West Allis NATIONALS Baseball

The West Allis Nationals rebounded from a winless road trip with two impressive victories over the scrappy Barons, winning by scores of 7-5 and 5-1.

In game one, Jared Stengal secured the victory with a 7th inning, two run homer to break a 5-5 tie.   Stengal finished with 3 RBI on the day.   Newcomers Joe Munn and Jordan Stine contributed 2 and 1 RBI respectively.

It was Jim Jungbauer's second start of the year on the mound, but could have been counted as two given a tight strike zone and high pitch count.   Jungbauer battled for 5 innings allowing only one run on two hits while walking 8 and striking out 9.   He gave way to George James in the sixth.  James was wild in the strike zone, allowing 4 hits and 4 runs as the Barons overcame a 5-1 deficit.   Curt Pryal shut down the Barons in the seventh to secure the win.

Game two saw the Nationals debut of Joe Munn, the pitcher.    After allowing 2 hits and a run in the first, Munn locked in.   He finished with a three hitter, striking out 9, and retired the final 13 batters he faced.

The Nationals struck early in game two.   After a single by Jim Jungbauer and a double by Mike Kenseth,  Curt Pryal stepped to the plate.   His groundout to short scored the first run.   With two outs, game one hero Jared Stengal came through again - this time doubling in Kenseth with the inning's second run.

That would be all for the offense until the seventh inning.   Overly aggressive baserunning defused several scoring opportunities.   In the seventh, though, the Nats broke the game open.   Catcher Matt Soderlund's second double of the game got things started.    After Mike Kenseth coaxed a two out walk, Jordan Stine came through with a timely RBI single to extend the lead to 3-1.    Curt Pryal followed with a two run single to center to put the game away.    Munn struck out the final two Baron batters to end the game.

Next up for the Nats are the Milwaukee Angels on Tuesday June 3 at Zirkel Field.   First pitch is set for 7:30pm.