VFW Baseball: Willmar I wins 2 of 3 in Starbuck

STARBUCK -- The Willmar VFW I team won two of three games over the weekend at the Starbuck tournament.

Willmar fell to Starbuck 3-1 in the tournament's first game on Saturday, then defeated Montevideo 14-0 in five innings Saturday afternoon. Willmar downed Benson 8-7 in eight innings on Sunday.

Willmar VFW plays the Alexandria 15s at 11 a.m. on Wednesday in Alexandria.

Game One

Starbuck 3, Willmar I 1

Willmar VFW I 000 010 0 -- 1 8 2

Starbuck 101 100 x -- 3 3 1

HITTING - Willmar: Tyler Stegeman 3-for-4 rbi, Evan VanDenEinde 1-for-4 2b, Cole Christenson 1-for-3, Zach Horman 1-for-2, Carter Sack 1-for-1, Austin Smith 1-for-3 ... Starbuck: Luke Nielson 1-for-2 2b r-2, Jon Nygaard 1-for-2 rbi, Laken Thompson 0-for-2 rbi, Jackson Henrickson1-for-3xxxx

PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) -- Willmar: Tony McCleary (L) 6-3-3-3-4-4 ... Starbuck: Riley Thompson (W) 7-8-1-1-0-8

Game Two

Willmar I 14,

Montevideo 0

Willmar VFW I 202 9 -- 14 15 3

Montevideo 000 00 -- 0 2 1

HITTING - Willmar: Stegeman 3-for-4 rbi-2 r-2, VanDenEinde 0-for-2 rbi r-2, McCleary 4-for-4 hr 3b-2 rbi-4 r-4, Cole Hagen 2-for-3 2b rbi r, Josh Tinklenberg 1-for-3 2b rbi-2 r, Horman 3-for-3 rbi r-3, Brandon Wedel 1-for-1 2b rbi-2, Smith 1-for-4 ... Montevideo: Eichoff 1-for-1, Schmitz 1-for-2

PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) -- Willmar: Stegeman (W) 5-2-0-0-3-1 ... Starbuck: Weber (L)

Game Three

Willmar I 8

Benson 7

Benson 012 013 00 -- 7 9 0

Willmar VFW I 111 013 01 -- 8 10 4

HITTING - Benson: Ahrndt 1-for-5 2b, C. Staton 2-for-3, Schwarz 2-for-4 2b-2 rbi, Connelly 1-for-4, E. Staton 2-for-3 rbi r, Hampton 1-for-3 ... Willmar: Stegeman 0-for-3 r, VanDenEinde 1-for-4 2b rbi r, McCleary 3-for-3 3b r-3, Hagen 1-for-4, Trey Tollefson 0-for-4 r, Christenson 1-for-3 2b rbi, Wedel 1-for-1, Horman 2-for-4, Brett Swanson 1-for-2

PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) -- Benson: Young 7-9-7-7-12-4, C.Staton (L) 1-1-1-1-1-1 ... Willmar: Wedel 4-3-3-3-2-6, VanDenEinde (W) 4-6-4-4-0-2