-Paul Algar

HR-None

Bob Ginger, Algar (5) and Dan Butler

Sisko Sabate, Schweyer (6) and Lamar Noriega, Scooter Lange (7)

Gregg Cascaes, 1-4, RBI

Lucas Goring, 2-4, 2B

Zach Goring, 2-4, RBI

Sisko Sabate, 5 IP, 4 H, 5 K, 3 BB

Rob Schweyer, 4 IP, 1 H, 5 K, 1 BB

Championship Bracket

Sunday, Quarterfinals

  The Millers squared off against Circle Tap for the third time
this season, and unlike the first two meetings with Circle Tap,
MinnDak would come out victorious.

  MinnDak jumped out to a 4-0 lead after the first inning.

  Lucas Goring led off the MinnDak first with a single.  Gregg
Cascaes walked.  Both advanced a base on John Tschida’s sacrifice
bunt.

  Tony Kunka’s ground out scored Lucas Goring.  Kunka and Cascaes
would then score on Zach Goring’s four-base error.

  Roman Foore then singled and scored from first on Jason Wandler’s
triple.

  Circle Tap cut into the MinnDak lead in the sixth with Don
Garvey’s two-run home run.

  Garvey would give Circle Tap the lead the next innings with
a based loaded triple.

  In the bottom of the seventh, Lucas Goring led off with a single
and Gregg Cascaes followed with another single.

  Each moved up a base on a wild pitch.

  John Tschida singled to the outfield, scoring Lucas Goring.
 Cascaes stopped at third but when the throw from the outfield
got away from Circle Tap, Cascaes slide into home to give MinnDak
the win.

#20 MinnDak Millers 6 #13 Circle Tap (Denmark, Wisc) 5

CT       000 002 3-5   6 3

MDM  400 000 2-6 10 1

WP-Rob Schweyer (5-6)

LP-Colin McKenzie

HR-Don Garvey, Circle Tap

McKenzie and Jeff Wartman

Schweyer and Scooter Lange

Lucas Goring, 3-4

John Tschida, 1-3, RBI

Jason Wandler, 3-3, 3B, RBI

Rob Schweyer, 7 IP, 6 H, 4 K, 5 BB

Semifinals

  The semifinals saw MinnDak match up with the SoCal Bombers.
 For the second straight game, MinnDak put a run on the board
in the first inning.

  Lucas Goring was hit by a pitch in the Millers’ half of the
first.  Goring would steal both second and third, then with two
outs, score on Tony Kunka’s single.

  MinnDak added another run in the fourth when, with one out,
Zach Goring reached via an error.  He stole second base then
advanced to third when a third strike to Roman Foore got away
from the SoCal catcher.

  Jason Wandler’s sacrifice fly to left would then score Zach
Goring.

  So Cal put a run on the board in the sixth on a homer by Glen
Ormsby.

  Sisko Sabate started for MinnDak, going 4 strong innings, before
giving was to Rob Schweyer.

#20 MinnDak Millers 2 #8 So Cal Bombers 1

SoCal   000 001 0-1 5 2

MDM  100 100 x-2 4 0

WP-Sisko Sabate (8-3)

LP-Tony Peeples

S-Rob Schweyer (3)

HR-Glen Ormsby, SoCal

Peeples, Darren Zach (4) and Kelly Wenstrom, Darren Box (5)

Sabate, Schweyer (5) and Lamar Noriega, Scooter Lange (5)

Tony Kunka, 1-2, RBI

Jason Wandler, 1-2, RBI, Sac fly

Sisko Sabate, 4 IP, 3 H, 1 K, 3 BB

Rob Schweyer, 3 IP, 2 H, 6 K, 0 BB

Championship

  The final saw MinnDak square off against top-ranked County
Materials.

  MinnDak would score their lone run in the fourth inning.  With
one out, Tony Kunka singled.

  Two batters later, Roman Foore singled to move Kunka to second.

  Kunka scored on Jason Wandler’s double, with Foore being thrown
out at the plate.  That put the County lead at 2-1.

  County scored five runs in the fourth, then ended the game
in the bottom of the fifth on Jeff Goolagong’s two-run homer.

  Sisko Sabate and Rob Schweyer again teamed up again for the
Millers in the circle.

#1 County Materials (Marathon, Wisc) 9 #20 MinnDak Millers 1,
5 innings

MDM  000 10-1 6 1

CM      020 52-9 8 1

WP-Andrew Kirkpatrick

LP-Sisko Sabate (8-4)

HR-Jeff Goolagong, County

Sabate, Rob Schweyer and Scooter Lange

Kirkpatrick and Pat Shannon

Jason Wandler, 1-2, 2B, RBI

6 Millers had hits:  Roman Foore, Lucas Goring, Tony Kunka, Scooter
Lange, Tim Tweiten

Sisko Sabate, 3.2 IP, 5 H, 1 K, 2 BB, 4 unearned runs

Rob Schweyer, .1 IP, 3 H, 1 unearned run

  Three Millers earned All Tournament honors with Gregg Cascaes
being named at the Designated Hitter/Defensive Specialist, Lucas
Goring in the outfield and Rob Schweyer at pitcher.

  Schweyer was also named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player.

  Everyone associated with the MinnDak Millers would like the
thank Darren Derricks, Zakk Flash and everyone associated with
Circle Tap and the Boys of Summer for a first-rate tournament
at one of the premier settings for fastpitch.

  Next up for MinnDak is the Eugene Holm Classic in Fargo this
coming weekend.

Brett Bresnahan

breshz(at)minnesotafastpitch.com

www.millers.minnesotafastpitch.com

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