Sports Briefs 7-18

Nagel finishes 13th in performance at national rodeo

By The Daily Republic

ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. — Chesney Nagel, of Springfield, placed 13th among competitors in the second performance of barrel racing at the National High School Finals Rodeo Monday in Rock Springs, Wyo.

Nagel finished in a time of 18.444 seconds. Nagel missed making the top 25 overall after the first round of the event and competes again Friday night.

Mitchell Black drops two games

By The Daily Republic

SIOUX FALLS — Mitchell Black was tied at 4 with Sioux Falls East halfway through game one before allowing a run and falling 5-4 before dropping game two 15-0 in a teener doubleheader Tuesday in Sioux Falls.

Tucker Kingsbury suffered the loss on the mound in the first game. He allowed five runs — three earned — on six hits and three walks while striking out three.

Reed Overweg had three hits and Parker Wenzel, Mitchell Price, Andrew Neugebauer and Kingsbury all added two. Wenzel and Kingsbury each had a double in the game.

Brandon Krogman took the loss in the second game as Mitchell recorded three hits in the contest. Jed Schmidt had a triple while Devin Mehlhaff and Josh Feiner were the other Mitchell batters to record hits.

Mitchell fell to 18-20 with the losses and returns to action at the Mid-Summer Shootout Friday in Sioux Falls. Sioux Falls East (25-21) plays Watertown today and will also compete in the Mid-Summer Shootout, which runs Friday through Sunday.

Brookings sweeps Mitchell Gray

By The Daily Republic

BROOKINGS — Mitchell Gray dropped two games to Brookings in teener baseball action Tuesday in Brookings.

Brookings won the first game 24-14 and took the second game 12-9.

Spencer Neugebauer was the losing pitcher in game one, striking out one in two innings. Neugebauer went 2-for-3 at the plate with a triple and Kyle Woodall added three hits.

Logan Kurtenbach lost game two on the mound. He struck out one in 1 1/3 innings.

Josh Loecker and Spencer Mohr each had two hits in the nightcap.

Mitchell Gray fell to 3-19 on the season and returns to action in the Mid-Summer Shootout Friday in Sioux Falls.

Mitchell Gold falls twice to S.F. West

By The Daily Republic

SIOUX FALLS — Mitchell Gold went nine innings against Sioux Falls West in game one but dropped both games of a teener baseball doubleheader Tuesday in Sioux Falls.

Aaron Sudbeck pitched the entire first game as his team lost 3-2. He allowed two earned runs on five hits and four walks in 8 1/3 innings. He recorded eight strikeouts.

Sudbeck had two hits in the game, including an RBI double.

Jacob Cersosimo was the pitcher of record in Mitchell Gold’s 8-3 loss in the second game. He allowed three earned runs on six hits and struck out one in four innings.

Kanin Nelson had two hits in the second game and Luke Bartl scored twice for Mitchell Gold, which fell to 17-25 on the season and returns to Sioux Falls to play in the Mid-Summer Shootout on Friday.

Capps headed to DL again with shoulder problems

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Twins have placed right-hander Matt Capps back on the disabled list with more shoulder problems.

The Twins made the announcement on Tuesday night, one night after Capps gave up two runs in the ninth inning of a 19-7 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. General manager Terry Ryan says Capps felt irritation in his rotator cuff after the outing. Capps is scheduled to have an MRI on Wednesday.

He is 1-4 with a 3.81 ERA in 29 appearances this season. He started the year as the team’s closer, but arm problems have caused the Twins to use Glen Perkins and Jared Burton in that role.

The Twins recalled right-hander Nick Blackburn, who was sent down to Triple-A Rochester on July 4 with an 8.10 ERA in 13 starts.

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