Metro Sports Report

Kernels send Nordgren to Elizabethton

Mon - 22 Jun Written by Metro Sports Report

The Cedar Rapids Kernels and Minnesota Twins announced Monday that pitcher Miles Nordgren has been assigned to the Elizabethton Twins of the Appalachian League.

Nordgren made six relief appearances for the Kernels, allowing six runs (three earned) on 17 hits in 13 1/3 innings. He posted a 2.03 ERA with three walks and nine strikeouts.

The Twins did not immediately announce a corresponding move to fill the Kernels' roster.

The Kernels are currently on break for the Midwest League All-Star Game, hosted by the Peoria Chiefs on Tuesday. They return to action at 6:35 p.m. Thursday and open a four-game home series with the Quad Cities River Bandits.

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IHSAA needs to smile on Metro baseball

Sat - 20 Jun Written by Jim Ecker

This has developed into a special year for high school baseball in the Metro area with Jefferson, Linn-Mar, Prairie and Kennedy all worthy of trips to the Class 4A state tournament next month.

Now it's time for the Iowa High School Athletic Association to give them all a fair chance of making it to Principal Park in Des Moines.

Let's jump to the bottom line: The IHSAA should put Jefferson, Linn-Mar, Prairie and Kennedy in different substate tournaments so none of them would bump heads prior to the state tournament.

That does not mean all four teams would make it to Des Moines, but it means all four would have a clean shot.

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Kernels drop another to Clinton

Sat - 20 Jun Written by Metro Sports Report

CLINTON - The Clinton LumberKings built a 7-0 lead after four innings Saturday night and defeated the Kernels for the second straight time, 7-4, before 1,576 fans at Ashford University Field.

The Kernels will try to avoid a three-game sweep when they face Clinton Sunday at 2 p.m. as the first half of the Midwest League season comes to an end.

Sam Gibbons (1-2) had a rough start for Cedar Rapids. He was touched for eight hits and seven runs (six earned) in four innings. Miles Nordgren and Michael Theofanopoulos combined for four shutout innings in relief, but the Kernels could not recover from the 7-0 deficit.

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Puk, Gators ousted at World Series

Sat - 20 Jun Written by Metro Sports Report

OMAHA - A.J. Puk and the Florida Gators saw their baseball season come to an end at the College World Series Saturday night with a 5-4 loss to Virginia.

Puk, a 6-foot-7 left-hander from Cedar Rapids Washington, did not pitch for Florida in the game. He was the losing pitcher in a 1-0 setback to Virginia earlier in the CWS on Monday.

Virginia will face Vanderbilt in the championship round of the College World Series in a rematch of last year's finals. Vandy beat Virginia for the NCAA title last year. The best-of-3 series begins Monday.

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