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2009 

Final Regular Season Standings

	League Record		Overall Record
Racine Kiwanis*	12	5	28	14
Kenosha Kings**	12	6	33	19
Genoa City Red Dogs	12	6	29	11
West Allis Nationals	9	9	14	10
Milwaukee Angels	7	11	7	12
Brookfield Bulldogs	7	10	19	15
West Allis White Sox	3	15	4	15

*Racine won Regular Season Crown and automatic berth in Championship Series

**Kenosha won Post Season Tournament

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2009 Playoff Results

 Game 1: Tuesday July 28  7:30PM

Milwaukee Angels  4   West Allis Nationals  9 

Zirkel Field-West Allis

Game 2:  Thursday July 30  7:30PM

West Allis Nationals  2    Genoa City  3   (10 innings)

Torstenson Field - Genoa City

Game 3:  Friday July 31  7:30PM

Genoa City  1   Kenosha Kings  4 

Simmons Field - Kenosha

Tuesday August 4   7:30PM

BEST OF THREE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

Kenosha Kings  7   Racine Kiwanis   3

Horlick Field - Racine

Thursday August 6   7:30PM

Racine Kiwanis  4   Kenosha Kings  5 (10 Innings)

KINGS WIN 3RD STRAIGHT LANGSDORF LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP

2009 came to an abrupt end on Thursday night as the Nationals fell at Genoa City 3-2 in 10 innings.     The scrappy and resilient squad ended the season at 14-10 overall and saw its title run cut short.

The Nats pulled ahead in the fourth inning on an RBI single by James Herkowski.  Dan Putnam scored on the play.

In the fifth, the Nats had another good scoring opportunity cut short when Mike Wajerski was caught in a rundown between third and home.    There appeared to be obstruction by the Genoa City catcher on the play, but no call was made.

The game stayed 1-0 until the seventh.   CJ Herrforth, starting pitcher for the Nationals, was cruising to that point but began to stiffen.  After retiring the first two hitters of the inning he gave up a double and a walk.   The next batter was jammed, but managed to bounce the ball over CJ and in front of second baseman Austin James.   James' throw to first was late and a run scored on the play to tie the score at 1.

In the tenth, the Nationals took the lead.   Dan Putnam doubled for the second time with one out and scored on a two out single from Curt Pryal.

Putnam then went back to the mound to close the door.    In his fourth inning of relief, Putnam retired the first hitter before allowing a single.   After striking out the next batter for out number two, Putnam battled the three hole hitter before allowing a drive to deep left center that barely eluded the glove of CF Jimmy Jungbauer and falling in for a game tying triple. When the next hitter singled through the hole on the left side, the Nationals were left to head back to the dugout for one last round of Miller High Life bottles.

The Nationals will celebrate their successful 2009 campaign on Sunday September 6 at Doyne Park in Milwaukee.    The team will co-host the 22nd annual Doyne Open Golf Outing that day.    The popular event is open to the public and the local ballplayers will be in attendance.   For more information, call 414.305.2104.

Bolstered by a dominant pitching performance from Jimmy Jungbauer, the West Allis Nationals defeated the Milwaukee Angels 9-4 on Tuesday night.   

Jungbauer went 8.3 innings and allowed only 3 earned runs while striking out 9.  Curt Pryal led the offense with 3 hits, including 2 doubles.

With the victory the Nationals advance to a second round matchup versus the Genoa City Red Dogs.   The game will be played Thursday night in Genoa City.  First pitch is set for 7:30pm.

The West Allis Nationals locked up the #4 seed in the Langsdorf Playoffs by sweeping the Milwaukee Angels on Saturday by the scores of 15-1 and 15-5.   Patience at the plate combined with timely hits with runners in scoring position proved to be an effective formula.  

In game 1, James Herkowski led the way with 2 hits and 2 RBI.   Herkowski's first hit was the 300th of his career, tops in Nationals history.

In game 2, Mike Wajerski and Adam Karas led the way with 3 hits a piece.  Karas also had 4 RBI, including a bases clearing double.

Playoffs start on Tuesday night at Zirkel Field.   The Nationals face the Angels once again.   First pitch is set for 7:30pm.

Name	AB	R	H	1B	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB	Average	OB %	SL%	OBS	RP	RP/PA	K/AB	RE	BB	K	SB
Steve Elliott	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0.200	0.000	0	4	0	0
Erik Martwick	34	6	13	9	3	0	1	7	19	0.382	0.447	0.559	1.006	12	0.316	0.176	0	4	6	3
Tom Donovan	19	5	7	4	2	0	0	1	0	0.368	0.455	0.421	0.876	6	0.273	0.000	0	3	0	0
Jared Stengal	68	19	24	14	8	0	2	13	38	0.353	0.457	0.559	1.016	30	0.370	0.235	1	13	16	4
Brandon Hall	36	6	12	9	3	0	0	6	15	0.333	0.455	0.417	0.871	12	0.273	0.111	1	8	4	0
Matt Soderlund	59	12	18	11	7	0	0	13	25	0.305	0.379	0.424	0.803	25	0.379	0.153	2	7	9	3
James Herkowski	59	9	18	14	4	0	0	12	22	0.305	0.397	0.373	0.770	21	0.309	0.220	0	9	13	1
Curt Pryal	69	11	21	15	3	0	1	15	25	0.304	0.360	0.362	0.722	25	0.333	0.101	2	6	7	0
Mike Kenseth	30	9	9	5	1	3	0	8	16	0.300	0.475	0.533	1.008	17	0.425	0.100	0	10	3	2
Danny Putnam	67	13	20	18	1	1	0	10	23	0.299	0.390	0.343	0.733	23	0.299	0.119	2	10	8	9
Austin James	67	16	20	18	2	0	0	9	22	0.299	0.365	0.328	0.693	25	0.338	0.179	3	7	12	1
Jim Jungbauer	47	6	13	10	3	0	0	5	16	0.277	0.320	0.340	0.660	11	0.220	0.149	1	3	7	0
Mike Wajerski	38	7	10	10	0	0	0	5	10	0.263	0.317	0.263	0.580	12	0.293	0.132	4	3	5	2
Sam Kenseth	8	2	2	1	1	0	0	3	3	0.250	0.500	0.375	0.875	5	0.417	0.500	0	4	4	0
Adam Karas	23	4	5	4	1	0	0	5	6	0.217	0.333	0.261	0.594	9	0.333	0.217	0	4	5	1
Kyle Kalkopf	47	15	8	7	1	0	0	6	9	0.170	0.409	0.191	0.601	21	0.318	0.234	5	19	11	4
CJ Herrforth	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0	0.000	1.000	0	0	1	0
Joe Hallett	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0	0.000	0.400	0	0	2	0
	678	141	201	150	40	4	4	118	250	0.296	0.376	0.361	0.737	255			21	87	113	30

Stats and Box Scores Updated through year end.   Playoff stats are included, but will not be added to career totals.