August 2009
Oh’s Big Night Best Of Many For St. Cloud
Danny Oh (California) had the best day at the plate for St. Cloud, going 4-for-5 with two runs and three RBI. Oh hit one of three home runs on the night for the River Bats as they stayed alive in the North Division playoff race with a 16-6 pounding of Rochester. Oh also walked and stole a base. Brian Humphries and Matt Fanelli both had three hits including homeruns for the River Bats.
Knight Ignites Loggers Offense
La Crosse Loggers shortstop Austin Knight (Dallas Baptist) ignited the offensive explosion that put the Loggers back in first place Thursday. Knight was 4-5 with two runs scored and two RBI. He also walked and stole a base in the Loggers 11-2 victory over Eau Claire.
Baumgartner Single Wins It In 10th For Huskies
Todd Baumgartner's (Arkansas St) fourth hit of the night was a big one as he drove in the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Duluth Huskies the victory over Mankato. Baumgartner was 4-5 with the RBI in Duluth's 2-1 win over the first half North Division champions.
O’Grady’s Ignites Lunkers Again
Brainerd's Dennis O'Grady (Duke) finished 3-for-4 on the night with two singles, a double, a walk, three runs scored, and 2 RBI. O'Grady knocked a two-run double off the left field wall in the 6th inning to put the Lunkers up for good as they went on to defeat Duluth 9-5. O'Grady has now been named the Player of the Night twice while also earning three Pitcher of the Night awards.
Parque Drills First Homerun, Four Hits
Listed at a generous 5'9", Jimmy Parque (St. John's) has filled in nicely at the top of the order for Manager CJ Thieleke's club. Parque went 4-5 Monday, including his first home run of the season and now has eight hits in his last three games.
House Homer Leads Bullfrogs
After a single and a walk, Jacob House (Arkansas) belted his third home run of the season in the first inning to give Green Bay a 3-0 lead. The Bullfrogs went on to defeat Waterloo 8-4. House finished 1-2 with two runs scored and four RBI.
Patterson’s Blast Leads Mallards
Waterloo held a 2-1 lead before the Mallards erupted for three runs in the third on a towering three-run blast over the center field wall by catcher Joe Patterson (Texas A&M), part of a three-for-three, three-RBI night. The Mallards went on to win 6-5 and move a game ahead of Waterloo and just a half game behind first place La Crosse.
July 2009
Brantly Helps Loggers Extend Lead In South
Robert Brantly (UC-Riverside) got the scoring started for La Crosse with an RBI single in the top of the first inning and finished it off with a solo home run in the eighth inning. He added another RBI in the third inning and accounted for 3 of the 4 Logger runs by going 2-4 with a run scored and 3 RBI's as La Crosse defeated Green Bay 4-2 to give the Loggers a 1.5 game lead in the South Division.
O’Neill Drives In 4, Scores 4 In Beetles Big Win
Mike O’Neill (USC) scored four runs and had four RBI in a three-hit performance while the Beetles scored 18 runs in the first five innings en route to a 19-10 victory over Rochester. O'Neill had a triple, two singles and a walk.
Conway Runs Through Express
Aaron Conway (Missouri St.) finished 6-for-10 on the day in the Green Bay Bullfrogs double header split with Eau Claire. Conway's speed was on full display as he had a triple, scored four runs, stole three bases, and drove in one.
Renda Helps Bats Bounce Back
Tony Renda (California) was a pefect 3-3 with four runs for the River Bats in their 8-4 win over Mankato, one night after getting no-hit. Renda reached base in all five of his plate apperances, tripling, singling twice and adding a walk, hit by pitch and stolen base.
Moore Slugs Border Cats Past Beetles
Walker Moore (Cal State Fullerton) had two doubles and a home run for the Thunder Bay Border Cats in their 11-2 thrashing of the Alexandria Beetles at Port Arthur Stadium. Moore was 3-5 with two runs scored, an RBI and hit by pitch.