MinnDak Millers Go Undefeated at Grafmeier

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MinnDak Millers GoUndefeated at Grafmeier

Fargo, North Dakota

  The #10-ranked MinnDakMillers kicked off their 2007 season
by going undefeated at the Jack GrafmeierMemorial Tournament
at Sunset Parkin Kimberly, Wisconsin.

  MinnDak wentundefeated through Friday and Saturday's Pool Play
games and in the processearned the number one seed out of Pool
A.

  The Millers werescheduled to play Dolan & Murphy in the second
semifinal Sunday.  Heavy rain put the first semifinal on raindelay
and then around noon theremainder of the tournament was cancelled.

  MinnDak was withoutJohn Tschida, Bob Fleming, Guy Carlson,
Lamar Noriega and Rick Lang.  The Millers would like to extend
a thank youto Gerald Muizelaar for playing with the Millers this
past weekend.

  Below are summariesfor each game.

Pool Play, Pool A

Friday

#10 MinnDak Millers 11 The Bar on the Avenue (Appleton,Wisc)
0, 6 innings

  MinnDak opened theirseason with a six-inning win over The Bar
of Appleton.  Travis Price threw a no-hitter and perfectgame
to lead MinnDak along with a four RBI performance by Roman Foore.

  After a scorelessfirst inning, MinnDak got on the board in
the second.  Four walks to start the inning led to one runbeing
walked in, with two more being scored on wild pitches.

  Roman Foore led offthe third with a double.  After a TonyKunka
single and Ward Gosse reaching on a fielder's choice, Jason Wandler'sfielders
choice plated Foore.

  The fourth inningsaw MinnDak score two more runs.  LucasGoring
led off with a slap-hit single. Gregg Cascaes reached on an error.
Chad Boom was walked to load the bases.

  Roman Foore and TonyKunka had a pair of sacrifice flies to
score another pair of runs.

  MinnDak closed outtheir scoring in the sixth inning.  LucasGoring
led off with a single, followed by Gregg Cascaes' single.

  Chad Boom reached ona fielders choice after Cascaes was forced
out at second.  Next up was Roman Foore, who hit a three-runhomer.
 Ward Gosse hit a homer twobatters later.

  Next, Jason Wandlerwalked, reached second on a wild pitch then
scores on Zach Goring's single.

MDM  031 205-11 9 0

Bar      000000-0   0 0

WP-Travis Price (1-0)

LP-Gerard Long

HR-Roman Foore (1), Ward Gosse (1), MinnDak

Roman Foore, 2-2, 2B, HR, 4 RBI, 2 R

Jason Wandler, 2 RBI

7 players with hits

Travis Price, 6 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 6 K, 0 BB

 

Saturday

#10 MinnDak Millers 9 #14 Townline (Green Bay, Wisc) 4

  The Miller bats cameout sluggish in there Saturday morning
game.

  MinnDak fell behind2-0 after Townline scored a pair of runs
in the bottom of the second.

  MinnDak cut the leadin half two innings later when Tony Kunka
led off with a single.  Reached second on a wild pitch, stole
third,then scored on a wild pitch.

  Townline struck backin the bottom of the fifth with another
pair of runs, putting the score at 4-1.

  The MinnDak batscame alive the next inning.  Lucas Goringled
off by reaching on an error and was advanced to second on an
interferencecall.

  With one out, ChadBoom was walked on four pitches.  RomanFoore's
three-run homer scored Goring and Boom and tied the score at
fourapiece.

  Tony Kunka and JasonWandler were walked and James Darby, who
replaced Betto Guerrineiri to startthe inning, was replaced by
Guerrineiri.

  Kunka and Wandleradvanced a base on a wild pitch.  BJ Boomreached
by an error that scored Kunka, with Wandler scoring on an error
on thesame play.

  MinnDak added twomore runs in the seventh when Gregg Cascaes
led off with a  walk and Chad Boom and Roman Foore walked.

  Tony Kunka'ssacrifice fly scored Cascaes and BJ Boom's single
scored Chad Boom.

MDM  000 016 2-9 5 2

TL       020 020 0-410 1

WP-Ward Gosse (1-0)

LP-James Darby

S-Gerald Muizelaar (1)

HR-Roman Foore (2), MinnDak; Wayne Laulu, Townline

Roman Foore, 1-3, HR, 3 RBI

BJ Boom, 1-4, 2 RBI

8 players with hits

Ward Gosse, 5.2 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 3 K, 4 BB

Gerald Muizelaar, 1.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 K, 0 BB

 

#10 MinnDak Millers 13 #28 Thomson Area Merchants (Thomson, Ill)
3

  MinnDak continuedtheir hot hitting in this game, but not before
a three hour and nineteen minuterain delay put the game on hold.

  Thomson scored tworuns on a homer in the top of the second.

  MinnDak countered inthe bottom half when with two outs, BJ
Boom singled.  Jason Wandler entered as the two-out courtesyrunner.
 Zach Goring's single movedWandler up a base.

  A single by LucasGoring loaded the bases.  Gregg Cascaes'single
scored Wandler and Zach Goring, with Lucas Goring moving to third.

  Gregg Cascaes stolesecond.  With Chad Boom up and a fullcount,
the umpires put the game on rain delay.

  Over three hourslater, the game resumed.  Chad Boomwalked,
Roman Foore doubled to score two, Tony Kunka walked and Ward
Gossesingled to score two more.

  The Millers addedfour more runs the next inning, when with
one out Zach Goring walked, LucasGoring singled, moving Zach
Goring to third. Zach Goring scored on a single by Gregg Cascaes.

  Lucas Goring scoredon Chad Boom's sacrifice fly.  Back toback
doubles by Roman Foore and Tony Kunka plated two more runs.

  The Millers closedout their scoring with three runs in the
fourth.  Jason Wandler and BJ Boom led off with backto back singles.
 Both runners advanced abase on Zach Goring's fly ball out.

  Lucas Goring'sdouble scored on run and Chad Boom's single scored
another.

TAM   020 01-3 5 1

MDM  065 3x-13 14 0

WP-Gerald Muizelaar (1-0)

LP-Rory Miller

HR-Bruce Bielema, Thomson

Lucas Goring, 3-4, 2B, RBI, 3 R

Gregg Cascaes, 2-3, 2B, 3 RBI, 2 R

ChadBoom, 1-2, 2 RBI

Roman Foore, 2-4, 2 2B, 3 RBI, 2 R

Ward Gosse, 1-3, 2 RBI

BJ Boom, 2-3

Gerald Muizelaar, 5 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 9 K, 1 BB

 

#10 MinnDak Millers 6 #4 The Farm Tavern (Madison, Wisc) 4

  The Millers enteredthe game knowing a win gave them the top
seed in the pool, while a loss putthem into a possible tie-breaker
scenario.

  The Millerscontinued to use hitting throughout the order to
hold on for the win.

  MinnDak pushed a runacross in the third.

  Lucas Goring reachedon a fielder's choice for the second out
then stole second.  Gregg Cascaes walked, then Chad Boom's singlescored
Goring.

  MinnDak added twomore runs in the fifth inning.  LucasGoring
led off with a single the stole second.

  With one out, ChadBoom hit a ball to short.  The Farmattempted
a force at third, but Lucas Goring was safe.

  Roman Foore singledto score Goring.  With two outs, WardGosse
singled to score Boom.

  The Millers added atrio of runs in the sixth, when with one
out, BJ Boom, walked then scored on aLucas Goring triple.  Gregg
Cascaessingled to score Goring.

  Cascaes stole secondthen scored when Roman Foore reached first
base on an error.

  The Farm rallied forfour runs in the top of the seventh, paced
by Jeff Goolagong's two-run homer.

  Ward Gosse relievedstarter Travis Price, who was hit a by a
line drive an inning earlier, andrecorded a strike out to end
the game.

MDM  001 023 0-6 9 1

Farm   000 000 4-4 7 1

WP-Travis Price (2-0)

LP-Korrey Garreau

S-Ward Gosse (1)

HR-Jeff Goolagong, The Farm

Lucas Goring, 2-4, 3B, RBI, 3 R, 2 SB

7 players with hits

Travis Price, 6.2 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 10 K, 1 BB

Ward Gosse, .1 IP, K in only batter faced

 

  Next up for MinnDakis the Liberty Bank/Albaugh/Des Moines Hall
of Fame Invitational this weekendin Elkhart, Iowa.

 

Brett Bresnahan

breshz(at)minnesotafastpitch.com

http://www.millers.minnesotafastpitch.com

http://www.minnesotafastpitch.com

 

 

 

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