Tag: Des Moines
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Friday’s game postponed due to lightning, set to resume June 20 at home
JOPLIN, Mo. — Due to a storm system that moved into town, the Friday night game between the Des Moines Peak Prospects (4-2) and the Joplin Outlaws (1-0) has been postponed. Joplin led 5-0 in the top of the 5th inning with no outs. Prospects’ catcher Tanner Short (FR, Northwestern College [IA]) had a 1-0…
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Prospects’ win streak snapped with walk-off loss at Joplin
JOPLIN, Mo. – After winning four consecutive games, the Peak Prospects’ streak has come to a halt. With two outs, runners on first and second for the Outlaws, and the game tied 4-4, Kolton Reynolds hit a one-run RBI to end the game in the bottom of the 9th. Des Moines drops to 4-2 with…
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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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Offense continues to shine as Des Moines sweeps Sedalia doubleheader
SEDALIA, Mo. – Through three games, the Peak Prospects have scored 26 runs. Des Moines is now 2-1 after spoiling the Sedalia Bombers’ season opener with wins of 9-3 and 8-7. In the first game, stellar pitching backed up the Prospects’ stellar offense. In the second game, it came down to clutch moments in an…
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Peak Prospects fall in season opener at Carroll, 17-9
CARROLL, Iowa – An 8-0 Merchants lead after the first inning was too much for the Peak Prospects to overcome in a Memorial Day opener. Outside of that first inning, Des Moines found seemingly every way they could to score. Bubba Thompson (SO, Clarke University) and Isaac Short (FR, Northwestern College) each had their first…
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