Game Summaries - 2007 Archives
Game 1 Championship Playoffs Round 1
08.07.07 @ Van den Plas Field De Pere 6 Menasha Macs 0
De Pere ace Erik Olson held the heavy-hitting Mac’s scoreless
over 9 innings, striking out 6, walking none, and allowing just three
hits.
De Pere scored in the first when 2B Jeff Riddle led off with a walk,
stole second, and RF Tony Jandron RBI singled. Jandron scored on
a passed ball.
In the fourth inning, C Jordan Stauber walked, SS Bob Van Rens
sacrificed him to second, LF Nic Spaeth’s single moved him to
third, and scored on a Mac error.
DH Kyle Kopitzke led off the fifth with a single, and 3B Greg Fisher
sacrificed him to second. Riddle singled driving in Kopitzke, advanced
on a ground out by CF Charlie McGinn, and scored on a Mac error. De
Pere scored their sixth run in the sixth when Stauber walked and stole
second, and Van Rens singled.
Riddle was 2x3 for an RBI. Greg Fisher also singled.
Game 2 Championship Playoff Round 2
08.08.07 @ Koslo Field De Pere 3 Menasha 12
The Mac’s slammed 14 hits enroute to the win. Starter Brett
Yost left the game with an injury in the fifth inning and was replaced
by Kevin Hoeksema. The duo walked three. The Bandits committed
just one error. Ten of the Mac runs were earned.
Seven Bandits had lone hits, with C Kyle Kopitzke’s double
driving in LF Nic Spaeth in the second after Spaeth had reached on an
error. The Bandits plated two more runs in the fifth when DH Aaron
Linssen singled, 3B Greg Fisher walked, 2B Jeff Riddle singled, and RF
Tony Jandron singled in Fisher and Riddle after Linssen was picked off
at second.
This game evened the best-of-three series to a game apiece.
Game 3 Championship Playoff Round 1
08.09.07 @ Van den Plas Field De Pere 3 Menasha Macs 13
The experienced draftees and college graduateof the Macs continued to
pummel Bandit pitching, while the banged-up Bandits failed to come up
with the big hit in the loss which ended the River Bandit’s 2007
campaign.
Five Bandit pitchers faced the torrid Mac’s line-up, giving up a
total of 18 hits. They issued only 2 walks, and there was only
one Bandit error.
The Bandits had men on in all but two innings, but could only score
runs in the sixth when CF Charlie McGinn walked and starting pitcher
Tony Jandron doubled. Mike Brunette drove a ball deep to right,
just foul, and then flew out to 2B. Jordan Stauber reached and
Charlie McGinn scored on an error, and LF Nic Spaeth delivered an RBI
single. Veteran SS Bob Van Rens delivered another RBI
single.
Van Rens also smashed a double in the eighth in perhaps the last at bat
of a storied career. Bob is one of the most accomplished
shortstops ever \
from the Green Bay area, a starter for Carthage College, and an
All-Star River Bandit in both the Shoreland and NEW Baseball Leagues,
playing with the Bandits for 11 of the club’s 13 seasons.
Bob is currently the Athletic Director at Our Lady of Lourdes School
and the Varsity Assistant baseball coach at De Pere High School.
Charlie McGinn went 3x4 with a run scored, and Jeff Riddle and Greg
Fisher also had singles. Fisher also hit a towering fly just foul
with a man on in the eighth.
8/01/07 @ Greenville De Pere 1 Stars 3
The Dairyland League Greenville Stars upended the River Bandits,
scoring all three of their runs in the fifth inning of the
7-inning game. The River Bandits scored a run in the top of the
fifth when 2B Jeff Riddle singled, stole second and third, and scored
on an overthrow.
Starting pitcher Jordan Stauber allowed only three baserunners until
the Star’s fifth, when three runs were scored on a double, two
singles, and a Bandit error. Riddle relieved Stauber in the
fifth, and he got a ground out to end the inning.
Stauber struck out 4, walked one, and scattered 4 hits in 4.6
innings. Riddle allowed no hits and stuck out one in
relief. Riddle also went 2x4 and stole three bases.
08/03/07 @ Marinette De Pere 3 Redbirds 2
The Redbirds of the Wischigan League held the River Bandits scoreless
until the top of the ninth, when Mike Brunette singled, Jordan Stauber
was hit by a pitch, Tony Jandron sacrificed, and Kyle Kopitzke doubled
scoring Brunette and Stauber. Aaron Linssen was also hit by a
pitch, and Bob Van Rens delivered the game-winning sacrifice fly RBI.
The Redbirds had scored two runs in the third on an error, a walk, sacrifice, and an RBI single.
Jeff Riddle and Charlie McGinn also hit safely.
Starting pitcher Brett Yost went 8 innings for De Pere. He struck out
4, walked 3, and gave up just two hits. Riddle relieved Yost in
the ninth striking out 1, walking two, and allowing no runs on one hit.
08.05.07 @ Redbird Field De Pere 4 D.C. Everest 7
CF Charlie McGinn scored in the first inning after he singled, advanced
on SS Tony Jandron’s ground out, and was plated by 1B Mike
Brunette’s RBI single.
The Bandits managed only four baserunners in the next six innings, but
in the seventh the Bandits scored three runs when RF Aaron
Linssen singled, DH Kyle Kopitzke drew a walk, pinch hitter Dick
Bos singled, McGinn walked, Jandron hit into a fielder’s choice,
and Brunette reached on an error.
07.29.07@ Redbird Field De Pere 0 Appleton Legends 6
Tied
0-0 in the fifth, Appleton plated two runs on three singles and scored
again in the seventh on four singles while Appleton starter and former
Carthage College ace John Hendrick shut out the Bandits. Catcher
Jeff Riddle, Nic Spaeth, Jordan Stauber, and Erik Olson were the only
Bandits who collected hits.
Bandit starter Tony
Jandron went six innings with Kevin Hoeksema finishing the seventh in
relief. Jandron struck out 5, walked two, and allowed 6 hits in
six innings. He allowed 2 earned runs, and Hoeksema allowed three
on four hits, a walk, and a strikeout.
07.29.07 @ Redbird Field De Pere 6 Appleton Legends 2
The
River Bandits got a season-best performance from Brett Yost on the
mound to defeat the NBC State Champion Appleton Legends in the NEW
Baseball League finale game for De Pere. Yost worked all seven
innings striking out three, walking two, and scattering just 5 hits,
allowing just 1 earned run.
The Bandits scored two
runs in the first on a walk to lead-off Jeff Riddle, a sacrifice by
Charlie McGinn, an RBI single by Nic Spaeth, and an RBI single by Tony
Jandron. In the second, the Bandits plated another run on a
single by Greg Fisher, a sacrifice by Riddle, and a single by
McGinn.
Tied at 2-2, the
Bandits scored in the third when catcher Jordan Stauber led off with a
walk and was sacrificed to second by Bob Van Rens. Tony
Jandron’s fielder’s choice plated Stauber. In the
fifth, the Bandits scored their final run when McGinn singled and stole
second, Spaeth sacrifice bunted him to third, and Stauber’s sac
fly drove him home.
Charlie McGinn was 2x2 and Greg Fisher was 2x3 for De Pere. Tony Jandron had two RBI’s.
07.28.07 @ Redbird Field De Pere 4 Sheboygan A’s 3
In
a repeat of the first meeting of these two teams in June, the Bandits
delivered another gutty performance, defeating the A’s in extra
innings.
De Pere scored in first
on 2B Jordan Stauber’s RBI single after SS Jeff Riddle led off
with a single and Mike Brunette walked. Catcher Brunette
re-injured his ankle rounding second and had to leave the game.
Stauber replaced him behind the plate.
The A’s plated
two runs in the third on three hits, and another in the fifth on
back-to-back doubles. De Pere ace Erik Olson and gritty Bandit defense
held the A’s scoreless the rest of the way.
In the fifth, De Pere
scored two runs on a single by Stauber, a sacrifice by outfielder
Linssen, and a single by pitcher Olson, and a Sheboygan error.
The Bandits stranded two baserunners in the ninth and loaded the bases
in the tenth but did not score. In the 11th Aaron Linssen
led off with a walk, and Olson sacrificed him to second. 3B Greg
Fisher singled, and first baseman Brett Yost completed the suicide
sacrifice to drive in the winning run.
Olson went the
distance, striking out 8 and walking two, allowing 10 hits. He
also had three hits. Stauber and Riddle had two hits each.
07.25.07 @ Sheboygan De Pere 4 Sheboygan A’s 7
De Pere was one swing away from a different ballgame when leading the
A’s by a run on a 2-2 count, the A’s Grant Berkowitz (UW-M,
D1)delivered a grand slam home run to put the A’s on top
6-2.
The Bandits scored in the second when Jordan Stauber singled, Bob Van
Rens sacrificed, and Aaron Linssen delivered an RBI single.
They plated another run in the fourth when Stauber and Van Rens singled
and sacrificed again, and Aaron Linssen delivered the RBI single.
Center fielder Joe Faulds then singled, but later ended his season with
a broken hand diving back into first on a questionable call at home
plate.
The Bandits rallied in the fifth when Tony Jandron and Mike Brunette
walked, Stauber singled, and Van Rens delivered a 2 RBI
single. Sheboygan added insurance run in the fifth on two singles
and a De Pere error. Jeff Riddle held the A’s scoreless in
relief in the 7th.
Yost and Riddle scattered 9 hits, walked 4, and struck out one.
Aaron Linssen was 3x4, and Jordan Stauber was 2x4. Each had 2
RBI’s.
07.25.07 @ Sheboygan De Pere 2 Sheboygan A’s 13
Shaken by the injury to regular Faulds, the Bandits scored their
only two runs in the fourth on a single by Jordan Stauber, a walk to
Bob Van Rens, a A’s error, and an RBI single by Aaron
Linssen.
Tony Jandron pitched 2 2/3 innings and allowed 5 runs in the A’s
first on five hits before leaving the game after having been hit in the
chest by a line drive. Jordan Stauber finished the inning for
Jandron. The A’s plated another 5 runs in the inning on 4
hits and a walk. Four of the runs were charged to Jandron.Kevin
Hoeksema came in to relieve Stauber in the fourth. The A’s
plated three runs on two hits and a walk.Stauber was 2x2 for the
Bandits.
07.20.07 De Pere
2 Appleton Legends 1
De Pere ace Erik Olson established himself as a premier
pitcher in the NEW League by leading the Bandits to the win. Olson went all 9 innings striking out 8,
walking 3, and scattering 7 hits against
the perennial NEW power Legends. The
Legends are the defending state National Baseball Congress champions and have
won more NEW titles than any other team.
Appleton
scored it’s lone run in the first on three straight hits. The Bandits had a chance to score in the 5th
when Jordan Stauber and DH Kyle Kopitzke had back-to-back singles to lead off
the inning, but the rally died on a fly-out, a ground-out and a strikeout. Nic
Spaeth also singled for the Bandits in the sixth. In the seventh, right fielder Tony Jandron
led off with a walk and Stauber sacrificed him to second. Kopitzke then delivered the game-tying RBI
single.
The Bandits plated the winning run in the top of the ninth
when second baseman Stauber collected his second single, Kopitzke walked, third baseman Greg Fisher
was hit by a pitch, and center fielder Joe Faulds delivered the go-ahead RBI
single.
Olson walked the first batter in the ninth, but retired
the next three in order, striking out the lead-off hitter for the win.
07.19.07 De Pere
0 Green Bay Storm 15
With many players in unfamiliar positions due to injury,
and pitchers Tony Jandron and Cory Williams struggling to find the plate, 12
Storm batters were given free passes and key errors were committed by the
Bandits while the Bandit offense never untracked.
Storm
pitching held the Bandits to just four hits by Charlie McGinn, Mike Brunette,
Jordan Stauber, and Erik Olson in the seven inning game shortened by the run
rule. Jandron
went four innings and was replaced by William with no one out in the
fifth. The duo gave up 8 hits and the 12
free passes.
07.18.07 De Pere
3 Menasha 2
Tony Jandron scored in the first inning after reaching on
a Mac error, then scored on Mike Brunette’s fielder’s choice. In the third, Jeff Riddle singled and scored
on a single by Jandron. Brunette plated Jandron with a double.
Mac
pitcher Mike Lloyd held the Bandits scoreless the rest of the way as he
scattered doubles by Cory Williams, Nic Spaeth, and Riddle.
Bandit
starter Brett Yost did the rest of the work for De Pere, who in front of just
one Bandit error, allowed single runs in the third and fifth. Jeff Riddle faced the last two Mac batters,
getting the final out with men on second and third when he tipped Ryan Hinske’s
liner up the middle, Jandron tracked it down, and threw out Hinske. Yost struck out 6 and did not issue a walk in
8 1/3.
07.15.07 @ De Pere v. Marinette Redbirds
Game
cancelled.
07.13.07 @ Manitowoc De
Pere 6 Manitowoc Bandits 5
After dropping the 1-0, 11-inning defensive duel early in
the season, and staying close through 5 for both games of the June double
header with NEW Baseball League leader Bandits, the River Bandits finally
outlasted Manitowoc to take one
game of their 4-game series.
The
Bandits scored their lead-off hitter for the third straight game when Jeff
Riddle walked, Charlie McGinn sacrificed him to second, Nic Spaeth singled, and
Jordan Stauber drove in Riddle with a fielder’s choice.
Manty
plated a run in the second on a double and a single off starter Erik
Olson. De
Pere answered with two runs in the third when Riddle and McGinn walked and
sacrificed. Jordan Stauber RBI singled,
Kevin Hoeksema reached on an error, and Aaron Linssen plated McGinn with a
single.
Manitowoc scored a single run in the
4th on a walk and a double, and scored again in the 5th on
a double, a single, and a passed ball. The
River Bandits answered with a single run when McGinn walked, Nic Spaeth
singled, and Jordan Stauber delivered a sac fly to score McGinn. They came back in the 7th to score
two more runs on singles by Nic Spaeth, Jordan Stauber, and RBI single by
Joe Faulds, and an RBI walk issued to Greg Fisher.
Manitowoc rallied in the eighth on an
error, a walk, a passed ball, and a single.
Starter Erik Olson held issuing two strikeouts and holding the Bandits
scoreless in the 9th for the win.
Nic
Spaeth was 3x5, Stauber went 2x4, and Joe Faulds had two hits for the River
Bandits.Olson
went the distance. He struck out 11,
walked three, and gave up 7 hits. There
were 2 River Bandit errors.
With
the win the River Bandits are now 5-5 in NEW Baseball League play, 10-9
overall.
07.12.07 @ Denmark De
Pere 4
Denmark 2
De Pere plated a run in the first when lead-off batter
Jeff Riddle slammed a solo home run.
Jordan Stauber also singled in the first inning.
The
Devil Bears of the Shoreland League answered in their half of the second when
starting pitcher Brett yost got two quick outs, then yielded three straight
singles before a strikeout ended the half-inning. De
Pere responded scoring a single run in the third when Riddle doubled, Charlie
McGinn singled scoring Riddle.
Denmark again tied the game in the
fifth on a River Bandit error, a single, and and RBI fielder’s choice. The
River Bandits pulled away in the sixth when McGinn and Stauber singled, Kevin
Hoeksema was hit by a pitch, and Aaron Linssen delivered a 2 RBI single.
Denmark starter Lawton Pieschek was
relieved by Mitch Kouba in the sixth, who took the loss. The duo gave up 8
hits, struck out 6, and walked one.
There were no Denmark errors. Yost
went the distance striking out 6, walking one, and issuing 7 hits. There was one River Bandit error.
07.08.07 @ Redbird
Field De Pere River Bandits 4 Green Bay Storm 5
The River Bandits battled back from a 4-2 deficit to send the game into
extra innings before
letting
Storm score a run in the 11th on a single and a throwing
error. Both
teams scored a single run in the first.
Storm’s Alex Byrne of De Pere opened the game with a single and scored
on a De Pere throwing error. The River
Bandit’s Jeff Riddle had a lead-off double and was driven in by Nic Spaeth’s
single after Charlie McGinn singled.
Storm
plated three in the third on a walk, a hit batsmen, a wild pitch, and a single. Riddle
scored again in the third when he worked a walk from pitcher Byrne, stole
second, and was driven in by Mike Brunette. In
the seventh, Aaron Linssen singled and Riddle worked Byrne for another walk.
McGinn singled again, and Nic Spaeth singled in Linssen. Brunette singled in
Riddle to tied the game at 4 apiece.
Erik
Olson relieved starter Kevin Hoeksema in the seventh. He struck out 7 in five
innings, and allowed 5 hits and walked 2.
Hoeksema allowed 6 hits and walked 4 in the first seven. Only two of the Storm runs were earned. For
De Pere, Nic Spaeth was 3x5 with 2 RBI’s,
and Charlie McGinn was 3x6. Mike
Brunette and Jeff Riddle were 2x4. Brunette had 2 RBI’s and Riddle scored three
of De Pere’s runs.
07.07.07
@ Redbird Field De Pere River
Bandits 2 Greenville 5
Greenville plated three runs in the
second on three singles, two walks, and
a River Bandit error. They scored two
more in the sixth on two more singles and another De Pere error.
The
Bandits had baserunners in 5 of 7 innings, but could only tally runs in the
fourth when Nic Spaeth and Jordan Stauber singled, Kevin Hoeksema reached on a
fielder’s choice,and Kyle Kopitzke singled in Spaeth. A Greenville error put Aaron Linssen on,
and a walk drawn by Greg Fisher scored Hoeksema.
Nic
Spaeth was 2x3 for the Bandits. Brett
Yost took the loss, with Mike Brunette in relief. The duo gave up 10 hits, struck out 5, and
walked three. There were 3 Bandit
errors, and only three runs were earned.
07.06.07 Nic Spaeth Leads NEW Baseball
League All-Stars to Win
Hosted by the Manitowoc Bandits, the Northeastern Wisconsin Baseball League
All- Stars defeated the All-Stars from the Southeastern Wisconsin Frank
Langsdorf Baseball League by the score of 11-6.
Players were chosen from the six teams in the college-prep NEW League.
Nic Spaeth (UMD, UWGB) of the De Pere River Bandits went
3x3 with one RBI and two runs scored in the game, and was named the game’s
MVP. Right-hander Erik Olson (Univerity
of St. Thomas) also represented De Pere, facing the minimum in the inning he
pitched.
Kyle
Schroeder of the Manitowoc Bandits and
NCAA D.3 #16 Luther College won the Home Run Derby
before the game with nine homers.
Schroeder was named Player of the Year in the IIAC for 2007.
07.06.07 @ Lakemen
Field De Pere River Bandits 6
Waupaca Lakemen 0
Pitchers Tony Jandron, Kevin Hoeksema, and Jordan Stauber
combined for a 1-hitter shutting out Waupaca 6-0 in a non-league contest.
The
River Bandits scored a single run in the third when Joe Faulds and Cory
Williams singled, Jeff Riddle drew a walk, and Jandron singled in Faulds. In
the fifth, Williams led off with a double, and Riddle doubled him in. Charlie McGinn moved Riddle to third and then
stole second. Mike Brunette walked, and
Stauber drove in Riddle and McGinn with a single. Hoeksema then delivered a two RBI-double
plating Brunette and Stauber.
The
trio of pitchers issued four walks and struck out 9. There was one Bandit error.
07.02.07 @ Koslo
Park, Menasha De Pere 19 Menasha 6
On a rough, dry field at Koslo
Park, Menasha committed more errors
than runs they scored, and the River Bandits powered their way to a win with
dominating offense behind solid pitching, despite their own shaky defense.
De Pere tied the game in the top of the third scoring two
runs when Jeff Riddle was hit by a pitch and Charlie McGinn tripled him
home. McGinn scored on a Tony Jandron
single. Menasha answered with a run in
the bottom of the third, but De Pere took the lead in the three-run fourth on a
single by Riddle, three walks, and two Menasha errors.
De Pere scored a single run in the sixth when Mike Brunette,
Nic Spaeth, and Jordan Stauber singled, but the Mac’s responded with a single
run in the fifth on two singles, two walks, and two Bandit errors.
Tied 6-6, the Bandits
erupted for 6 runs in the top of the seventh on singles by Brunette, Spaeth,
Joe Faulds, Greg Fisher, and walks to McGinn and Jandron. Jeff Riddle came on in relief of Olson, and
he retired the Macs in order, facing the minimum the rest of the way. The Bandits poured on the offense, scoring
two more in the eighth and five more in the ninth on hits singles by McGinn,
Brunette, and Aaron Linssen, and a 3-run home run by Tony Jandron.
In six innings starter Olson allowed only 6 hits, struck out
7, giving up just one earned run.
Riddle
got the win and the save in relief.
There were six Bandit errors.
Nic
Spaeth was 4 x 6, Mike Brunette had 3 hits, and Charlie McGinn and Tony Jandron
each had two hits, with Jandron driving in 6.
07.02.07 @ Koslo Park, Menasha De Pere 19
Menasha 6
On a rough, dry field at Koslo
Park, Menasha committed more errors
than runs they scored, and the River Bandits powered their way to a win with
dominating offense behind solid pitching, despite their own shaky defense.
De Pere tied the game in the top of the third scoring two
runs when Jeff Riddle was hit by a pitch and Charlie McGinn tripled him
home. McGinn scored on a Tony Jandron
single. Menasha answered with a run in
the bottom of the third, but De Pere took the lead in the three-run fourth on a
single by Riddle, three walks, and two Menasha errors.
De Pere scored a single run in the sixth when Mike Brunette,
Nic Spaeth, and Jordan Stauber singled, but the Mac’s responded with a single
run in the fifth on two singles, two walks, and two Bandit errors.
Tied 6-6, the Bandits
erupted for 6 runs in the top of the seventh on singles by Brunette, Spaeth,
Joe Faulds, Greg Fisher, and walks to McGinn and Jandron. Jeff Riddle came on in relief of Olson, and
he retired the Macs in order, facing the minimum the rest of the way. The Bandits poured on the offense, scoring
two more in the eighth and five more in the ninth on hits singles by McGinn,
Brunette, and Aaron Linssen, and a 3-run home run by Tony Jandron.
In six innings starter Olson allowed only 6 hits, struck out
7, giving up just one earned run. Riddle
got the win and the save in relief.
There were six Bandit errors. Nic
Spaeth was 4 x 6, Mike Brunette had 3 hits, and Charlie McGinn and Tony Jandron
each had two hits, with Jandron driving in 6.
07.01.07 @ Redbird
Field De Pere v. Menasha
Menasha forfeited the game to De Pere.
06.30.07 Battle
of the Bandits goes to Manitowoc
The Manitowoc Bandits play a 50+ game schedule in both the
Northeastern Wisconsin Baseball League and the venerable Wisconsin State
League, two of the most respected semi-pro/amateur baseball leagues in Wisconsin
and Illinois. They showed their campaigner quality on
Saturday at De Pere, outlasting the De
Pere River Bandits in both 7-inning games of the double header at Redbird
Field. De Pere’s young hitters couldn’t
deliver RBI’s, while Manitowoc
used their power and De Pere dropped both games by scores of 5-2 and 7-5.
In the first game, Jeff Riddle led of with a single followed
by a Charlie McGinn single, and Mike
Brunette doubled in Riddle. In the
third, McGinn singled again, and he was played by Tony Jandron’s double. Mantiwoc pitcher Matt Phipps allowed only one
baserunner the rest of the way for the win. McGinn and Brunette were the only Bandits to have multiple
hits. Losing pitcher Brett Yost allowed
just four hits and walked 6. Manitowoc
had two home runs including a 3-run homer in the first.
In the second game, the two teams battled to a 2-2 tie
through 4 innings. Riddle scored in the
first after having been hit by a pitch to lead off the game, and was singled in
by Brunette. In the second inning,
Jordan Stauber reached on an error, was moved to second on a sacrifice by Erik
Olson, and was driven in on Joe Fauld’s RBI single. The Bandits stranded McGinn in the thrid
and the fifth, and Stauber and Greg Fisher in the fourth after Stauber doubled
and Faulds reached on an error.
After Manitowoc plated three runs in the 5th, the
River Bandits anwered with 3 in the sixth when Nic Spaeth singled,
Stauber doubled, and Olson delivered a 2-RBI double. Joe Faulds
single in Olson, but Riddle moved him to third with a single and stole
second, but the rally ended there. With the score tied at 5, Manitowoc
plated the go-ahead run in the 6th on two single and a sac fly. They
brought home an insurance run in the 7th on a bloop and and a bad-hop
single. The Bandits left 3 on in the 7th on singles by Brunette,
Stauber, and Olson, but could not drive them in.
Jordan Stauber was 3 x 3 for De Pere, while Erik Olson was 2 x 3, and
McGinn and Brunette had two hits each. Iowa Conference Player of the
Year Kyle Schroeder of No. 16 ranked Luther College was 3 x 4 in the
game. Jordan Bischel was the winning pitcher for Manitowoc,
allowing 13 River Bandit hits. There were two Manitowoc
errors. Kevin Hoeksema took the loss with Jeff Riddle relieving
him in the 7th. The duo gave up 10 hits and there was 1 River
Bandit error.
Sunday’s game with Menasha was a last-minute forfeit
cancellation. The River Bandits are now
3-4 in NEW Baseball League play, and 6-7 overall. On Friday, the River Bandits will split their
squad, sending several Bandits including ace Erik Olson to the NEW Baseball
League All-Star Game at Manitowoc. The NEW All-Starts will face the Southeastern
League All-Stars from the greater Milwaukee
area, including a home run derby beginning at 6
PM. The rest of the River
Bandits will travel to Waupaca for a 7:30P contest against the Waupaca Lakemen
of the Badger Amateur Baseball Association.
06.23.07 @ Koslo Park, Menasha De Pere
0 Brownsville
7
They scored two more in the second when Joe Faulds and
Charlie McGinn singled, and Jeff Riddle’s single. In the fourth, Riddle homered, plating McGinn who had
doubled.
