Andy Urban (Hutchinson CC) of the St. Cloud River Bats picked up his 1st win of the season against the Thunder Bay Border Cats Wednesday night. Urban, a 6'0'' right-handed pitcher from Lawrence, KS, threw 6.0 innings of four hit baseball to silence the Border Cats bats. The win puts Urban at 1-1 on the season with a 3.57 earned run average in 22.2 innings pitched.
Will Fulmer (Montevallo) is a 5'9'' infielder for the Alexandria Beetles in 2011 and is currently hitting .269 in 15 NWL games. Fulmer had one of his best NWL games Thursday night against the North Division leaders, the Mankato MoonDogs. The right-handed hitter was 2-for-3 with two runs scored and three RBIs and helped the Beetles improve to 11-8.
Mike Wisecarver (Nicholls State) picked up his 2nd win of the 2011 season for the Waterloo Bucks as he shutout the hot hitting Madison Mallards. Wisecarver threw a rain shortened complete game as he finished with nine strikeouts in 6.0 innings of work. The 5'10'' lefty from Kenner, LA now has a 1.99 earned run average in 22.2 innings pitched.
Cameron Perkins (Purdue) of the Waterloo Bucks had a nice night at the plate against NWL rival Madison on Wednesday night. Perkins, a 6'5'' infielder, was 3-for-4 with three runs scored and two RBIs at Riverfront Stadium in Waterloo, IA. In 22 games in 2011, Perkins is hitting .314 with eight extra base hits and 10 RBIs.
Nate Smith (Furman) was impressive Tuesday night at Port Arthur Stadium against the Thunder Bay Border Cats. The 6'2'' right-handed pitcher picked up his 2nd win of the season as he threw a four hitter in 7.0 innings of work. Smith now has a 0.56 earned run average in 16.0 innings pitched.
Willie Argo and Justin Parr are teammates with the Madsion Mallards and also at the University of Illinois. Both Argo and Parr had great nights at the plate against the Waterloo Bucks on Tuesday. Argo drove in six runs as he was 2-for-4 with two home runs. He also scored two runs and walked once. Parr was 5-for-6 with three RBIs and is now hitting .306.
