june2006

MinnDak Millers Take 2nd at Liberty Bank/Albaugh Invitational

June 14, 2006

Fargo/Moorhead 

Fargo/Moorhead 

  The #20 ranked MinnDak Millers traveled to Elkhart, Iowa this past weekend for the Liberty Bank/Albaugh, Inc. Invitational and came away with a Runner-Up finish.

  MinnDak was again competing short-handed due to injury and prior commitments.  Steve Baumgartner, Bob Fleming, Tony Kunka, Rick Lang, Lamar Noriega, John Tschida and Tim Tweiten were all absent.

  The Millers would like to thank Guy Carlson, Chris Diethert and Karl Gollan for suiting up this past weekend.

 

Pool Play, Pool A

Saturday

  MinnDak opened up the weekend flat, falling to the Pueblo Bandits 4-2.

  Pueblo scored a first inning run on three hits.  Sisko Sabate would settle in for the remainder of the game, not allowing a hit for the remainder of his time in the circle.

  Pueblo pushed their lead to 2-0 in the sixth off a pair of walks and scoring on a wild pitch.

  MinnDak would bring the game square in their half of the sixth.

  Zach Goring led off the inning with a single.  Gregg Cascaes put down a sacrifice bunt and reached first base on a error.  Pueblo had another error on the play trying to throw Cascaes out at second base, which allowed Goring to score and Cascaes to move to third.  Cascaes would later score on a wild pitch.

  Pueblo put a runner on the bases in the seventh on a MinnDak error, then stole second base.

  After two batters, Rob Schweyer replaced Sabate.  After a walk, Pueblo tripled on a ball that was dancing in the wind in right field, scoring two runs.

#19 Pueblo Bandits (Pueblo, Colo) 4 #20 MinnDak Millers 2

Pueblo  100 001 2-4 4 1

MDM  000 002 0-2 3 3

WP-Jeremy Manley

LP-Sisko Sabate (4-3)

HR-None

Manley and Jerry Santos

Sabate, Rob Schweyer (7) and Scooter Lange

Gregg Cascaes, Chris Diethert and Zach Goring had hits

Sisko Sabate, 6.1 IP, 6 K

Rob Schweyer, .2 IP, 1 K

 

  MinnDak took advantage of three Quad City errors in the third inning to jump out 3-1 lead.

  The Millers added three more runs the following inning.  With one out, Scooter Lange walked, Guy Carlson had an infield single and Zach Goring singled to load the bases.

  Gregg Cascaes’ triple scored all three runners.

#20 MinnDak Millers 6 #16 Quad City Sox (Davenport, Iowa) 2

QC      000 100 1-2 2 3

MDM  003 300 x-6 5 2

WP-Karl Gollan (1-0)

LP-Harold Kelly

HR-None

Kelly and Bill Kranz

Gollan, Schweyer (7) and Scooter Lange

Gregg Cascaes, 1-4, 3B, 3 RBI

Karl Gollan, 6 IP, 7 K, 1 BB

Rob Schweyer, 1 IP, 2 K

 

  MinnDak closed out Pool Play with a 2-0 loss to tournament host Albaugh, Inc.

  Albaugh posted two runs in the first inning.  MinnDak was unable to push a run across, posting only two hits while leaving six runners on base, including two in the fourth inning.

  The loss gave the Millers the number three seed in their pool.

#14 Albaugh, Inc. (Elkhart, Iowa) 2 #20 MinnDak Millers 0

Alb       200 000 0-2 3 0

MDM  000 000 0-0 2 1

WP-Terry Luster

LP-Rob Schweyer (2-2)

HR-None

Luster and Travis Davis

Schweyer and Scooter Lange

Gregg Cascaes and Roman Foore had hits

Rob Schweyer, 7 IP, 10 K, 2 BB

 

Bracket Play

Sunday

Quarterfinals

  MinnDak opened Bracket Play with a 7-0, 5-inning win over Omaha.  The MinnDak bats came alive, posting nine hits in the game.

#20 MinnDak Millers 7 Omaha (Omaha, Neb) 0, 5 innings

Omaha 000 00-0 1 2

MDM  142 0x-7 9 0

WP-Sisko Sabate (5-3)

LP-Cory Petermann

HR-None

Petermann and Mike Geist

Sabate and Gregg Cascaes

Guy Carlson, 1-1, 2 RBI

Gregg Cascaes, 2-2, RBI

Chris Diethert, 1-1, RBI

Roman Foore, 1-3, RBI

Zach Goring, 2-2

Sisko Sabate, 5 IP, 5 K, 1 BB

 

  The Millers avenged one of their losses on Saturday with a 1-0 win in the semifinals over host Albaugh, Inc.

  The games lone run came in the fourth inning.  With one out, Jason Wandler drew a walk, stole second, then scored on Dan Brekke’s single.

  Karl Gollan started the game for MinnDak, going 4.2 innings, giving way to Rob Schweyer for the duration.

#20 MinnDak Millers 1 #14 Albaugh, Inc. (Elkhart, Iowa) 0

MDM  000 100 0-1 5 0

Alb       000 000 0-0 5 2

WP-Karl Gollan (2-0)

LP-Terry Luster

S-Rob Schweyer (2)

HR-None

Gollan, Schweyer (5) and Scooter Lange

Luster and Travis Davis

Dan Brekke, 1-3, RBI

Lucas Goring, 2-3

Karl Gollan, 4.2 IP, 4 K, 0 BB

Rob Schweyer, 2.1 IP, 5 K, 1 BB

 

Championship

  MinnDak fell in the Championship game 1-0 in 8 innings to the Pueblo Bandits.

  The Millers out hit Pueblo 6-3 but where unable to push a run across.

  They would threaten a couple of times, but were not able to push a run across the board.

  Rob Schweyer pitched 8 strong innings, striking out 10.

  Pueblo scored their run in the eighth inning on the International Tiebreaker without the aid of a hit.

#19 Pueblo Bandits (Pueblo, Colo) 1 #20 MinnDak Millers 0, 8 innings

Pueblo  000 000 01-1 3 1

MDM  000 000 00-0 6 1

WP-Jeremy Manley

LP-Rob Schweyer (2-3)

HR-None

Manley and Dave Frank

Schweyer and Scooter Lange

Gregg Cascaes (3B), Chris Diethert, Roman Foore, Karl Gollan, Lucas Goring, Zach Goring had hits

Rob Schweyer, 8 IP, 10 K, 2 BB

 

  MinnDak is off this weekend for some much needed rest.  The Millers return to action next weekend at the Eau Claire Classic.

 

 

Brett Bresnahan

Brett(at)minnesotafastpitch.com

www.millers.minnesotafastpitch.com

www.minnesotafastpitch.com

 

 

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