MinnDak Millers Take 4th at ASA Major
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Received: 8/8/06 10:46:18 PM
From: "Brett Bresnahan" <mnfastpitch(at)hotmail.com>
Subject: MinnDak Millers Take 4th at ASA Major
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Fargo/Moorhead
The MinnDak Millers placed fourth at the ASA Major National
Championship at the Belleville Softball Complex in South Bend,
Indiana.
After being dropped to the Losers Bracket after their opening
game, MinnDak battled their way back to finish with a 4-2 record.
Thursday
MinnDak opened the weekend against the Midland Explorers, whom
they would fall to 3-2 in 8 innings.
In the bottom of the first, Lucas Goring led off with a bunt
single. Gregg Cascaes followed with another bunt single.
Two batters, later with two outs, Roman Foore singled in Bob
Fleming, who entered as a pinch runner for Goring. Gregg Cascaes
was thrown out on a close play at home plate on the play.
Midland took the lead in the fifth on Jeff Servinski’s two-run
home run.
The Millers entered the bottom of the seventh trailing 2-1.
Paul Koert, who replaced Doug Gillis as the Explorers’ pitcher
in the third inning, had kept the Millers off the bases until
now.
John Tschida led off with a walk. Tony Kunka then reached
on an error.
Two batters later, and with one out, Jason Wandler walked to
load the bases.
Tschida scored on a passed ball but MinnDak was unable to push
another run across.
Midland would score in the top half of the eight on a wild
pitch and MinnDak was unable to answer.
#12 Midland Explorers (Midland, Mich) 3 #14 MinnDak Millers 2,
8 innings
Mid 000 020 01-3 5 1
MDM 100 000 10-2 3 1
WP-Paul Koert
LP-Rob Schweyer (7-9)
HR-Jeff Servinski, Midland
Doug Gillis, Koert (3) and Craig Crawford
Schweyer and Scooter Lange
Roman Foore, 1-3, RBI
Rob Schweyer, 8 IP, 9 K, 3 BB
Friday
Thursday night’s loss bounced MinnDak into the Losers Bracket
of the three-game guarantee tournament.
The Millers came out swinging in this game, a 14-2, five-inning
win over the DC Current.
MinnDak scored in every inning. Zach Goring, Scooter Lange
and Jason Wandler each had home runs for MinnDak.
#14 MinnDak Millers 14 DC Current (Bremen, Ind) 2, 5 innings
DC 020 00-2 5 4
MDM 623 4x-14 15 2
WP-Sisko Sabate (12-5)
LP-Mark Manuszek
HR-Keith Bueche, DC Current; Zach Goring (1), Scooter Lange
(1), Jason Wandler (6), MinnDak
Manuszek, Dean Weldy (4) and Tom Gray
Sabate and Scooter Lange
Roman Foore, 3-3, 2B
Zach Goring, 1-2, HR, 2 RBI
Scooter Lange, -2, 2B, HR, 4 RBI
John Tschida, 2-3, RBI
Tim Tweiten, 2-3, RBI
Jason Wandler, 2-3, HR, 2 RBI
Sisko Sabate, 5 IP, 2 BB, 6 K
Saturday
In what could be the first of five possible games for MinnDak,
the Millers defeated Dolan and Murphy 11-0 in five innings.
Lucas Goring had an RBI single in the first to score Gregg
Cascaes to put MinnDak up 1-0.
The Millers extended their lead in the second. With one out,
Bob Fleming singled, then two batters later with two outs, Zach
Goring reached on an infield single. Gregg Cascaes would score
them both on his home run.
In the third, Tony Kunka’s two-run homer, and consecutive singles
by Roman Foore, Jason Wandler and Bob Fleming led to sacrifice
flies by Scooter Lange and Zach Goring. Lucas Goring also had
a RBI single in the inning.
Bob Fleming would score Jason Wandler, who led off the fourth
with a double, to close out the MinnDak scoring.
#14 MinnDak Millers 11 Dolan and Murphy (Aurora, Ill) 0, 5 innings
DM 000 00-0 1 1
MDM 136 1x-11 14 1
WP-Rob Schweyer (8-9)
LP-Juan Potolicchio
HR-Gregg Cascaes (1), Tony Kunka (16), MinnDak
Schweyer, Sisko Sabate (4) and Scooter Lange
Potolicchio, Tim Murphy (3) and Brian Tobin
Gregg Cascaes, 3-4, 2B, HR, 3 RBI
Bob Fleming, 3-3, 2 RBI
Lucas Goring, 2-3, 2 RBI
Tony Kunka, 1-2, HR, 2 RBI
Jason Wandler, 2-3, 2B
Sisko Sabate, 2 IP, 0 H, 2 K, 2 BB
Rob Schweyer, 3 IP, 1 H, 2 K, 2 BB
After a one game break, MinnDak squared off against MVD Sports
and once again, the bats came out for MinnDak.
The game was scoreless until the third inning, when MinnDak
would score four runs en route to a 9-0, five-inning win.
John Tschida doubled to score Gregg Cascaes, who led off with
a single then stole second. Tony Kunka was then intentionally
walked, Roman Foore reached on an error that scored Tschida.
Scooter Lange’s two-out single scored Kunka and Foore to close
out the scoring in the MinnDak half of the third.
Jason Wandler’s grand slam home run in the fourth gave MinnDak
all that it would need to make the game a five-inning affair.
#14 MinnDak Millers 8 MVD Sports (Ashland, Ohio) 0, 5 innings
MVD 000 00-0 3 1
MDM 004 4x-8 7 0
WP-Rob Schweyer (9-9)
LP-Tom Berube
HR-Jason Wandler (7), MinnDak
Berube and Luke Painter
Schweyer and Scooter Lange
Lucas Goring, 2-3
Scooter Lange, 1-2, 2 RBI
Jason Wandler, 2-3, HR, 4 RBI
Rob Schweyer, 5 IP, 7 K, 0 BB
Next up for MinnDak was 4-1 win over the Bloomington Stix.
MinnDak continued their trend on the weekend of scoring early
when Tony Kunka led off the second inning with a single then
Roman Foore followed with a home run.
The Stix would answer in the fourth on an RBI single by Chad
Seeman.
In the fifth inning, with one out, Lucas Goring reached on
a error then advanced to second on John Tschida’s walk. Goring
was pinch ran for a second by Guy Carlson.
With two out, Foore came up clutch again with a single that
scored Carlson and Tschida.
#14 MinnDak Millers 4 Bloomington Stix (Bloomington, Ill) 1
Bloom 000 100 0-1 9 0
MDM 020 020 x-4 7 1
WP-Rob Schweyer (10-9)
LP-Thomas Cameron
HR-Roman Foore (5), MinnDak
Cameron, Sonny Perkins (3) and Dan Butler
Schweyer and Scooter Lange
Gregg Cascaes, 2-4
Roman Foore, 2-3, HR, 4 RBI
Rob Schweyer, 7 IP, 5 K, 0 BB
In their third straight game of the day and fourth overall
on the day, MinnDak fell to Florida Fastpitch 6-4.
Rob Schweyer, who threw all but two inning entering the Florida
Fastpitch game while battling the flu since arriving in South
Bend, carried MinnDak through the first three innings.
Tony Kunka’s first inning, three-run homer put MinnDak up 3-0.
Florida scored in their first three innings to build a 6-3 lead.
MinnDak would add another run in the sixth when Roman Foore’s
double scored Tony Kunka.
Florida Fastpitch (Jacksonville, Fla) 6 #14 MinnDak Millers 4
MDM 300 001 0-4 5 1
FFP 132 000 x-6 5 1
WP-Sebastian Gervasuti
LP-Rob Schweyer (10-10)
HR-Tony Kunka (17), MinnDak; Mike Brown, Jason Darling, Florida
Schweyer, Sisko Sabate (4) and Scooter Lange
Gervasuti and Ron Branin
Roman Foore, 1-3, 2B, RBI
Tony Kunka, 1-2, HR, 3 RBI
Sisko Sabate, 3 IP, 1 H, 0 K, 2 BB
Rob Schweyer, 3 IP, 5 H, 1 K, 1 BB
Seven Millers earned All American honors. John Tschida (Third
Base) and Jason Wandler (Second Base) were named First Team All
American.
Second Team All American honors went to Gregg Cascaes (Utility),
Roman Foore (First Base), Lucas Goring (Outfield), Tony Kunka
(Utility) and Rob Schweyer (Pitcher).
MinnDak looks to build upon this past weekends performance
as they head to Kitchener, Ontario this weekend for the ISC World
Tournament.
Brett Bresnahan
breshz(at)minnesotafastpitch.com
http://www.millers.minnesotafastpitch.com
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