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
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