Metro Sports Report

Breitbach hits for cycle as Saints sweep

When your last name is Breitbach and you play sports at Xavier High School, people know who you are.

That's perfectly okay with Morgan Breitbach, a member of the Xavier softball team and also a member of the Class 4A state championship basketball team this year.

Dick Breitbach Sr., her grandfather and the patriach of Xavier and Regis athletics, sat in the front row behind home plate Tuesday night when the Saints faced Waterloo West in a doubleheader.

Kernels contribute in All-Star Game

DAYTON, Ohio - Dalton Pompey's two-out RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning lifted the East past the West, 6-5, Tuesday night in the Midwest League All-Star Game played before a crowd of 8,746 at Fifth Third Field.

Cedar Rapids Kernels shortstop Niko Goodrum had a two-run single for the West in the top of the ninth to pull it within 5-4. The tying run scored on a wild pitch.

A pair of Kernels contributed to the West's first two runs in the top of the second inning. Adam Brett Walker of the Kernels lined a lead-off single and scored on a double by Kane County's Dan Vogelbach, who later scored on a sacrifice fly by the Kernels' Jorge Polanco.

Kepler joining Kernels; Is Buxton leaving?

Hello, Max Kepler.

Goodbye, Byron Buxton?

Kepler, a German-born outfielder, is scheduled to arrive in Cedar Rapids Wednesday afternoon and join the Kernels when they start the second half of the Midwest League season Thursday night at Wisconsin.

At this point, Kepler will be replacing pitcher Hein Robb on the 25-man roster following Robb's demotion to Elizabethton in the Appalachian League.

Local players in pro baseball

SCOTT SCHEBLER (Prairie, Rancho Cucamonga (Dodgers)) - The Quakes did not play Tuesday. Season stats: G - 56, Avg. - .277, AB - 206, H - 57, HR - 9, RBI - 30, SB - 7.

KELLEN SWEENEY (Jefferson, Lansing (Blue Jays)) - The Lugnuts did not play Tuesday. Season stats: G - 56, Avg. - .191, AB - 183, H - 35, HR - 3, RBI - 14, SB - 0.

RYAN SWEENEY (Xavier, Chicago Cubs) - Started in center field Tuesday and was 2-for-4 with a two-run home run and double in the Cubs' 4-2 win over the Cardinals. Season stats: G - 34, Avg. - .312, AB - 77, H - 24, HR - 2, RBI - 7, SB - 0.

ANDREW HANSE (Linn-Mar, Hudson Valley (Rays)) -  Did not pitch Tuesday in the Renegades' 10-5 win over Aberdeen. Season stats: W - 0. L - 0. Sv - 0. ERA - 0.00. G - 1. IP - 2. H - 0. BB - 1. SO - 3.