West Allis NATIONALS Baseball

The West Allis Nationals offense led the way on Saturday as the locals swept the Burlington Barons by scores of 9-2 and 16-6.

Curt Pryal led the way in game one, knocking in at least one run in each of his plate appearances and finished the game with 6 RBI's.   Pryal's first inning three run homer gave the team an early cushion and Jimmy Jungbauer held it, limiting the Barons to one earned run and 6 hits while striking out 5.

Jared Stengel upped Pryal in game two, knocking in 7 runs with 2 homers including a grand slam.   Brandon Hall added a homer and 2 RBI's as part of his 4 hit game.   Pryal added 3 more RBI's in game two to finish with 9 on the day.  Alex Kingsley battled for 5 innings to earn his third win of the year.  

Next up for the Nationals are the Milwaukee Angels.  The two teams square off on Tuesday night at Zirkel Field.  First pitch is set for 7:30pm.

After a satisfying 6-2 victory in the opener, poor defense doomed the Nats in the nightcap and they fell to the Kiwanis 7-5.

Aggressive baserunning and a strong pitching performance from Alex Kingsley drove the Nats to victory in the opener.   The locals got on the board first in the fourth after a leadoff walk to Danny Putnam.   Putnam then stole second and advanced to third on a groundout by Kyle Kalkopf.   Brandon Hall then knocked him in with a groundout to second.

The Nats broke the game open in the fifth with the help of two critical Kiwanis errors.   Danny Putnam's two out, two run single was key to the four run rally.

That was all Kingsley needed.   He kept the Kiwanis hitless until a allowing a one out double in the fifth and finished with a two hitter.    Both runs scored by the Kiwanis in the sixth were unearned.    Kingsley's second victory as a National featured 7 strikeouts and 4 walks.

Game two got away from the Nationals in the fourth, fifth, and sixth innings.   Curt Pryal's three run homer in the third gave the Nationals a 3-1 lead and all appeared to be well.   In the top of the fourth, though, Nationals starter gave two runs back due in a large part to uncharacteristic wildness.   Reliever Curt Pryal was hurt in his two innings of relief by two errors in each frame.   The Kiwanis posted three runs on just two hits in the sixth to extend their lead to 7-3.    The Nats responded with two of their own in the bottom half of the inning, but went down quietly in the seventh.

Next up are the Milwaukee Angels on Tuesday night at Harden Field in Milwaukee.   First pitch is set for 7:30pm.