West Allis NATIONALS Baseball

The Nats returned to Simmons Field in Kenosha Saturday afternoon after a successful Friday night tilt against the Bobcats, but the Kings proved to be a more formidable foe.

The Kings swept the Nationals by scores of 11-1 and 5-3 to move to a perfect 10-0 in Langsdorf League play.   The Nats slipped to 4-6.

The Kings scored 3 runs off of Nationals starter Curt Pryal (2-2) in the second; the key blow being a 2 out, two run single by ex-National Tyler Eickmeyer.   From there, it was an uphill climb.  The National managed a tally in the fourth on doubles by Andy Kovarik and Jimmy Jungbauer, but Kings starter Randy Johnson held the Nats down from there.   The Kings put the game away with two runs in fourth and five more in the fifth.

Game two provided more promise.   The Nats took a 1-0 lead in the first.  After a Nate Martin double and Colby Gee fielder's choice, Mike Merritt hit a sacrifice fly to center.   The Kings responded with three of their own in the bottom of the second off of Nationals starter Mitch Lochen (0-2) but Lochen settled in after that point.  

A two run fourth by the Nationals knotted the game at 3.   Nick Lingvay, Jared Stengel, and Kyle Kalkopf singled to plate one run and after Adam Karas reached on an error, Luke Maldonado just missed a bases clearing extra base hit, instead settling for a sacrifice fly, to plate the second run.

In the fifth the Kings scored the two runs that proved to be the difference.   With two outs, Tyler Eickmeyer stole second.  JT Schneider hit a single in the hole between short and third to give the Kings a 4-3 lead.  After a Schneider steal, Billy Johnson plated him with a single.

Next up for the Nationals are the Genoa City Red Dogs.   The Red Dogs come to Zirkel Field on Tuesday for a 7:30 game.    The Nationals hope to avenge a doubleheader sweep suffered to the Red Dogs in late May.