The La Crosse Loggers won game two of their double header Thursday night thanks to Matt Flemer's (California Berkeley) sixth win of the season. Flemer threw 7.0 innings of four hit baseball while only walking one. The 2010 All-Star lowered his season ERA to 1.25 while only walking seven batters in 43.1 innings pitched. Kyle Teague of the Brainerd Lakes Area Lunkers also threw a great game and earned his third win of the season while striking out nine.
The Mankato MoonDogs jumped out to a four run lead and took the game 6-4 from the Brainerd Lakes Area Lunkers. The MoonDogs starter, Blake Schwartz (Minnesota State Mankato), threw 7.0 innings while only giving up two runs. Tim Fangman earned the save throwing the final 1.0 inning. Jordan Steranka (Penn State) had three RBI while second basemen Sam Lind had three hits and two runs scored. Chadd Kristi (California Berkeley) had three hits in the loss.
Harold Riggins (North Carolina State) had a monster day at the plate for the Madison Mallards in a losing effort. Riggins was 2-for-4 with three runs scored and two RBI. His two hits on the day were home runs which ties him for first in the NWL in home runs with seven. The NC State infielder is currently hitting .366 with 17 RBI. Riggins will be competing in the NWL All-Star Home Run Derby this upcoming week in Eau Claire.
Blake Schwartz (Minnesota State Mankato) improved his record to 2-2 in 2010 by beating the Brainerd Lakes Area Lunkers by a score of 6-4. Schwartz threw 7.0 innings of two run baseball while only allowing seven hits and striking out six. Schwartz leads the team in innings pitched at 34.2 and has struck out 23 batters. Schwartz was Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Pitcher of the Year in 2010 and led the Mankato Mavericks to the D-II College World Series in Cary, NC.
The Duluth Huskies beat the Rochester Honkers by a score of 9-5 at Mayo Field on Tuesday night. The Huskies used a three run third inning and four in the fifth to take an 8-0 lead and never looked back. Austin Gaines led the Huskies at the plate with a 3-for-4 day with three runs scored and three RBI. The Honkers Davy Wright (TCU) was 3-for-4 in the loss with two RBI.
Austin Gaines (Florida Gulf Coast) helped the Duluth Huskies beat the Rochester Honkers by a score of 9-5 Tuesday night. Gaines improved his average to .314 after going 3-for-4. He also scored three runs and knocked in three runs of his own. He also hit a home run. Zach McCool (Iowa) was a perfect 4-for-4 for the Waterloo Bucks tonight.
Chris Licon improved his record to 3-2 on the 2010 NWL season by beating the Battle Creek Bombers 6-3. Licon, a Wisconsin Woodchuck, threw an eight hitter over 8.0 innings while only giving up three earned runs. The righty currently has 38.2 innings pitched while striking out 27 and only walking two.
The Thunder Bay Border Cats put up nine runs on fourteen hits against the Alexandria Beetles on Monday night. Thunder Bay’s Jeff Deblieux (South Alabama) and Ryan Court (Illinois State) each had three hits on the night to pace the offense. Border Cats designated hitter Ben Scheffer (Florida Tech) hit a two run homer to add to the run total. Thunder Bay and Alexandria both sit at 2-2 during the second half of the NWL season.
Cody Asche (Nebraska) had the best offensive night in the NWL on Monday night against the Rochester Honkers. Asche was 5-for-6 with two runs scored and six RBI. He accounted for more than half of the Huskies offense at Mayo Field on Monday with two of his five hits being homeruns. Asche improved his average to .294 with seven homeruns and 37 RBI.
Don Lisi (Central Missouri) improved to 4-2 on the 2010 season with an 8.0 inning shutout against the Battle Creek Bombers. Lisi only gave up four hits on the night while striking out seven Bomber batters. The Arkansas native improved his ERA to 3.29 in ten appearances this season. Jason Wheeler (Loyola Marymount) also threw a great game giving up four hits and one run over 8.0 innings.
