West Allis NATIONALS Baseball

By Marco DeBarcole

A very wise man once told his team, "No matter who shows up today, it'll be the best team we're going to face today."  While some players pondered whether or not the New York Yankees were going to show up, and would we have to play them?  The vast realized what the coach was talking about.  The Jo-Cats, McGuires Cats, or the F-Cats, was going to be the best team we had to play...and we'll they proved to be a better team than before.
The Nationals led the game off with the promise of some easy runs with walks by Paige and Franson.  Then a fielder's choice by Herkowski and strikeouts by Marks and Berndstein ended the threat.  It took three innings to warm up to a local southpaw's pitching.  A double by Reisinger and a single by Gibson scored two with no one out.  A single by Wajerski, brought the total to 3 runs. 
F-Cats scored in the sixth with a series of hits and timely placement.  In the seventh, they scored two on three hits, one strangely played error, and again, perfect placement.  But the Nationals fired back in the eight, and touched up the new pitcher for two more runs.  Three walks and a Dettman single put the Nationals ahead for good, 5-3, although the F-Cats were able to threaten with bases loaded with two outs. Ustruck held them to two hits in two innings for a save.  Kibler again controling the game, seven innings, 3 runs, 1ER, 6 hits, and 5 strikeouts.  Gibson 2-3, Herkowski 0-5, putting off history again.  
So, maybe a better team will show up for the game on Friday...
Next up for the Nats are Pewaukee Muskies.  The teams square off Friday night at Harden Field.  First pitch is 7PM.