WILLMAR–In their triumphant return to Bill Taunton Stadium after nearly two full weeks on the road, the Stingers took care of business on Wednesday, sweeping the Alexandria Beetles in a pair of seven inning games by final scores of 7-2 and 5-0. The wins, when combined with losses by St. Cloud, Brainerd, and Duluth vault the Stingers to 28-24 overall and 10-7 in the second half, but more importantly, into first place in the very tight North Division second half race.<\/p>\n
In game one, David Carroll was steady for Willmar, earning the win in a rock-solid five and two thirds innings. Carroll gave up a pair of runs, only one earned on four hits with a pair of strikeouts and a walk over that span. The offensive fireworks in the first game came courtesy of Stingers leftfielder Joe Sever who hit his first home run of the season in the second, a towering fly to left center that also brought home Eduardo Gonzalez and Jordan Smith.<\/p>\n
Game two saw a masterful pitching performance from Willmar lefty Cedric Pomerlee. The Alcorn State brave looked better than he has at any point in 2010, taking a no-hitter into the sixth inning before ending his night just two outs shy of a shutout, striking out four in six and a third innings pitched. Offensively, game two saw production from a host of Stinger batters as Jordan Smith and Sean Dwyer each padded their considerable RBI numbers.<\/p>\n
Next up for the first place Stingers, it’s a three game set with the Duluth Huskies at Bill Taunton Stadium starting on Thursday night at 7:05 pm. You won’t want to miss it either, as it’s Wine, Women, and Baseball Night presented by Westside Liquor. For tickets, call the Stingers ticket office at 320-222-2010 or log on to willmarstingers.com for more information. As always, check out wctrib.com for all your Stingers coverage. The 2010 season is presented by Charter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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