Tag: Declan O'Hare
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Peak Prospects end season on high note
CLARINDA, Iowa — Des Moines started its 2023 season with a 9-6 record and looked like one of the best teams in the MINK League. A seven-game losing streak flipped the season on its head, and Des Moines never really recovered. But the Peak Prospects will go home winners of three of their last four,…
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Prospects mount miraculous six-run comeback, split Chillicothe doubleheader
INDIANOLA, Iowa – Des Moines had lost their first game 11-2 to the Chillicothe Mudcats. And down 6-1 in the bottom of the final inning (7th) with two outs in game two, the same result seemed all but guaranteed. And then Des Moines scored six runs, capped by a game-winning 2-RBI single from Cade Grevengoed…
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Complete performance propels Peak Prospects past the A’s
INDIANOLA, Iowa – Though the playoffs are no longer in the picture, Des Moines has shown it can still compete with the best in the MINK League. The Peak Prospects hosted the team with the second-best record and held them in check, out-hitting the Clarinda A’s 9-4 and winning 7-2 on Tuesday night. Des Moines…
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Peak Prospects take down Carroll 8-2
CARROLL, Iowa — During a rollercoaster season for Des Moines, one thing has remained rather consistent: the Peak Prospects have played the Carroll Merchants well. In the final meeting of the regular season between the two teams, Des Moines (16-22) won its fifth out of seven meetings with Carroll (18-19) by a score of 8-2.…
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Des Moines downs Carroll 9-2 behind Porter’s seven strikeouts
INDIANOLA, Iowa – The Peak Prospects had nine hits, and Jake Porter (FR, Johnson County CC) threw seven strikeouts in five innings in a 9-2 win over the Carroll Merchants. Des Moines improves to 13-17, while Carroll drops to 13-14. It’s the Peak Prospects’ second win in a row. Bubba Thompson (JR, Clarke University) and…
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Prospects take down reigning MINK League champions St. Joe
INDIANOLA, Iowa – In a two-hour game, Des Moines made quick work of one of the MINK’s best teams. Aided in part by a 3-RBI double from John Doty (SO, NIACC) and a 2-RBI double by Cade Grevengoed (FR, Northeast CC [NE]), the Peak Prospects dominated all three phases in a 9-1 win over St.…
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Peak Prospects take down MINK’s best team Clarinda
INDIANOLA, Iowa – The Peak Prospects entered Thursday’s game having lost nine of their last ten. The 15-7 Clarinda A’s, who were already 2-0 against Des Moines this season, came to McBride Field with the best record in the MINK League. The Peak Prospects led 7-1 after three innings and won 8-6 despite a Clarinda…
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Mustangs’ bats too much in a blowout loss for the Prospects
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – In their second trip to Phil Welch Stadium in 10 days, the Peak Prospects were once again handed a loss by the reigning MINK League champions. The Mustangs out-hit Des Moines 13-5 through the first six-and-a-half innings and put up four-run frames in the 2nd and 4th, alongside two runs in…
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Des Moines splits Jeff City doubleheader, wins second game 21-1
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Peak Prospects struggled to get the bats going in the first game Friday night. In the second game, they led 9-1 going into the top of the seventh and final inning. They then scored so many runs that the scoreboard operator at Vivion Field couldn’t fit the seventh-inning total (12)…
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Win streak extended to four after Peak Prospects sweep Nevada doubleheader
NEVADA, Mo. – One of head coach Tyler Willis’s concerns was how thin the available pitching was for Wednesday’s doubleheader. And then Weston Barber (FR, SWiCC) threw a seven-inning complete game in a 3-2 win, and Carter Thomas (FR, Wayne State [NE]) threw five no-hit innings in a 14-5 night cap. The Peak Prospects improve…
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