SAINTS HOME ON SATURDAY AWAY ON SUNDAY

The Manistee Saints host the Northern Michigan Dogmen in a UBL double-header at

 Rietz Park on Saturday with game time set for 1 p.m. Coach Collins has named Sam Schmitt and

 Kyle Gorski to handle the pitching chores as the Saints look to return to their winning ways.

On Sunday the Saints travel to Boyne City to finish the 4-game series with the Dogmen

 with Levi Irish and Austin Harper on the mound.

The Manistee Saints had a tough weekend in Grand Rapids, getting postponed on

 Saturday due to wet grounds and losing to the league leading Brewers on Sunday by 5-2 and 19-1

 scores. 

In Sunday’s opener, Kyle Gorski yielded just 4 hits but two were home runs powering the

 Brewers to victory. The Saints only runs came on a 2-run homer by Cole Proctor.

Saints pitchers couldn’t find the plate in the nightcap and the Brewers scored 9 runs in the

 1^st inning to all but end the game before it started. The Saints used 4 pitchers with Levi Irish

 charged with the loss. 

America’s favorite pastime returns to Rietz Park on America’s favorite holiday next

 Saturday when the Saints host the Northern Michigan Dogmen in a 1 p.m. double-header.

GREAT LAKES UBL Standings (thru games of 06/28/2020)

                                                                  W         L          Pct       GB

                                            Grand Rapids Brewers              9          1          .900     ---

                                                                        Midland Tribe                           9          5          .643     2.0

                                             Manistee Saints                        4          2          .667     3.0

                                             Oil City Stags                           4          6          .400     5.0

                                             Northern Mich Dogmen           2          6          .250      6.0

                                                                         MSA                                         0          8           .000     8.0

Saturdays Saints games scheduled at Belknap Park in Grand Rapids have been postponed due to wet grounds; a make-up date has not yet been announced.

The Manistee Saints travel to Grand Rapids for a Great Lakes UBL series with the league

 leading Brewers this weekend, with a double-header at Belknap Park at 1 p.m. on Saturday and

 another double-header at Grandville H.S. at 1 p.m. on Sunday.

             Coach Collins has named Levi Irish and Cam Fewless as his starting pitchers for

 Saturdays twin bill and Kyle Gorski and Roddy MacNiel to pitch on Sunday.

             The Grand Rapids Brewers are a new entry in the UBL this season, coached by former

 Oil City Stags manager Josh Russell, loaded with downstate college talent and off to a fast start.

             With the Saints on the road, there will still be baseball at Rietz Park on Saturday as the

 Manistee Lakers host a 3 team 16U tournament started at 9 a.m. Social distancing will again be

 requested at the ball park.

GREAT LAKES UBL Standings (as of 06/23/2020)

                                                                  W         L          Pct       GB

                                           Grand Rapids Brewers              7          1          .875      ---

                                                                       Manistee Saints                        4          0          1.000    1.0

                                                                        Midland Tribe                          6          4          .600      2.0

                                                                        Northern Mich Dogmen           1          3          .250     4.0

                                                                        MSA                                         0          4           .000     5.0

                                             Oil City Stags                           0          6          .000     6.0