Mustangs win 6-4 over the Joplin Outlaws. Today’s winning pitcher: Kyle Hassna.
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2011 Mustangs: Kyle Hassna Leave a comment
1983 Topps Royals: Louis Coleman, Danny Duffy and Brayan Pena Leave a comment
2011 Mustangs: Andrew Polly and Jake Kretzer Leave a comment
Andrew Polly picked up the win tonight in the 12-3 victory over rival Chillicothe. Polly had a solid game, pitching 6 1/3 innings while giving up 3 runs on 8 hits. He also struck out 4 while not allowing any Mudcats to reach base by walk or hit by pitch. The Mustangs offense was led by the amazingly consistent Brent Seifert who drove in another 3 runs giving him 25 RBI in MINK league play while sporting a .343 average.
Kris Koerper also knocked in a couple runs on his way to a 2-3 day. The true offensive hero was Jake Kretzer. The Northwest Bearcat went 4-5 and drove in a huge 5 runs. Kretzer mixed a double in with 3 singles to compile his 4 hits. His most impressive at bat in my opinion was the at bat where he planned to give the Mudcats and out. After TJ Daily got hit by a pitch to leadoff the inning, Kretzer squared around for a sacrifice bunt and put the ball perfectly between the first baseman, second baseman and pitcher for a hit. I have seen Kretzer come through with a couple good bunts this year, I think bunting is one of the lost arts of the game and I really like watching a team willing to bunt and have the players with the ability to do so.
2011 Mustangs: Patrick Burkhart Leave a comment
This is why you start taking pictures early in the season kids…Patrick Burkhart is now hurt and I’m guessing by his mobility in the dugout that he won’t play again this year. I was impressed with what I saw out of him the few times I got to see him play. Hopefully he will return to St. Joe next year for a better look.
2011 Mustangs: Andrew Nellestein Leave a comment
Andrew Nellestein didn’t play Monday night, the local catcher doesn’t see a lot of time with TJ Daily and Landinn Eckhart ahead of him at the position. The Mustangs did win 7-1 thanks to a strong start by Jayson Huett and two doubles by Brent Seifert. Seifert drove in 3 runs on those two hits. It seems he always gets hits with runners in scoring postition. Huett got the win and is now 3-0 with an impressive 2.13 ERA.
1983 Topps Royals: Blake Wood and Greg Holland Leave a comment
1983 Topps Royals: Jeremy Jeffress and Kila Ka’aihue Leave a comment
1983 Topps Royals: Mitch Maier and Chris Getz Leave a comment
2011 Mustangs: Cody Lane Leave a comment
2011 Mustangs: John Wegener Leave a comment
The Mustangs beat non-league opponents Omaha Strike Zone handily tonight 13-7. A non-league opponent means that several of the bench players will get into the game so several players played that don’t normally see a lot of action. I actually got to watch several players I hadn’t seen before. One of these was John Wegener. It looks as if it was Wegener’s first action with the team and made a very good impression. He started the game with a triple to right center field then followed that with a double to left center later in the same inning. Wegener would end the day at 4-5 while driving in 3 runs.
The 8-run first inning set the tone for the game. Brent Seifert continued to hit well by going 2-5 with 4 RBI. Seifert blasted a long home run to straight away right field as the third batter of the game to put the home team up 3-0. Several Mustangs had good a good day at the plate including the catcher from St. Joseph, Andrew Nellestein who was 3-5 with 2 RBI.
It will be interesting to see how the Mustangs work somebody like Wegener into the lineup. I wondered how they could get Seifert, Robinette, Koerper and Chaffin all in the lineup earlier this year but they solved that problem by giving 3rd year Mustang Brent Seifert some time at second base. I don’t know who will sit to get Wegener into the batting order but I do know that it is a good problem to have.
A Hair Off Square 