SOURCES: after their loss to the Kansas City Royals JV team, the Blue Jays will be required to play a two game series against the
@discoturkeys
and the Baldwin City Blues to retain their MLB status.
Last night our season came to in end after a 4-3 loss to top seeded Junction City. As was the case for the season, we went down to the very end. We want to thank you all for another memorable season, and we can't wait to bring on 2024 with a lot in store for you all.
#rollblues
Congratulations to Kuyper Kendall, the 2023 MPL Player of the Year! Kendall led the league in batting at .417 in MPL play with 14 RBIs and a league-leading 3 triples.
#rollblues
(Photo credit: Sarah Houser)
Congratulations to our award winners for this season!
Offensive POY: Kuyper Kendall
Defensive POY: Andrew Brubeck (not pictured)
Pitcher of the Year: Tyler Vigna
Blues Award: Austin Arrocha
Player of the Year: Brennan Johnson
The Conner Taylor Award Winner is 𝐊𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐦𝐚𝐧
Congratulations, Klayton! Thank you to Conner Taylor’s family for presenting the award to Klayton!
#Change4Conner
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#BluesNation
BREAKING: The winner of tonight's
@MPLbaseball
game between Baldwin City and
@JcBrigade
will replace the Kansas City Royals for the remainder of the 2023 MLB season, sources have told us. "We'd like to give Kansas City a fighting chance," an unnamed MLB spokesperson said.
Last night we got back in the win column with a 7 inning run rule victory. Jake Miller threw a complete game shutout, and Harrison Juhl had a three run HR. Hoping to take that momentum into our final week!
#rollblues
(Photo credit: Sarah Houser)
Blues Fall to the Junction City Brigade, 7-5 in 10 innings.
The Blues end their season in the Mid-Plains League Semifinals. Thank you to everyone who supported the Baldwin City Blues! We appreciate you all! See you in 2022 in Baldwin City!
Blues Win ‼️‼️‼️
Blues-7,
@TopekaGiants
-2
Chase Orrock connected on a three run home run to lead the way for the Blues! Game Two tomorrow in Baldwin City at 7 PM!
At home looking to tie up the series!
vs
@JcBrigade
⏰ 7 PM
🎟 $5, free for Baldwin City Residents
🏟 Baldwin City Ballpark
📊
📺
(Video credit:
@Tanmantk13
)
We pick up our first win of the season over the Topeka Warhawks! Ty Clark went 5 scoreless innings and got the win. We're back on Thursday, June 13 against the Junction City Brigade in Junction City at 7 PM. Tuesday's game will not be played.
#rollblues
We give up two runs in the bottom of the ninth but we hold on to win 8-7 and advance to the semifinals! We’re back on Saturday in Junction City.
#rollblues
We fall to the A's 6-4 in game 2 of the series and with that, our season is over with a 20-14 record. This was a record breaking season for the Blues, with this being our first 20 win season. Thank you to all of the fans, sponsors, and supporters for making this a special season.
We score a run in the 7th but it isn’t enough. We fall for the first time at home, 11-7. We finish the super series tomorrow in Junction City with another double header.
Our opponent has been set, we will be taking on the
@MPLmidwest
for the Cowdin Cup Playoffs semifinals series! The schedule will be as follows:
Game 1: Friday, Home, 7 PM
Game 2: Saturday, Away, TBD
Game 3 (if necessary): Sunday, Home, 7 PM
ICYMI: We picked up our second win in a row last night as we beat Junction City 15-5 in seven innings (run rule), moving us to 2-3 in league play! Ty Clark with 5.0 IP and another win, Cade Adams and Quinn Groebl with HRs, six RBIs for Adams.
#rollblues
B3: Justin Carinci hits a triple to knock in two runs and Trey McClelland doubles him in to tie the game up at 3!
Blues-3,
@JcBrigade
-3
#BluesNation
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#MPLeague
Congratulations to Tyler Gundelfinger, Eliott Wilk, and Christian Ammann on being named to the First Team All-MPL Squad! Hoping to see more Blues when the Second Team gets announced tomorrow!
Your Blues walk it off in the 10th courtesy of an Elliot Wilk RBI! 2-1 final score. We’re back in action tomorrow at Big Springs Sports Complex, note the 5 PM start time
Congratulations to the Week 3 Pitcher & Player of the Week!
Player of the Week: Trey McClelland of the Baldwin City Blues (
@mplblues
) (
@TreyMcclelland
)
Pitcher of the Week: Dalen Blair of the Midwest A's (
@d_blair_24
)
We're officially 30 days from the start of our season! On May 29, we travel to St. Joseph for a non-league game against
@theSJmustangs
, get tickets for that here:
#rollblues
More Blues on the second team! Congrats to Grant Thompson, Quinton Graham, Parker Jones, Darwin Oleaga, Jake Jarrell, Quinn Medin, and Sajon Belser on being named to the Second Team All-MPL!
We add another in the top of the ninth, and Dane Warmuskerken shuts the door to give us an 11-8 win! We return to the field on Monday, July 15 at home against the Topeka Warhawks.
#rollblues
Last night we went on the road and beat the Bravos at their place to sweep the playoff series. Nate Bartlett got the win and has 6 Ks in 5 2/3 innings, Gannon Grieb went 2-3 with 3 RBIs, and Harrison Juhl went 3-4 with 2 RBIs and a solo HR. We're back tomorrow in Junction City.
Last night we scored nine runs unanswered to walk off the A's in game one of the series. Kendall Rivero and Harrison Juhl had solo HRs, and double by Brennan Johnson tied the game up, and a Kuyper Kendall triple walked the game off in the next at bat.
#rollblues
We score three runs courtesy of RBIs by Kuyper Kendall and Gannon Grieb (2) to take the lead going into the bottom of the ninth!
Mid 9
Blues- 8
Bravos- 5
Last night we walked off the Bravos 10-9 with a Vincent Esposito single set up by a Harrison Juhl triple. We take a 1-0 series lead, and game 2 will be tonight in Leavenworth.
#rollblues
(Photo credit: Sarah Houser)
We score our man from second base on two consecutive wild pitches! We win 7-6, and keep our perfect record at home, now 11-0. The series is split at 1-1, and will end tomorrow in Sabetha!
Welcome to the official Twitter page of the Baldwin City Blues! We are looking forward to the 2021 season and are looking forward to having you along for the ride!
#GoBluesGo
#MPLbaseball
ICYMI: last night we surged to a 15-3 victory in 7 innings, started with a three run shot by Kuyper Kendall! (yes, this is the picture) (picture credit: Sarah Houser)
#rollblues
BREAKING: Shohei Ohtani has been spotted in downtown Baldwin City enjoying a drink at the Bullpen. He’s expected to sign with the Blues for the 2024 season.
We score four runs in the 9th to win it, Kuyper Kendall with the walk-off triple! We move to 10-14 on the season and we’ll be back tomorrow night against the A’s in Belton.
ICYMI: we picked up a series win last night as we defeated the Midwest A's by a score of 11-8! Quinn Groebl hit the go-ahead grand slam, and Caden Pogue pitched 1.1 innings scoreless.
#rollblues
Your Blues win on opening night courtesy of a three run 9th inning and a walk-off single by
@sclasssaj
! The Blues are back in action today as they finish the series against the A's in Belton at 7 PM.
Not only does
@camdenkarlin9
score the winning run in the second inning, he also comes in late to get the save! We win 2-1, and take the series, we are still undefeated in series!
Last night we lost our two games in our double header, 3-2 and 4-1. With those losses we fall to 18-9 on the season. Here is our final week of the regular season, make sure you have your calendars up to date!