WASHINGTON -- Wild Things starter Luke Wilkins couldn't find his groove and Traverse City right fielder Reggie Lawson hit a third inning Grand Slam to give the Beach Bums an 8-3 victory over Washington on Sunday afternoon at Consol Energy Park. Wilkins (1-1) experienced trouble early allowing two first inning runs on two hits while hitting a batter. He then allowed three singles with one out in the third. Lawson then came up and sent a fastball over the left field fence to extend the Traverse ... Read More
Wild Things flip the script in 11-0 win
The Washington Wild Things flipped the script on the Traverse City Beach Bums on Saturday night at Consol Energy Park as they avenged a 7-0 defeat last night with an 11-0 victory. The Wild Things (9-11) scored nine runs in the first two innings to put the game out of reach early. Lee Orr finished a four-run first inning with a mammoth home run over top of the Consol Energy scoreboard for his fourth of the year. Jeudy Valdez then led off the second with another long home run — his first of two ... Read More
Long first inning dooms Wild Things
Matt Sergey couldn't hold on to his solid 2.53 ERA going into Friday as he allowed seven runs over 6.1 innings as the Washington Wild Things were shut out by the Traverse City Beach Bums 7-0 at Consol Energy Park. Sergey (1-3) found trouble from the start allowing back-to-back one out hits in the first. He then got a sacrifice fly for the second out, but again surrendered another single and a three-run home run to put Washington into an early hole. Things didn't improve much in the second ... Read More
Wild Things fall in extras
The Wild Things received a strong start from starter Tim Flight, but couldn't get him any run support as the Wild Things fell to the Rockford Aviators 4-3 in thirteen innings to drop the three-game series on Thursday night at Consol Energy Park. Flight struggled out of the gate allowing four hits and three walks through three innings, but only conceded two runs, which would be the only damage Rockford could do to him in his seven innings of work. "Other than the first few innings, Timmy ... Read More
Wild Things split doubleheader
The Washington Wild Things began a six-game homestand with a double header split with the Rockford Aviators on Wednesday night as they walked-off in extras in game one before blowing a late-inning lead in the second. Game 1 The Wild Things (8-8) got a strong pitching performance from Luke Wilkins, but needed a walk-off in extras to defeat the Aviators 2-1. Wilkins allowed one run over six innings of six-hit ball while walking one and striking out four. He experienced trouble in the second ... Read More
Beatty gets second chance with Wild Things
Washington Wild Things outfielder C.J. Beatty has been through one wild ride over the past year. The slugger helped lead the Wild Things to a Wild Card spot before having his contract purchased by the Chicago White Sox prior to the Frontier League playoffs, where he would finish the year in his hometown with their High-A Winston-Salem club. Beatty started the 2015 season in Winston-Salem, but only played in two of the club's games over the first month of the season. He then asked for his ... Read More
Otters shock Wild Things 5-3
Down to their final out, the Evansville Otters scored four times to shock the Wild Things 5-3 to complete a three-game sweep on Thursday night at Consol Energy Park. The comeback erased a solid start by Australian Luke Wilkins, who threw five innings of one-run ball while allowing five hits and walking two. He experienced trouble in the first and second innings allowing four hits, but he settled down both times to allow only the one run. "Wilkins did a great job," said Wild Things manager, ... Read More
Wild Things bats silent in 5-2 defeat
The Washington Wild Things fell victim to a hot arm as Evansville starter Efrain Nieves threw six shutout innings while allowing only one hit in an Otters 5-2 victory at Consol Energy Park on Wednesday night. That lone hit came in the third inning on a Sam Mende leadoff double and error sending the Washington third basemen to third. He would not score, however, as Nieves (1-0) induced two ground outs to third and a fly out to center to end the threat. Nieves then retired nine of the final ... Read More
Wild Things drop another in extras
The Washington Wild Things, once again, fell victim to a late-inning comeback as the Evansville Otters overcame a two-run deficit twice to take the first game of a three-game set 7-6 in 10 innings at Consol Energy Park. Leading 5-3 in the seventh inning, reliever Matt Purnell allowed a lead-off single and then threw wide of second on a bunt attempt setting up first and second with no out. Evansville lead-off hitter Ronnie Richardson then lined a double down the right field line to tie things ... Read More
Wild Things split twin-bill for first victory of 2015
The Washington Wild Things got into the win column for the first time in 2015 with a 2-0 victory over the Schaumburg Boomers in the second game of a doubleheader at Consol Energy Park. The Wild Things were paced by a solid start by lefty Kyle Helisek, who threw 5.2 innings of three-hit, no run ball while striking out five and walking five. "We cornered up the ball real well," said catcher John Fidanza, "Helisek threw a lot of strikes. They were giving us the inside corner, so he kept going ... Read More