The Junction City Brigade got a complete game, seven-inning pitching performance from Dalton Shalberg enroute to a 5-1 victory over the Topeka Golden Giants Sunday night at Rathert Field.

The win came in the second game of a doubleheader and snapped a three-game Junction City losing streak.

Shalberg gave up just two hits and also walked two, as the Brigade improved to 15-9 on the season.

In game one the Golden Giants scored one run in the first inning and then two in both the second and third, and one in the seventh as they defeated Junction City 6-3.

After the doubleheader Brigade coach Seth Wheeler noted a lot of the struggles dare his fault. “When we first got here we were playing really really good baseball. I think it was a little bit of a mirage. We’re not that good.” Wheeler added the Brigade are a real young team.  While there are still flashes of good play, he said he thinks there needs to be a lot more teaching on the coaching side.

Junction City has struggled with infield errors in recent games. One infielder, Ethan Klosterboer suffered a hand injury and has been out. He is expected to return at a later date, but the exact time frame is not yet certain.

Also, there have been some struggles defensively at second base. The  Brigade tried three different second basemen over the weekend.

Wheeler noted there is an effort to try and get former Brigade player Dusty Maas to return to the team this season. He is currently working on his baseball swing technique at Central Missouri State. Maas is a second baseman who played the past two seasons for Junction City.