On a night where Shawn Smith had a stellar performance on the mound, the Wild Things offense came alive with three home runs to propel one of the league's hottest teams to a 6-1 victory. The Wild Things started the night out early, scoring three runs in the bottom of the first. After a groundout to start the inning, CJ Beatty reached on a single. Two pitches later Jovan Rosa drove him in on a two-run home run to give Washington a two-run lead. Later in the inning, Stewart Ijames drove in ... Read More
Yinzer of the Week: Jovan Rosa
With the Wild Things season well under way, they find themselves teetering back and forth with the top spot in the East Division of the Frontier League. Lately, strong pitching has been the key for Washington, but there's been one guy on the offensive side of things that has been a huge part of that success. Third baseman Jovan Rosa has been on a hot streak lately. The Wild Things played five games this week and during that stretch, Rosa has picked up twelve hits including three doubles and a ... Read More
Strong pitching propels Wild Things to shutout
After their offense struggled last night, Jovan Rosa and Maxx Garrett made sure the Wild Things had some offensive fire power tonight, as Washington got a 8-0 victory at Console Energy Park. Everything started with a strong pitching performance from Shawn Sanford. Sanford had a no hitter going until the last out in the top of the fifth inning. After that, he only gave up two more hits the rest of the game before coming out after the eighth inning. CJ Beatty started off the 4th inning with ... Read More
Wild Things lose 19 inning thriller, rebound in game two
When the Washington Wild Things were rained out on Saturday night, I don't think they planned on playing a true double-header the next day. But that's exactly what they did. After losing 4-3 in a long fought battle in 19 innings to the Windy City ThunderBolts, the Wild Things managed to win the second game of the day, winning 5-3 over the ThunderBolts. The Wild Things took an early 3-0 lead in the top of the first with two of those runs coming off a Jovan Rosa double. The next at-bat, Rick ... Read More