MinnDak Millers Win Albaugh Invitational

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Received: 6/12/07 5:28:40 PM 
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MinnDak Millers WinAlbaugh Invitational

Fargo, North Dakota

  The #10-rankedMinnDak Millers claimed the championship of the
Liberty Bank/Albaugh/Des MoinesHall of Fame Invitational this
past weekend in Elkhart, Iowa. The Millers went undefeated at
6-0 on the weekend to improve theirseason record to 10-0.

  MinnDak was withoutJohn Tschida, Bob Fleming, Guy Carlson,
Lamar Noriega and Ward Gosse on theweekend.  The Millers would
to extend athank you to Gerald Muizelaar for once again putting
on the MinnDak uniform aswell as Nick Winecke for playing with
the Millers after playing in last year'sISC with MinnDak.

  Below are summariesfor each game.

Pool Play – "Pool A"

Saturday

#10 MinnDak Millers 7 #25 Thomson Area Merchants (Thomson, Ill)
2

  The Millers openedthe weekend against Thomson, playing the
Merchants for the second time in asmany weekends.

  MinnDak jumped onthe board first in the second inning and with
two outs, BJ Boom singled, NickWinecke doubled then Zach Goring
had an inside-the-park home run.

  Thomson counteredwith a run in the third.  MinnDakcountered
in the fourth when BJ Boom singled with one out.  Nick Winecke
singled and Zach Goring drove inBoom with a single.

  Thomson scored theirfinal run of the game in fourth.

  The Millers addedanother run in the sixth.  Jason Wandlerled
off with a triple then scored on BJ Boom's triple.

  The top of theseventh saw MinnDak add two more runs. Lucas
Goring led off with a single. Gregg Cascaes then sacrificed him
to second.  Chad Boom singled.

  Roman Foore's doubleplated Goring and moved Boom to third.
Boom scored on Tony Kunka's sacrifice fly to centerfield.

MDM  020 101 2-7 12 1

TAM   001 100 0-2   3 0

WP-Travis Price (3-0)

LP-Steve Manson

HR-Zach Goring (IP 1), MinnDak

ChadBoom, 2-4, 2B, R

Roman Foore, 2-4, 2B, RBI

BJ Boom, 3-3, 3B, 2 R

Nick Winecke, 2-3, 2B, R

Zach Goring, 2-3, IP HR, 3 RBI, R

Travis Price, 7 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 11 K, 0 BB

 

#10 MinnDak Millers 10 #11 Townline (Green Bay, Wisc) 5

  Facing Townline forthe second time in as many weekends, MinnDak
jumped out to an early lead.

  Lucas Goring led offthe game with a single.  Two batterslater,
Chad Boom reached on an error that scored Goring.

  Boom would laterscore on Tony Kunka's sacrifice fly to centerfield.

  MinnDak made thescore 3-0 in the second when Zach Goring singled
with two out.  Lucas Goring singled and Gregg Cascaes walkedto
load the bases.  Chad Boom walked toplate Zach Goring.

  In the fourth,MinnDak added another run when Zach Goring led
off with a single then advancedto second Lucas Goring's ground
out.

  A Gregg Cascaessingle scored Zach Goring to make it 4-0.

  Townline mounted acomeback in the fifth, scoring five runs
behind Jon Zipperer's grand slam.

  The Millers ralliedfor the victory in the top of the seventh.
Roman Foore led off with a walk. Tony Kunka homered to put MinnDak
up 6-5.

  Two batters later,Tim Tweiten singled then Jason Wandler homered.

  Zach Goring andLucas Goring had back-to-back singles and would
then score on a single by GreggCascaes.

MDM  210 100 6-10 11 3

TL       000 0500-5     2 1

WP-Rick Lang (1-0)

LP-Betto Guerrieneri

S-Gerald Muizelaar (2)

HR-Tony Kunka (1), Jason Wandler (1), MinnDak

Lucas Goring, 3-5, 2 R

Gregg Cascaes, 2-3, 2 RBI

Tony Kunka, 1-2, HR, 2 RBI, R

Jason Wandler, 2-4, HR, 2 RBI, R

Zach Goring, 3-4, 3 R

Rick Lang, 6 IP, 2 H, 5 R, 0 ER, 6 K, 2 B

Gerald Muizelaar, 1 IP, retired all 3 batters faced

 

#10 MinnDak Millers 11 #12 Albaugh, Inc. (Elkhart, Iowa) 2, 5
innings

  MinnDak closed outPool Play with a victory that earned them
the top seed in their pool.

  The Millers jumpedon the board in the top of the first. Lucas
Goring led off with a single. Gregg Cascaes bunted him to second.
Chad Boom walked and Roman Foore singled Goring home.

  Albaugh tied thegame in the bottom of the first, before moving
ahead 2-1 in the bottom of thethird.

  The MinnDak batscame alive in the fourth.  With one out,Lucas
Goring singled then scored on Gregg Cascaes' triple.

  Chad Boom doubled toscore Cascaes.  Roman Foore reached on
anerror.  Tony Kunka's single plated ChadBoom, with Roman Foore
scoring on BJ Boom's fielder's choice.

  The fifth saw LucasGoring lead off by reaching on an error.
Gregg Cascaes walked.  Bothplayers scored on Chad Boom's double.

  A single by RomanFoore scored Boom.  Tony Kunka and JasonWandler
both walked.  With one out, TimTweiten singled to score Kunka.
 Twobatters later, Wandler scored on a single by Lucas Goring.

MDM  100 55-11 12 0

Alb      101 00-2     4 2

WP-Gerald Muizelaar (2-0)

LP-Darren Dubsky

HR-None

Lucas Goring, 3-5, 2 RBI, 3 R

ChadBoom, 2-2, 2 2B, 3 RBI

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

Gerald Muizelaar, 5 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 K, 1 BB

 

Bracket Play

Sunday

Quarterfinals

#10 MinnDak Millers 6 #28 Des MoinesStampede (Des Moines, Iowa)2

  The Millers jumpedon the board in the second inning, when with
one out, Tony Kunka walked, thenJason Wandler hit a homer.

  MinnDak addedanother pair of runs the next inning. With two
outs, Chad Boom walked, Roman Foore doubled Boom home, withTony
Kunka singling home Foore.

  The Millers made thescore 6-0 in the fourth when they scored
two runs on a pair of Stampede errors.

  Des Moines scored two runs in the sixth then another twoin
the seventh but would get no closer as MinnDak held on for the
win.

DM     000 002 2-4 5 0

MDM  022 200 x-6 8 2

WP-Rick Lang (2-0)

LP-Kim Hansen

HR-Jason Wandler (2), MinnDak

Roman Foore, 1-4, 2B, RBI, R

Tony Kuna, 2-2, RBI, R

Jason Wandler, 2-3, HR, 2 RBI, R

Rick Lang, 6.1 IP, 4 R, 4 ER, 8 H, 8 K

Gerald Muizelaar, .2 IP, struck out both batters faced

 

Semifinals

#10 MinnDak Millers 4 #8 Circle Tap (Denmark,Wisc) 3

  The semifinals sawthe Millers square off with Circle Tap.

  MinnDak jumped onthe scoreboard early.  With two outs inthe
first inning, Chad Boom and Roman Foore recorded back-to-back
singles.  Tony Kunka walked to load the bases.

  Jason Wandlerdoubled to score Boom and Foore and put MinnDak
up 2-0.

  CT countered in thebottom of the first to tie the score and
took the lead in the fourth.

  The seventh inningsaw Tony Kunka walk then Jason Wandler homer
to put MinnDak ahead for thevictory.

MDM  200 000 2-4 5 2

CT       200 100 0-3 40

WP-Travis Price (4-0)

LP-Collin McKenzie

HR-Jason Wandler (3), MinnDak

Jason Wandler, 2-3, 2B, HR, 4 RBI

Travis Price, 7 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 3 H, 4 BB

 

Championship

#10 MinnDak Millers 6 #19 Quad City Sox (Davenport, Iowa) 1

  MinnDak claimed thetourney championship with a 6-1 victory
over Quad City.

  With one out in thesecond inning, BJ Boom walked.  Two batterslater
Zach Goring singled.  Both playersscored on Lucas Goring's single.

  The Millers jumpedon the board again the next inning when Chad
Boom and Roman Foore singledback-to-back with one out.

  Two batters later,Jason Wandler recorded his fourth homer on
the weekend to put the Millers up5-0.

MinnDak added another run in the fifth.  Roman Foore led off
with a walk.  Tony Kunka singled, moving Foore to third.

  Jason Wandlerreached on a fielder's choice that scored Foore.

  Quad City scored their lone run in thetop of the sixth.

QC      000 0010-1   3 3

MDM  022 010 x-6 12 1

WP-Gerald Muizelaar (3-0)

LP-Al Rebling

HR-Jason Wandler (4), MinnDak

Lucas Goring, 2-4, RBI

Jason Wandler, 1-3, HR, 3 RBI, R

BJ Boom, 3-3, 2B, R

Gerald Muizelaar, 7 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 3 H, 13 K, 0 BB

 

  MinnDak is off thiscoming weekend before returning to action
next weekend at the Eau ClaireClassic in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

  The Millers wouldlike to extend the best of luck and a safe
trip to teammates Gregg Cascaes,Lucas Goring and Travis Price,
as well as all of Team USA,at the World Cup of Softball next
week in Prague.

 

Brett Bresnahan

breshz(at)minnesotafastpitch.com

http://www.millers.minnesotafastpitch.com

http://www.minnesotafastpitch.com

 

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