Tag: Des Moines
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Des Moines drops 4th-straight, falls to Joplin 3-2
INDIANOLA, Iowa – As head coach Tyler Willis said after the game, that’s baseball. The Des Moines Peak Prospects have weathered the ups and downs of the season and have lost four games in a row after winning four out of five. After the Joplin Outlaws (7-9) took a 2-0 lead in the top of…
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Peak Prospects fall in two 6-3 losses against Joplin
INDIANOLA, Iowa – Des Moines and Joplin had to make up the final few innings of a game that had been postponed due to weather back on June 2. Down 5-0 with no outs in the top of the 5th, Isaac Short (FR, Northwestern College [IA]) came up to the plate with a 1-0 count,…
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St. Joe downs the Peak Prospects in marquee matchup
SAINT JOSEPH, Mo. – Wednesday marked the first edition of what should be another entertaining MINK League North Division rivalry, just as it was in 2022. Des Moines (9-7) out-hit St. Joseph 7-4, but the Peak Prospects committed five errors and had multiple baserunners tagged out in a 6-4 loss. Designated hitter Alex Berreth (FR,…
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Alex Berreth’s big day propels Des Moines to 17-8 win over Chillicothe
INDIANOLA, Iowa – After a disappointing 9-3 loss at Chillicothe on Monday night, Des Moines had 10 hits and 15 walks in a blowout win at home against the Mudcats on Tuesday night. Alex Berreth (FR, NIACC) garnered a walk, single, a double, and two triples en route to six RBIs and a 4-5 hitting…
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Prospects fall 9-3 in Chillicothe
CHILLICOTHE, Mo. – Jeter “Dock” Fulbright IV (FR, Univ. of the Ozarks) came into Monday’s game with just one at-bat with Des Moines this season. He started Monday’s game as the designated hitter and barreled an RBI double into center field on his first at-bat to give the Peak Prospects (8-6) a 1-0 lead in…
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Des Moines wins pitchers’ duel for second-straight victory over Carroll
CARROLL, Iowa – Thirteen days ago, the Peak Prospects took a bus to Carroll and lost their season-opener 17-9. But Des Moines (8-5) has now won two intense one-run duels against the Merchants (8-3). After a 5-4 win in extras on Saturday, they won 1-0 on Sunday in front of a large crowd of Carroll…
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13TH-INNING WALKOFF: Liam Gilbert’s game-winning RBI downs Carroll 5-4
INDIANOLA, Iowa – In the bottom of the ninth inning, Des Moines had the game-winning run (Colin Evers) on third with one out. Carroll managed to tag him out on a 5-2 ground-ball fielder’s choice, which eventually sent a pivotal division game into extras at McBride Field. The Peak Prospects (7-5) went three-up, three-down 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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Peak Prospects fall 3-1 in pitchers’ duel at Clarinda
CLARINDA, Iowa — Des Moines entered Wednesday’s game at Municipal Stadium looking to snag a big divisional win against an in-state rival. But the Clarinda A’s (3-2, 2-2 MINK) shut down the Peak Prospects’ prolific offense, and Des Moines has now fallen in three of its last four, dropping to 5-4. “We didn’t really bring…
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Peak Prospects split twin bill against Jefferson City in home opener
INDIANOLA, Iowa – After five straight days of nothing but road games, the Des Moines Peak Prospects needed a weekend off to rest their pitchers. They got that and more when Jake Porter (FR, Johnson County CC) and Will Johnson (SO, Ellsworth CC) were named the starters for the Peak Prospects’ home opener, a doubleheader…
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