SARTELL - Kevin Soine tossed a complete-game shutout and struck out five as the New London-Spicer Twins defeated the St. Stephen Steves 3-0 on Friday in the first round of the Omann Insurance Invitational.
Soine also singled leading off the third and later scored on Scott Rambow’s double to give NLS a quick 1-0 lead.
St. Stephen countered with pitcher Nick Krippner, who went all six innings and allowed three runs.
Jordan Ackerman had the lone multi-hit performance for New London-Spicer, going 2-for-3. The Twins added two runs in the sixth when Jake Damhof singled in Austin Rambow and Andrew Bangen scored on a wild pitch.
NLS will play the Lastrup/Isanti winner in the semifinals today at 2 or 5 p.m. in St. Stephen. The Twins would then play in either the third-place game or the championship on Sunday at 1:30 p.m. in Sartell or St. Stephen.
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NL-Spicer 3, St. Stephen 0
St. Stephen 000 000 0 - 0 5 1
NLS 001 002 x - 3 6 1
HITTING – St. Stephen: Brandon Waldvogel 2-3 … New London-Spicer: Kevin Soine 1-3 r, Scott Rambow 1-2 2b rbi, Austin Rambow 0-3 r, Jordan Ackerman 2-3, Jake Damhof 1-3 rbi, Dalton Rambow 1-3
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - St. Stephen: Nick Krippner (L) 6-6-3-3-1-3 … New London-Spicer: Soine (W) 7-5-0-0-2-5
