MinnDak Millers Win Holm Classic

Tue Jul 18 07:47:41 EDT 2006

Received: 7/17/06 8:37:17 PM 
From:  "Brett Bresnahan" <mnfastpitch(at)hotmail.com> 

Subject:  MinnDak Millers Win Holm Classic  

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Fargo/Moorhead  

  The MinnDak Millers claimed the championship of the Eugene
Holm Classic in Fargo, North Dakota this past weekend.

  The Millers went 4-1 on the weekend, defeating Circle Tap in
the championship game of the double-elimination format event.

Saturday

  MinnDak opened the weekend with a 6-1 win over local team Imaging
Solutions.

  John Tschida and Jason Wandler had RBI singles in the first
to put MinnDak up early.

  Tony Kunka homered in the third and fifth innings for MinnDak.

  Sisko Sabate went the distance for MinnDak.

#20 MinnDak Millers 6 Imaging Solutions (Fargo, ND) 1

IS         000 100 0-1 5 2

MDM  211 020 x-6 9 0

WP-Sisko Sabate (9-4)

LP-Mike Oehlke

HR-Tony Kunka (12, 13), MinnDak

Oehlke, Kent Casperson (6) and Joe Gross

Sabate and Lamar Noriega

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

Sisko Sabate, 7 IP, 13 K, 1 BB

  Next up MinnDak posted a 10-1, six-inning win over Herda &
Sons.

  The Millers once again jumped out to an early lead on John
Tschida’s sacrifice fly and when Tony Kunka scored on a H & S
error.

  The fourth inning saw MinnDak start off the inning with three
consecutive singles.  They would score on an error, a wild pitch
and a Tony Kunka ground out.

  Greg Cascaes had a two-RBI single and Tony Kunka a two-RBI
double in the fifth to give MinnDak enough runs for the mercy
rule.

#20 MinnDak Millers 10 Herda & Sons (Waverly, Minn) 1, 5 innings

MDM  201 34-10 10 0

H&S    100 00-  1   2 2

WP-Sisko Sabate (10-4)

LP-Fernando Rua

HR-None

Sabate and Lamar Noriega

Rua, Kory Boehmer (5) and Jeff Wilson, Dan Olinger (5)

Gregg Cascaes, 3-4, 3 RBI

Roman Foore, 1-1, 2B, RBI

Jason Wandler, 1-4, RBI

Sisko Sabate, 5 IP, 8 K, 2 BB

  Saturday evening, MinnDak squared off against Circle Tap, with
the winner receiving a spot in Sunday’s championship game.

  MinnDak held on for 14-9 win over Circle Tap.

  The Millers went up 4-0 in the first inning on John Tschida’s
RBI single and Tony Kunka’s three-run homer.

  Circle Tap scored three runs in their half of the first before
MinnDak scored four in the second to push their lead to 8-4.

  With two outs, Gregg Cascaes reached on a fielder’s choice.
 John Tschida and Tony Kunka had back-to-back RBI singles and
Roman Foore had a two-run double.

The middle innings saw the teams battle back and forth.  Circle
Tap scored four runs in the bottom of the sixth to close the
gap to 10-9.

  In the seventh, Dan Brekke led of with a double.  Bob Fleming
entered as a pinch runner and would later score on a wild pitch.

  With two outs, Gregg Cascaes walked and John Tschida singled,
giving way to Tony Kunka’s home run, making the score 14-9.

#20 MinnDak Millers 14 #13 Circle Tap (Denmark, Wisc) 9

MDM  440 101 4-14 14 3

CT       300 114 0-  9 11 1

WP-Rob Schweyer (6-6)

LP-Colin McKenzie

S-Sisko Sabate (1)

HR-Tony Kunka (14, 15), MinnDak;  Chris Delarwelle (2), Circle
Tap

Schweyer, Sabate (6) and Scooter Lange

McKenzie, Matt Bramwell (7) and Jeff Wartman

Gregg Cascaes, 1-3, RBI

Roman Foore, 1-5, 2B, 2 RBI

Lucas Goring, 3-5, 2B

Tony Kunka, 3-4, 2 HR, 7 RBI

John Tschida, 3-4, 2 RBI

Sisko Sabate, 2 IP, 0 ER, 2 H, 2 BB

Rob Schweyer, 5 IP, 9 H, 5 K, 3 BB

Sunday

Championship

  Circle Tap would need to beat MinnDak twice to claim the Holm
Classic title.  MinnDak fell to Circle Tap 5-3 to force the “If
Necessary” game.

  The Millers went up 2-0 when, in the second inning and with
two outs, Zach Goring singled, then advanced to third on Jason
Wandler’s single.

  Goring scored on a wild pitch and Wandler advance to third.
 Bob Fleming then walked.

  Wandler scored as Fleming stole second base and attempted to
get in a run down.

  Circle Tap tied the game on Kyle Magnusson’s homer in the third.

  MinnDak reclaimed the lead on Jason Wandler’s solo homer the
following inning;

  The seventh inning saw Circle Tap tie the game on Jess Ellestad’s
single then take the lead on Chris Delarwelle’ home run.

  The Millers were unable to come up with any runs in the bottom
of the seventh, forcing another Championship game.

# Circle Tap (Denmark, Wisc) 5 MinnDak Millers 3

CT       002 000 3-5 6 2

MDM  020 100 0-3 6 1

WP-Colin McKenzie

LP-Rob Schweyer (6-7)

HR-Chris Delarwelle, Kyle Magnusson, Circle Tap;  Jason Wandler
(5), MinnDak

Matt Bramwell, McKenzie (5) and Jeff Wartman, Brian Crouch (5)

Schweyer and Scooter Lange

Zach Goring, 2-3

Jason Wandler, 1-2, HR, RBI

Rob Schweyer, 7 IP, 10 K, 5 BB

“If Necessary” Championship Game

  MinnDak would claim the Holm Classic Championship with a 7-2
victory.

  MinnDak jumped out to 3-0 lead in the first inning.  Lucas
Goring and Gregg Cascaes led off the game with back-to-back singles
and John Tschida reached on an error.

  Goring would score on a wild pitch with Roman Foore driving
in Cascaes and Tschida with a single.

  Circle Tap scored one in their half of the first but MinnDak
scored another three in the second.

  Lucas Goring and Greg Cascaes again led off with back-to-back
singles.  Goring would later score on a error, Cascaes on a RBI
single by Jason Wandler and Tony Kunka, who walked, scoring on
an error as well.

  Lucas Goring’s RBI double in the fifth gave MinnDak a 7-2 lead.

#20 MinnDak Millers 7 # Circle Tap (Denmark, Wisc) 2

MDM  330 010 0-7 11 1

CT       100 100 0-2   7 5

WP-Sisko Sabate (11-4)

LP-Colin McKenzie

HR-None

Sabate and Lamar Noriega

McKenzie and Brian Crouch

Gregg Cascaes, 2-4

Roman Foore, 2-4, 2 RBI

Lucas Goring, 3-4, 2B

Zach Goring, 3-4

Sisko Sabate, 7 IP, 2 K, 0 BB

  MinnDak will travel to Foxboro, Wisconsin this weekend for
the inaugural Summit Park Shootout.

Brett Bresnahan

breshz(at)minnesota.fastpitch.com

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