West Allis NATIONALS Baseball

The local 9 completed a successful week Friday night with a DH sweep of the cross-town Sox, winning by scores of 7-3 and 5-2.

Leading the offense were Jordan Stine with 4 hits, 3RBI, and 4 steals and Curt Pryal, also with 4 hits and 2RBI.   Hot-hitting Tom Zimmerman with a pair of RBI knocks, as well.

Starting pitchers, Jim Jungbauer and Joe Munn, also had strong performances.  Each went 5 innings for victories.  Jungbauer limited the Sox to 2 fifth inning runs, striking out 4 and walking 3, while Munn held the Sox scoreless, striking out 9 and walking only 2.   Kellen Haynes and George James closed out games 1 and 2, respectively.

Patience and timely hitting proved to be the winning combination on the night.  In game 1, first inning walks to Stine and Munn were followed by Curt Pryal's RBI single.  In the third, it was Kellen Haynes and Mike Kenseth drawing walks before and after a Stine single that set the table with no outs.   Joe Munn followed with a grounder to the third basemen who threw home to force Haynes but the catcher's effort to double him up resulted in an errant throw into right field, allowing Stine to score.   Another Sox throwing error in the inning resulted in two more runs and the Nats went to the fourth with a 4-0 lead.   RBI singles by Stine in the fourth and sixth put the game out of reach.

In game two the story was similar.   Patiently working counts, the team drove Sox starting pitcher Ben Versnik's pitch total to 99 by the end of the fourth.  Joe Munn got things started with a two out walk in the first.   Curt Pryal followed with an infield single, setting the table for Tom Zimmerman's second two-out RBI effort in as many dates.   After failing the capitalize with the bases loaded in the second, Pryal and Zimmerman again came through in the third.   Pryal singled with one out and Zimmerman followed with an RBI double to right.   The early 2-0 lead expanded in the fourth.  Adam Karas worked an eight pitch walk and stole second and Stine drove him home with a one out single.  With two outs, Joe Munn drew a walk and scored on Curt Pryal's booming double to left.  At the end of four, the team had a comfortable 5-0 lead and never looked back.

The Nationals (5-1, FLL) return to action on Tuesday night June 17 at Zirkel Field in West Allis vs the Burlington Barons (3-3, FLL)   First pitch is set for 7:30pm.