West Allis NATIONALS Baseball

The West Allis Nationals stumbled into their matchup against the Milwaukee Mets on Tuesday night at Harden Field. For the second game in a row the national anthem was botched, and if history were to repeat itself, that would not be a good thing. The Nats got on the board right away with 2 in the first on a Johnny Arnold sac fly and Tom Donovan RBI single. The Mets came back to tie it in the 3rd on 3 consecutive walks by Jim Jungbauer and a bloop single by Mets utilityman Jose Albino. The Nats would slowly add to the lead and with a 5-2 lead into the late innings. That was until with the bases loaded and 2 outs in the 8th inning the veteran play of Alex Franson came into play. The ball was chopped at the shortstop and Franson shielded the fielder perfectly, distracting him enough to have it go between his legs into center for 2 runs. This opened the flood gates for the Nats and they would go on to push across 5 more runs to end the game early in the 8th by the mercy rule. The final score was 12-2. The Nats earned a much needed victory and finally caught some breaks. Jungbauer picked up his first victory on the year after a career long 2 game losing streak. Next up for the Nats are the McGuires Cat's in a double header on Saturday. Let's see if the winning can pick up!