Charley Olson (Georgia State) threw 8.0 innings of scoreless baseball and only gave up two hits. Olson helped the Stingers beat the Honkers 1-0 in Willmar Thursday night. Olson struck out nine Honkers and moved his record to 1-2. Olson was 5-4 for Georgia State in 2010 with 93.2 innings pitched which led the team.
Eau Claire 4, Wisconsin 1 The Express took Wednesday night’s game from the Woodchucks due to a two run seventh inning. Nate Baumann (Augustana) reached base on an error and was drove in by college teammate, Drew Heithoff (Augustana), when Heithoff doubled.
Eduardo Gonzalez (Alcorn State) helped Willmar score 14 runs against the Rochester Honkers Wednesday night. The first basemen went 3-for-4 with one run scored and three RBI. Gonzalez had two doubles to go along with a hit by pitch. The Florida native is currently hitting .310 for the Stingers. During his sophomore season at Alcorn State he hit .350 with 26 extra base hits and 53 RBI.
The Thunder Bay Border Cats finally got back on the winning track thanks to a great pitching performance from John Tatum (McNeese State) who threw 7.0 innings of four hit baseball. Tatum moves to 1-1 on the season with a 2.65 ERA in 17.0 innings pitched.
Wisconsin 7, Eau Claire 3 The Woodchucks took game one of the double header on Tuesday night by a score of 7-3. All but one ‘Chuck had a hit and were led by Robbie De La Cruz (UNLV) who was 2-for-3 with one run scored and two RBI.
WILLMAR, MN- The Willmar Stingers of the Northwoods League are excited to announce that former Minnesota Twins great Tony Oliva will be on hand for Twins Night presented by R & J Tours & KDJS 1590 AM on Monday, June 21 at Bill Taunton Stadium. Joining “Tony-O” will be the Twins mascot TC the Bear and the Twins organist. Tony Oliva will throw out the first pitch and sign autographs as the Stingers take on the St. Cloud River Bats at 7:05p.m.
Designate hitter, Jamie Bruno (Louisiana State), was 2-for-4 Tuesday night to help beat the Eau Claire Express 7-3. Bruno hit his 3rd homerun of the season and two RBI. The lefty is currently hitting .314 with ten RBI in nine games played. This is Bruno’s 3rd two-hit game of the short 2010 season and continues his seven game hit streak.
Travis Parker (St. Louis) threw extremely well in relief Tuesday night for the Madison Mallards. Parker, in his first outing of the year, threw 4.0 innings against Battle Creek and earned the win for the Mallards by a score of 4-3. The righty from Lincoln, NE struck out two while giving up zero runs.
Alexandria 2, St. Cloud 1 The Alexandria Beetles took the game from the River Bats by a score of 2-1 at Knute Nelson Memorial Park in rain shortened game. The Beetles out hit the River Bats 6-2 and played error free baseball. Starting pitcher Andy Cox (Iowa Central CC) threw 5.0 innings of two hit baseball while striking out three. David Randall (Mercer) threw the final inning of no hit baseball.
Short-stop Stephen Wickens was 3-for-4 with a run scored in his first game of the season for the Lunkers. The Florida Gulf Coast product also had a stolen base on the day and helped lead Brainerd over Mankato 4-3. Wickens, a native of Ontario, rejoins the Lunkers after playing in Brainerd for the 2009 season. While at Florida Gulf Coast in 2010, Wickens hit .359 with 17 doubles and 34 RBI. He also had an outstanding .962 fielding percentage while starting 57 games on the season.
