DERBY KANSAS
July 30, 2009
by Aaron Torres
DERBY, KS- The Midnight Sun Goldpanners are headed to the NBC World Series in just a few days. And they are headed there on a losing streak.
Starter Tim Culligan went just 1.1 innings and Josh Kalalau made a crucial 1st inning error, as the Goldpanners fell Thursday night to the Derby Twins 7-2 in Derby, KS.
Derby jumped on Culligan early, when he again struggled with his control. Kevin Hall led off the inning with a single, followed by four Culligan base on balls. With two outs Will Fiel hit a line drive that Kalalau dropped in right field, allowing three additional runs to score, and putting the Goldpanners in a 4-0 deficit, one from which they’d never recover.
Culligan gave up one more walk in the 2nd inning, before he was relieved by Carey Schwartz. On the evening, Schwartz was one of the few bright spots for the Goldpanners, as he pitched 5.2 innings, giving up just three hits and one run striking out eight Derby batters.
Schwartz kept his team close, but the offense never could catch up for Midnight Sun. The visitors didn’t get their first run of the game until the 4th inning, and even then it was without a hit. Trent Olezsczuk reached on a walk, making it to second on a Josh Ashenbrenner groundout. He then stole third, later scoring on a throwing error by Derby catcher Eric Sim.
The only other Midnight Sun run of the evening came on Cam Christian’s first home run of the season, a deep ball over the right centerfield fence. It was just the Goldpanners third hit of the game, and came in the 7th inning.
With most of their schedule done, Midnight Sun will now head to Wichita, KS where they will take part in two exhibition games in the NBC World Series. The first is set for 8:00 p.m. on Saturday evening. For full coverage, please tune into www.goldpanners.com
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2009 BARNSTORMING TRIP |
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| Ann Dennis's Recap of the Trip | ||
| 01 Team Closeups, Management and Crew Pics | ||
| 02_Longview WA - gathering and win game 12-1 | ||
| 03_Kamloops: (Seattle Studs) loss 2-1 | ||
| 04_Kamloops: (Kamloops Sun Devils) win 8-1 | ||
| 05_Scenery Cache Creek to Kamloops | ||
| 06 Kamloops Misc player pics | ||
| 07 Kamloops: (Red Deer) win 17-3 | ||
| 08 Kamloops: (Kelowna Jays) win 13-3 | ||
| 09 Kamloops: (Seattle Studs) win 2-1 | ||
| 10 Kamloops: (Everett WA) win Championship 5-3 | ||
| 11 Kelowna, BC: Game 1 - win 4-3 | ||
| 12 Kelowna: Game 2 - win 4-3 | ||
| 13 Kelowna: Game 3 - loss 1-0 | ||
| 14 Kelowna Breakfasts - Leaving for Idaho | ||
| 15 Coeur d'Alene Idaho: loss 5-4 | ||
| 16 Belgrade Montana: win 10-2 | ||
| 19 Dodge City KS: loss 6-5 | ||
| 20 Clarinda IA: win 2-1 and win 10-7 | ||
| 21 Chillicothe MO: win 9-5 and loss 5-4 | ||
| 22 Junction City KS: loss 6-1 loss 1-0 | ||
| 23 Hays, KS loss 6-5 | ||
| 24 Liberal_KS: loss | ||
| 25 El_Dorado_KS: loss 6-1 | ||
| 26 Derby KS: loss 7-2 | ||
| 27 Wichita - NBC L 6-5 | ||
| 28 Jim Dietz, Midnight Sun Goldpanners Coach | ||
| 29 Aaron Torres, Goldpanners Media | ||
| 30 Randy Barber, Assistant Coach and Bus Driver | ||
| 31 Anthony Keel, Eye Candy Cinema | ||
| 32 The Bus - Pictures of the Team Rolling Down the Road | ||
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