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1998 Schedule, Game Recaps & Box Scores

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Summer Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Score
August 10, 1998	9:15pm	Stahl Construction	30-0
August 17, 1998	8:15pm	Environments, Inc.	NA
August 17, 1998	9:15pm	Al's Bar Blue	NA
August 24, 1998	6:15pm	Summit Medical	NA
August 31, 1998	7:15pm	Mid-Minnesota Wire	NA
August 31, 1998	8:15pm	Mill City	NA
September 14, 1998	9:15pm	US Internet	NA
September 21, 1998	6:15pm	Stingers	NA
September 21, 1998	7:15pm	Cargill Gold	NA
PLAYOFFS	TBA

Summer Schedule

WEEK 1, APRIL 27

Rainforest Cafe 6,
Beaver's 10

The first game of the season was a struggle. There have been quite a few changes in the lineup from last year's championship team and the Beaver's played like it. The Beaver's were able to win the game in the bottom of the 7th with a 3-run homer by pitcher Jason Loesch.
Player of the Game: Jason Loesch

Team             AB  R  H BI BB  Avg.
Niska, c          3  2  3  1  1 1.000
Vierzba, lf       4  1  2  2  0  .500
Loesch, p         4  1  4  4  1 1.000
Ringer, ss        2  0  0  0  0  .000
Aldrich, rcf      2  0  0  0  1  .000
Cybyske, cf       3  0  1  0  0  .333
Esterley, 3b      3  0  0  0  0  .000
O'Halloran, rf    3  0  0  0  0  .000
Anderson, 2b      3  0  0  0  0  .000
Lindquist, 1b     3  3  3  0  0  .000
Totals           30 10 13 10  3


Rainforest......2 0 0 2 1 1 0-6
Beaver's........1 0 1 0 1 0 4-10

LOB-9. 2B-Niska (1), Loesch (1). HR-Loesch (1). RBI-Vierzba 2 (2), Loesch 4 (4), Ringer (1). S-Ringer (1).
WP- Loesch (1-0)

WEEK 2, MAY 3

W.M. Engineering 12,
Beaver's 16

Again the Beaver's struggled at the beginning of the game, but they were able to put together a lot of runs in the later innings. Vierzba had the game winning RBI and Esterley picked up 4 RBI's total, including his 3 run triple in the 4th inning.
Player of the Game: Chris Esterley

Team             AB  R  H BI BB  Avg. 
Aldrich, rf       3  2  2  1  2  .400
Vierzba, lf       4  2  2  2  0  .500
Loesch, ss        4  3  2  2  1  .750
Esterley, 3b      4  0  1  4  0  .143
Cybyske, cf       4  3  3  2  1  .571
Anderson, 2b      5  1  4  2  0  .500
Lindquist, 1b     4  1  1  1  0  .571
Brooksbank, p     2  2  1  2  1  .500
Niska, c          2  2  0  0  2  .600
Totals           32 16 16 16  7

WM Engineering....0 1 0 10 1 0-12
Beaver's..........0 1 3  1 7 4-16

LOB-10. 2B-Anderson (1). 3B-Esterley (1).RBI-Aldrich (1), Vierzba 2 (4), Loesch 2 (6), Esterley 4 (4), Cybyske 2 (2), Anderson 2 (2), Lindquist (1), Brooksbank 2 (2). S-Vierzba (1), Esterley (1).
WP-Brooksbank (1-0)

WEEK 3, MAY 10

K-Tel International 14,
Beaver's 15

This was a very close game at the end, but the Beaver's had to fight up hill the whole game. Brooksbank struggled on the mound and was relieved by Hovde after 3 innings, who came in and pitched 4 innings, giving up only 1 run. The game was finally won in the bottom of the seventh; the score was tied, a runner on second and 2 outs. Aldrich was able to smack a single through the infield to win the game.
Player of the Game: Mike Aldrich & Kai Hovde

Team             AB  R  H BI BB  Avg. 
Niska, c          3  4  2  0  3  .625
Vierzba, lf       5  2  4  2  0  .615
Esterley, 3b      5  2  2  1  0  .250
Aldrich, rc       4  2  3  4  1  .556
Cybyske, lc       4  3  2  2  0  .546
Anderson, 2b      4  0  1  2  0  .417
Ringer, ss        2  1  1  2  1  .250
O'Halloran, rf    4  0  1  1  0  .143
Hovde, 1b-p       3  1  1  1  0  .333
Brooksbank, p-1b  4  0  1  0  0  .333

Totals           38 15 18 15  5

K-Tel Int.....2 7 4 0 0 0 1-14
Beaver's......4 1 1 1 1 6 1-15

LOB-8. 3B-Niska (1), Ringer (1).RBI-Vierzba 2 (6), Esterley (5), Aldrich 4 (5), Cybyske 2 (4), Anderson 2 (4), Ringer 2 (3), O'Halloran (1), Hovde (1). S-Ringer (2).
WP-Hovde (1-0)

WEEK 4, MAY 17

Beaver's 22,
Javelin Technology 1

The Beaver's fourth win was a blowout. Everyone hit very well against one of the lower division teams in the league. 4 players had 3 or more RBI's in the game. Esterley was only a homerun away from hitting for the cycle and added 4 RBI's.
Player of the Game: Chris Esterley

Team             AB  R  H BI BB  Avg. 
Vierzba, lf       3  4  3  4  1  .688
Esterley, 3b      3  3  3  4  0  .400
Aldrich, rc       3  2  2  3  1  .583
Ringer, ss        4  3  3  2  0  .500
Cybyske, lc       4  1  3  4  0  .600
Anderson, 2b      4  1  2  1  0  .438
O'Halloran, rf    4  1  1  1  0  .182
Hovde, p          4  2  2  1  0  .429
Brooksbank,1b     4  2  2  0  0  .400
Niska, c          1  3  1  2  2  .667
Totals           34 22 22 22  4

Beaver's.....2 6 0 14-22
Javelin......0 0 0  1- 1

LOB-6. 2B-Vierzba (1), Esterley (1). 3B-Esterley (2), Aldrich (1), Ringer 2 (3), Niska (2).RBI-Vierzba 4 (10), Esterley 4 (9), Aldrich 3 (8), Ringer 2 (5), Cybyske 4 (8), Anderson (5), O'Halloran (2), Hovde (2), Niska 2 (2). S-Esterley (2). SO-Brooksbank (1).
WP-Hovde (2-0)

WEEK 5, June 1

Beaver's 12,
Super Valu 9

The Beaver's jumped out to an early lead and were in a position to win by the 10-run rule, but they allowed SuperValu back into the game with some pretty relaxed fielding. The Beaver's were able to come back and win the game with 2 2-run innings at the end of the game to seal the victory.
Player of the Game: Josh Anderson

Team             AB  R  H BI BB  Avg. 
Niska, c          5  1  2  1  0  .571
Vierzba, lf       4  2  2  1  0  .650
Esterley, ss      4  1  2  2  0  .421
Aldrich, rc       4  1  2  2  0  .563
Cybyske, lc       4  1  3  0  0  .632
O'Halloran, rf    4  1  1  1  0  .200
Anderson, 2b      4  2  3  2  0  .500
Wilson, 3b        4  1  2  1  0  .500
Brooksbank,1b     3  1  2  2  0  .462
Hovde, p          4  1  2  0  0  .455
Totals           40 12 21 12  0

Beaver's.......0 0 8 0 2 2 0-12
SuperValu......2 0 1 5 0 0 1- 9

LOB-6. 2B-Vierzba (2), Esterley (1). RBI-Niska (3), Vierzba (11), Esterley 2 (11), Aldrich 2 (10), O'Halloran (3), Anderson 2 (7), Wilson (1), Brooksbank 2 (4). SO-Vierzba(1).
WP-Hovde (3-0)

WEEK 6, June 8

Beaver's 12,
Drew Pearson's Archies 6

The game was tight through the first 5 innings, but then the defense closed up and the bats went to work to put up a couple insurance runs. Kolt Ringer started the game game a little shaky in the field, due to his week off, but came back and played brilliantly. Brad Brooksbank also played well hitting 3 doubles and handling some tough throws at first base.
Player of the Game: Kolt Ringer & Brad Brooksbank

Team             AB  R  H BI BB  Avg. 
Vierzba, lf       4  1  2  0  0  .625
Cybyske, lc       3  1  2  2  1  .636
Aldrich, rc       3  1  0  0  1  .474
Esterley, 3b      4  1  3  0  0  .478
Anderson, 2b      4  3  2  1  0  .500
Ringer, ss        4  2  2  4  0  .500
Brooksbank,1b     4  2  3  3  0  .529
Hovde, p          4  0  2  1  0  .467
Lindquist, rf,3b  4  0  0  0  0  .364
O'Halloran, dh,rf 3  0  1  1  0  .222
Niska, c          2  1  1  0  1  .563
Totals           35 12 18 12  0

Beaver's.......2 0 1 3 3 1 2-12
Archie's.......1 1 1 1 2 0 0- 6

LOB-9. 2B-Brooksbank 3 (3), Hovde (1). 3B-Vierzba (1). HR-Ringer (1). RBI-Cybyske 2 (10), Anderson (8), Ringer 4 (8), Brooksbank 3 (7), Hovde (3), O'Halloran (4). SO-Lindquist (1).
WP-Hovde (4-0)

WEEK 7, June 15

Beaver's 16,
Data Card Blue 5

The Beaver's struggled in the first inning, but then exploded in the 2nd and 3rd innings to blow the game wide open. The Beaver's were in a position to possibly 15-run Data Card after 4 innings, but they just couldn't close the door. Niska and Vierzba had great nights at the plate and O'Halloran had a break out night with 3 hits.
Player of the Game: Jeff Vierzba

Team             AB  R  H BI BB  Avg. 
Cybyske, lc       3  2  2  3  0  .640
Niska, c          3  2  3  2  1  .632
Vierzba, lf       3  1  3  2  1  .667
Esterley, 3b      3  0  1  2  0  .462
Ringer, ss        4  2  2  1  0  .500
Aldrich, rc       4  1  1  1  0  .435
Anderson, 2b      4  2  1  1  0  .464
Brooksbank,1b     3  1  1  0  1  .500
Hovde, p          4  2  2  3  0  .474
O'Halloran, rf    4  3  3  1  0  .318

Totals           35 16 19 16  0

Beaver's........0 4 9 3 0-16
Data Card.......2 0 1 2 0- 5

LOB-8. 2B-Cybyske (1), Vierzba (4), Anderson (2). 3B-Ringer (4). RBI-Cybyske 3 (12), Niska 2 (5), Vierzba 2 (13), Esterley 2 (13), Ringer 1 (9), Aldrich (11), Anderson (9), Hovde 3 (6), O'Halloran (5). S-Cybyske (1), Esterley (3).
WP-Hovde (5-0)

WEEK 8, June 22

Beaver's 16,
Swoosh/Classic's 6

The Beaver's struggled in the first inning defensively, but were able to solidify in the field after that. Much of the offensive production came from Jeff Vierzba, who hit 2 3-run homers in the middle innings. Craig Solid, just called up from the minors, went 3 for 4 from the bottom of the order.
Player of the Game: Jeff Vierzba

Team             AB  R  H BI BB  Avg. 
Cybyske, lc       3  2  2  1  1  .643
Vierzba, lf       4  4  3  6  1  .677
Esterley, ss      3  1  1  2  0  .448
Anderson, 2b      4  2  2  3  0  .469
Aldrich, rc       4  0  1  1  0  .407
Brooksbank,1b     3  1  1  0  1  .476
Hovde, p          4  2  2  3  0  .478
Zorn, dh          2  0  0  0  2  .000
O'Halloran, rf    4  1  2  1  0  .346
Lindquist, 3b     3  1  1  1  0  .357
Solid, c          4  3  3  0  0  .750

Totals           37 16 17 16  0

Beaver's........4 4 1 3 0 3 1-16
Swoosh..........2 0 2 0 0 2 0- 6

LOB-8. 2B-Hovde (2). HR-Vierzba 2 (2). RBI-Cybyske (13), Vierzba 6 (19), Esterley 2 (15), Anderson 3 (12), Aldrich (12), Hovde (7), O'Halloran (6), Lindquist (2). S-Cybyske (2), Esterley (4), Lindquist (1).
WP-Hovde (6-0)

Tourney Game #1, June 27

Bassinger's 4,
Beaver's 7

The Beaver's played well early, but weren't able to slam the door shut on the Bassinger's, allowing them to score 4 runs in the last 2 innings. The Beaver's unfortunately dropped to the Bassinger's level of play and were playing very unispired.
Player of the Game: Rick Lindquist

Team             AB  R  H BI BB  Avg. 
Niska, c          3  0  0  1  0  .546
Weber, p          3  0  2  0  0  .666
Vierzba, lf       3  1  2  0  0  .677
Ringer, ss        3  0  0  0  0  .421
Aldrich, rc       3  1  2  1  0  .433
Brooksbank,1b     3  1  1  1  0  .458
Anderson, 2b      3  1  2  1  0  .486
Vaught, dh        3  1  0  0  0  .000
Omann, lc         3  0  0  1  0  .000
Lindquist, 3b     3  1  1  1  0  .353
O'Halloran, rf    4  1  2  1  0  .367

Totals           34  7 12  7  0

Bassinger's.......0 0 0 0 0 3 1- 4
Beaver's..........0 2 3 2 0 0 X- 7

LOB-7. 2B-Lindquist (1). RBI-Niska (6), Aldrich (13), Brooksbank (8), Anderson (13), Omann (1), Lindquist (3), O'Halloran (7). SO-Anderson (1).
WP-Weber (1-0)

Tourney Game #2, June 27

Beaver's 10,
Cargill Blue 8

Both teams exchanged blows throughout the game, when one would score the other would answer. The Beaver's came up with some big defense as they held Cargill to 3 scoreless innings to end the game.
Player of the Game: Mike Aldrich & Kolt Ringer

Team             AB  R  H BI BB  Avg. 
Weber, p          3  2  2  0  1  .667
Anderson, 2b      3  1  2  0  0  .500
Vierzba, lf       3  1  0  0  1  .622
Aldrich, rc       3  2  2  4  0  .455
Ringer, ss        3  1  1  2  0  .409
Brooksbank,1b     3  1  2  0  0  .482
Vaught, dh        3  1  2  2  0  .333
Niska, c          2  0  0  1  0  .500
Omann, lc         3  0  0  0  0  .000
Lindquist, 3b     3  0  0  0  0  .300
O'Halloran, rf    3  1  1  0  0  .364

Totals           32 10 12 10  2

Beaver's.........3 0 0 2 5 0 0-10
Cargill Blue.....3 0 0 0 5 0 0- 8

LOB-3. 3B-Vaught (1). HR-Ringer (2). RBI-Aldrich 4 (17), Ringer 2 (12), Vaught 2 (2), Niska (7). S-Niska (1). SO-Omann (1).
WP-Weber (2-0)

Tourney Game #3, June 27

Beaver's 11,
Prudential 14

Again, the Beaver's exchanged blows with another opponent. One team would have a big inning and the other team would answer. The Beaver's held on to a 2-run lead going into the bottom of the sixth inning, when Prudential exploded for 5 runs to take the lead for good. Things still looked good with the heart of the order up, but the Beaver's couldn't ralley to win.
Player of the Game: Dylan Niska

Team             AB  R  H BI BB  Avg. 
Weber, p          4  3  3  3  0  .700
Anderson, 2b      4  1  2  0  0  .500
Vierzba, lf       4  1  2  2  0  .610
Aldrich, rc       4  1  2  2  0  .460
Brooksbank,1b     4  0  1  0  0  .452
Vaught, dh        3  2  2  0  0  .444
Ringer, ss        3  0  0  0  0  .360
Niska, c          3  0  2  4  0  .519
Omann, lc         3  1  1  0  0  .111
Lindquist, 3b     3  1  2  0  0  .348
O'Halloran, rf    3  1  1  0  0  .361

Totals           38 11 18 11  0

Beaver's.......5 1 0 4 1 0 0-11
Prudential.....5 0 3 0 1 5 X-14

LOB-6. 2B-Vierzba (5), Niska (2), Lindquist (2). 3B-Weber (1), Niska (3). RBI-Weber 3 (3), Vierzba 2 (22), Aldrich 2 (19), Niska 4 (11).
LP-Weber (2-1)

Tourney Game #4, June 27

Cargill Blue 18,
Beaver's 3

Cargill pounded out 13 runs in the first inning and added 5 more in the second, to go up 18-1. The Beaver's were not playing inspired ball, after there tough loss the game before and the realization it was going to take 5 straight wins to take the tournament.
Player of the Game: John Weber

Team             AB  R  H BI BB  Avg. 
Weber, p          3  2  3  1  0  .769
Vaught, dh        3  0  2  2  0  .500
Anderson, 2b      3  0  0  0  0  .467
Aldrich, rc       2  0  0  0  0  .436
Brooksbank,1b     2  0  1  0  0  .455
Lindquist, 3b     2  0  1  0  0  .400
Niska, c          2  0  0  0  0  .483
Omann, lc         2  0  0  0  0  .091
O'Halloran, rf    2  0  0  0  0  .333
Ringer, ss        2  1  1  0  0  .370

Totals           23  3  8  3  0

Cargill Blue.....13 5 0 0 0-18
Beaver's......... 1 0 1 0 1- 3

LOB-5. 2B-Weber (1), Vaught (1). 3B-Vaught (2). RBI-Weber (4), Vaught 2 (4).
LP-Weber (2-2)

WEEK 9, June 29

Brausen's Buds 1,
Beaver's 10

The Beaver's played good ball on both offense and defense. They scored 8 runs in the first 3 innings, turning the game into a sure blowout. But then the Beaver's seemed to take a more relaxed attitude and only scored 2 runs in the remaining 4 innings. John Weber continued his hitting terror since his late season call-up, and Jeff Vierzba found his stroke again after the weekend.
Player of the Game: John Weber & Jeff Vierzba

Team             AB  R  H BI BB  Avg. 
Cybyske, lc       4  2  2  0  0  .625
Weber, rf         4  2  3  0  0  .765
Vierzba, lf       4  1  3  2  0  .622
Esterley, ss      4  1  1  2  0  .424
Anderson, 2b      0  2  0  1  2  .469
Aldrich, rc       2  1  0  1  1  .415
Hovde, p          3  1  1  1  0  .462
Niska, c          2  0  1  1  1  .484
Brooksbank,1b     3  0  1  2  0  .444
Ringer, 3b        3  0  0  0  0  .333

Totals           29 10 12 10  4

Brausen's Buds....0 0 1 0 0 0 0- 1
Beaver's..........5 0 3 1 0 1 X-10

LOB-6. 2B-Vierzba (6). RBI-Vierzba 2 (24), Esterley 2 (17), Anderson (14), Aldrich (20), Hovde (8), Niska (12), Brooksbank 2 (10).S-Anderson (1), Niska (2).
WP-Hovde (7-0)

WEEK 10, July 6

Hopkins Fire Department 4,
Beaver's 10

The Beaver's ran up there winning streak to 10 games in league play as they beat the Hopkins FD 10-4 on Monday night. Hovde held them to 4 runs over 7 innings, and the first 2 runs were off of errors. Aldrich and Ringer were able to come out of their recent slumps by getting 5 hits between the two of them and Hovde hit well and added 2 RBI's.
Player of the Game: Kai Hovde

Team             AB  R  H BI BB  Avg. 
Cybyske, lc       4  1  2  0  0  .611
Vierzba, lf       4  2  2  0  0  .622
Hovde, p          3  1  1  2  0  .462
Brooksbank,1b     4  2  2  1  0  .450
Aldrich, rc       4  1  3  1  0  .444
Esterley, ss      4  2  2  2  0  .432
Anderson, 2b      3  1  1  2  1  .458
Niska, c          3  0  0  1  0  .441
Ringer, 3b        3  0  2  1  0  .364
Solid, rf         3  0  2  0  0  .714

Totals           35 10 17 10  1

Hopkins FD.....2 0 2 0 0 0 0- 4
Beaver's.......2 0 3 0 3 2 X-10

LOB-10. 3B-Vierzba (2). RBI-Hovde 2 (10), Brooksbank (11), Aldrich (21), Esterley 2 (19), Anderson 2 (16), Niska (13), Ringer (13). S-Hovde (1), Niska (3).
WP-Hovde (8-0)

WEEK 11, July 13

Cargill West 11,
Beaver's 13

The Beaver's continued to play near perfect ball as they beat Cargill 13-11 and finished the season with a record of 11-0. Niska and Esterley emerged from their slumps with 3 for 3 performances, along with Hovde going 3 for 3. Aldrich and Ringer added 4 RBI's and 5 RBI's respectively, while Hovde improved to 9-0. Ringer played well in the field, making some spectacular plays at 3rd base.
Player of the Game: Kolt Ringer

Team             AB  R  H BI BB  Avg. 
Cybyske, lc       4  2  2  0  0  .600
Vierzba, lf       4  3  2  0  0  .604
Esterley, ss      3  3  3  1  0  .475
Aldrich, rc       3  1  2  4  0  .458
Ringer, 3b        4  2  2  5  0  .378
Brooksbank,1b     4  1  2  1  0  .455
Anderson, 2b      4  0  0  0  0  .423
Niska, c          3  1  3  0  0  .486
Hovde, p          3  0  3  1  0  .500
Solid, rf         3  0  1  1  0  .600

Totals           35 13 20 13  0

Cargill West.....1 0 3 2 1 3 1-11
Beaver's.........1 0 4 0 5 3 X-13

LOB-10. 2B-Cybyske (2), Niska (3).3B-Ringer (5). RBI-Esterley (20), Aldrich 4 (25), Ringer 5 (18), Brooksbank (12), Hovde (11), Solid (1). S-Esterley (5), Aldrich (1).
WP-Hovde (9-0)

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