The Washington Wild Things one-run woes continue as they blew a late 1-0 lead on Friday night only to fall to the Frontier Greys 2-1 in 12 innings at CONSOL Energy Park. Matt Sergey put in a solid effort for the Wild Things (12-19) keeping the Greys off the board through eight innings while only allowing three hits and striking out nine. Sergey returned for the ninth and recorded a quick first out, but then gave up a pinch-hit home run to Jhiomar Veras to tie the game. "Sergey should ... Read More
Wild Things drop tough 2-1 decision
Luke Wilkins pitched a solid six innings allowing only one run, but the Wild Things couldn't get the big hit when it mattered as they fell to the Southern Illinois Miners 2-1 on a rainy Wednesday afternoon at CONSOL Energy Park. Wilkins (2-2) allowed seven hits, but allowed only the one run to cross — a Steve Marino solo home run in the second inning — while striking out three in his six-plus innings of work. His strong effort, however, was not enough as the Wild Things (12-17) were only ... Read More
Orr’s two homers propel Wild Things past Miners
A lightning strike during last week's storms knocked power out to one of the light poles at CONSOL Energy Park, but it seemed to electrify the Wild Things bats as they touched the plate thirteen times in a 13-4 rout of the Southern Illinois Miners on Tuesday night. Washington (12-16) was paced by Lee Orr's two home run, five RBI night which started in the third inning when the Wild Things put an eight-spot on Miners starter Jarrett Miller (0-1). Miller allowed two walks a single and two ... Read More
Wild Things finding their identity
The Washington Wild Things were a team without an identity after the first week of the season going 1-5 at Consol Energy Park. The starting rotation did their job allowing only 12 runs over the first six games. The offense and bullpen, however, hadn't found their stride as the offense scored 20 runs — 12 of those runs coming in two games — while the bullpen allowed 13 runs in that period. "We haven't been able to put it all together yet," said Wild Things manager Bob Bozzuto. "I don't ... Read More
Grand Slam dooms Wild Things
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
Penguins possibly up for sale
Bob McKenzie of TSN is reporting that Penguins ownership has hired Morgan Stanley to look into a possible sale of some or all of the team. Pittsburgh Penguins potentially for sale. Details here: http://t.co/tx969HujjP #TSN — Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) June 3, 2015 Dave Molinari of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that Penguins owners Mario Lemieux and Ron Burkle are interested in keeping some stake in the team and that the hiring of Morgan Stanley doesn't mean they are going to sell ... Read More