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Black Sox Park Pics Added

nateklaphake — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 19:35:04 +0000

Everyone,

Check out the new Black Sox Park page. I have added 47 aerial pics that I took this weekend.

Black Sox hit 8 homers in 2 wins!

nateklaphake — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:45:18 +0000

The Freeport Black Sox had a great week at the Ballpark. In 2 games this week against the Sauk Centre Titans and Sauk Rapids Jimmy’s the Black Sox hit 8 homers. 3 of them where supplied by the powerful bat of Grant Hess. With the resent power surge one thing that has gotten overlooked is the fact that the pitchers also threw shutouts in both games.

Wednesday, June 24th in Elrosa: The Black Sox got a strong performance from Rob Mettenberg as he went the distance in the 11-0 win over Sauk Centre. On the offesive side of the ball Chris Roering hit his first homer since the -5 aluminum bats era and Grant Hess hit 2 homers to lead the attack.

Saturday, June 27th in Sauk Rapids: The Black Sox pounded out 4 home runs in the third inning. Grant Hess started it out with a Grand Slam which was followed by a three run shot by Eric Eveslage, a 2 run shot by Ryan Tschida, and a 2 run shot by Troy Frieler. Chad Hess added a double off the fence that would have completed the home run cycle in the inning. Chad Hess would later make up for it by hitting a 3 run bomb which was probably the longest homer of the game in the 4th inning. In the end the Black Sox put 17 runs up against Jimmy’s which allow Nate Winter to cruise to a great win. Winter threw 5 innings of 2 hit ball to get the win.

Mettenberg, Black Sox defeat Springers 2-1

nateklaphake — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:06:36 +0000

The Black Sox got a strong start on Sunday from Rob Mettenberg in a 2-1 victory over the previously undefeated in league play Cold Spring Springers. Mettenberg gave up just 5 hits in the complete game victory. Troy Frieler was the offensive hero going 2-4 on the day with a RBI. The 2nd run came off of a throwing error by Cold Spring catcher Ryan Holthaus when he tried to pick Ryan Tschida off at third base in the 5th inning. The throw caromed off of Tschida and rolled into left field allowing Tschida to run home and score the second run.

For the Springers, Zach Femrite also threw well going 8 innings while striking out 12 and allowing only 1 earned run in a losing effort.

The Black Sox improved to 6-2 in the American League and 11-4 overall. Next up for the Black Sox is a Wednesday night tilt against their old Lakewood West division rivals the Sartell Muskies. Game time is at 7:30pm in Sartell.

Black Sox go 2-0 this past week!

nateklaphake — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 04:44:09 +0000

The Black Sox got back on the winning track going 2-0 this week with wins over Luxemberg and Sauk Centre.

On Wednesday, May 27th the Black Sox defeated Luxemberg 6-3 in exhibition play at Black Sox Park. Danny Beste got the win the the mound.

On Sunday, May 31st the Black Sox defeated Sauk Centre 5-2 in front of a good crowd at Black Sox Park. Nate Klaphake got the win while Mike Frericks got the save in his Black Sox debut.

Black Sox lose two league games this weekend.

nateklaphake — Sun, 24 May 2009 20:16:10 +0000

The Black Sox streak of 3 consecutive Lakewood wins to begin the season came to a end this weekend. On Friday night the Black Sox played the Granite City Grays at Dick Putz Field in St Cloud. With the exception of the 2 inning in which Black Sox starter Nate Klaphake gave up 4 runs it was a very well pitched game. Peter Burg went the distance for the Grays. Burg was very effenctive at keeping the potent Black Sox lineup off balance. In the End the Grays came out victorius with a 4-1 win.

In the second game of the weekend the Black Sox again traveled to Dick Putz Field but this time it was to play the American League leading St Cloud Othropedic Ice. In what was expected to be a low scoring pitchers dual turned out to be high scoring, high hit total game with Ortho capitalizing on more opportunities. The Black Sox ended up losing the game 9-5 but they actually pounded out 13 hits in the loss. With the loss the Black Sox fall to 3-2 in the Lakewood and 6-3 overall.

Black Sox Tourney Concludes with Belle Plaine taking the Championship

nateklaphake — Tue, 19 May 2009 04:34:14 +0000

Once again the Freeport Black Sox and the Avon Lakers put on a great tournament this last weekend. 8 teams, some from the area(Upsala, Avon, Freeport, Opole, Spring Hill) and some from far away lands(Belle Plaine, Jordan, Moorhead) came together to play some great baseball this last weekend despite the frigid temperatures that included the term “wind chills” for most of the weekend. The teams all battled through the elements to play some very competitive baseball. In the end the weather cleared and the baseball remained strong. Belle Plaine was able to rise above the pack to take there first Black Sox Tourney championship by defeating the Jordan Brewers in the finals 1-0. Tourney namesake the Black Sox ended up defeating Upsala 3-2 for third and Moorhead was able to defeat Spring Hill for the consolation title.

Congrats to the 2009 Black Sox Tourney Champs the Belle Plaine Tigers!!!

Click here for the complete bracket.

Black Sox take 3rd in tourney by defeating Upsala 4-1

nateklaphake — Sun, 17 May 2009 20:40:18 +0000

Black Sox finish up with a 4-1 win on Sunday over Upsala in the 3rd place game of the Black Sox Tourney. Nate Winter got the win while Craig Meyer got the save.

Black Sox fall to Belle Plaine 3-2 in the Semi’s of the Black Sox Tourney

nateklaphake — Sat, 16 May 2009 23:25:03 +0000

The Black Sox fell to the Belle Plaine Tigers 3-2 in the Semi’s of the Black Sox Tourney. In a pitchers dual te Tigers were able to push across 2 runs in the top of the sixth to take a 3-2 lead on starter Nate Klaphake and the Black Sox. The Tigers will advance to face Jordan in the finals at 3:30pm Sunday while the Black Sox will play the Upsala Blue jays Sunday in the third place game

Check out the Brackets Here

Black Sox defeat Opole in Tourney Opener

nateklaphake — Sat, 16 May 2009 01:10:54 +0000

The Black Sox defeated the Opole Bears 6-3 in the opening game of the 2009 Black Sox Tourney. Chad Hess led the Black Sox hitting attack with a 2 run homer in the 5th inning. Danny Beste got the win going 6 strong innings. Craig Meyer got the save in relief.

Chad Hess went 2-3 with a 2 run homer

In other Black Sox Tourney action the Upsala Blue Jays defeated Tourney cohost Avon 7-1 in Avon.

Check out the bracket here for game times tomorrow.

Black Sox defeat St Cloud Snappers, 13-3

nateklaphake — Sun, 10 May 2009 20:33:23 +0000

The Black Sox pounded out 13 runs to defeat the Snappers 13-3 in 8 innings due to the 10 run rule. For the Black Sox Danny Beste pitched 7 solid innings to get the win. Brad Hundt drove in 4 to lead the Black Sox hitting attack. Logan Birr took the loss for the Snappers. The Black Sox improved to 4-0 on the season and 3-0 in the Lakewood.

Brad Hundt had a great day at the plate with 3 hits and 4 RBI.