Rice Takes Big 12 Weekly Honor

By Tim Goodenow for WVUsports.com February 25, 2013 03:53 PM MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia baseball player Jacob Rice was named Big 12 Newcomer of the Week on Monday, earning the program’s first weekly honor as members of the Big 12 Conference. Rice, a junior transfer in his first season at WVU, led the Mountaineers [...]

Harrell looks to end rookie year on high note vs. Cubs

By Mark Clements / MLB.com | 9/30/2012 7:17 PM ET HOU@STL: Harrell fans seven over 5 2/3 innings There haven’t been too many bright spots in Houston this season, but rookie pitcher Lucas Harrell has certainly been one of them. The righty was named the Astros’ Rookie of the Year on Sunday by the Houston chapter of [...]

Harrell’s six shutout frames lead Astros in opener

By Brian McTaggart / MLB.com | 10/1/2012 11:50 PM ET HOU@CHC: Harrell fans seven over six scoreless frames CHICAGO — Surrounded by reporters and a couple of television cameras in the cramped visitors’ clubhouse at Wrigley Field, Astros pitcher Lucas Harrell did something he hadn’t been able to do following a start for more than [...]

Former Midwest Nat Keuchel earns first win in front of home fans

By Clark Goble / MLB.com | 6/23/2012 8:30 PM ET HOUSTON — A week ago, 24-year-old Dallas Keuchel had never set foot in Minute Maid Park. By the end of his brilliant complete game against the Indians on Saturday, a crowd of 34,241 was on its feet, cheering the Astros and Keuchel as they finished off an [...]

Astros call on Former Midwest National Keuchel to debut on Sunday

By Brian McTaggart / MLB.com | 06/16/12 11:38 PM ET ARLINGTON — Dallas Keuchel was sleeping soundly in his hotel room in Round Rock, Texas, where the Astros’ Triple-A affiliate, Oklahoma City, was playing, when RedHawks manager Tony DeFrancesco knocked on his door at 7:30 a.m. Saturday. DeFrancesco told Keuchel to pack his bags and [...]

Three Midwest Nationals Selected in 2012 MLB Draft

The Midwest Nationals saw three current or former Nats taken in the 2012 MLB Draft June 4-6. Ty Hensley (6’4, 220lbs) was selected in the 1st round with the 30th overall pick by the New York Yankees. Ty was a senior at Santa Fe-Edmund High School in Oklahoma. Dalton Friend (6’3, 230lbs), a LHP at [...]

Former Nats Set to Play in Junior College World Series

Four former Midwest Nationals players will participate in the 2012 NJCAA Division 1 World Series in Grand Junction, Colorado. Robbe Ewing (Stockton, MO), Tyler Kjellsen (Broken Arrow, OK), and Jon Furlong (Bixby, OK) will represent Neosho County Community College in Grand Junction. The Panthers head to Colorado with a 48-14 record and a Region VI [...]

Former Midwest Nationals Parker impresses in big league debut

By Carrie Muskat / MLB.com Friday, May 18, 2012 12:42 PM CT CHICAGO — Right-hander Blake Parker impressed Cubs manager Dale Sveum this spring, and now he’ll get a chance to do so in the big leagues. “I liked him a lot in Spring Training,” Sveum said Thursday. “He’s got an above-average slider, and that’s [...]

Cubs select contract of Former Midwest Nationals RHP Blake Parker, option LHP Scott Maine to Iowa

Cubs Press Release 05/17/2012 7:18 PM EST CHICAGO – The Chicago Cubs today selected the contract of right-handed pitcher Blake Parker from Triple-A Iowa and optioned left-handed pitcher Scott Maine to Triple-A. Parker, who joins the first major league roster of his professional career, will wear uniform number 55 and be available for the Cubs [...]

Midwest Nationals Help Earn Bears’ Victory and Guttin’s 1000th

Former Midwest Nationals Brett Marshall, Patrick Drake, and Tyler Burgess contributed in the Bears 3-2 win over Northwestern State on Saturday in Natchitoches, Louisiana. The win also marked the 1,000th win for Bears skipper Keith Guttin. Guttin has been the Bears boss since 1982, the Bears first season as a Division 1 program and he [...]

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