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Saturday Sweep puts Nationals atop Langsdorf
Summer finally arrived Saturday and the Nationals bats warmed in a sweep of the league's newest franchise, the Kenosha Bobcats. The sweep put the Nationals atop the Langsdorf League, one half game ahead of the idle Kenosha Kings.
Tyler Eikemeyer's three hits and four RBI paced the Nationals to a 9-2 victory in game one and Eikemeyer, Erik Martwick, and Curt Pryal led the offense to a 4-2 victory in the nightcap.
The Nats got on the board out of the gate in game one when Pryal singled home Eikemeyer in the first inning. The Bobcats responded with two of their own before Nationals starter Alex Kingsley settled in.
The Nats broke the game open in the third with the help of two critical errors by Bobcats shortstop Robert Weis. Matt Soderlund's two run double opened the scoring and Tyler Eikemeyer's bases clearing double closed it, but not before the Nationals had batted around and posted seven runs.
Kingsley cruised from there, limiting the Bobcats to just a seventh inning single the rest of the way. Kingsley earned his first victory of the young season, striking out seven and walking four.
Game two was a tighter contest. Eikemeyer and Martwick led off the first inning with singles and stolen bases and scored on Jared Fons groundout and Curt Pryal's sacrifice fly to give the locals an early 2-0 lead. Nationals starter Jimmy Jungbauer, like Kingsley, battled through command issues in a tough first inning but escaped after allowing only a single tally.
The Nats extended their lead to 4-1 after single runs in the third and fourth innings. Pryal's second sacrifice fly of the contest scored Martwick after his double in the third and Eikemeyer's single scored Kenseth after his single in the fourth.
Provided a small cushion, Jungbauer battled through five innings to earn the victory. Though in trouble each inning, he made critical pitches with runners in scoring position and departed with a 4-2 lead.
Curt Pryal pitched the final two innings to earn his second save of the season.
The Nats and Bobcats square up again on Tuesday in a non-league contest and Harvey Kuenn Field in West Allis. First pitch is set for 7:30pm.
