GLENWOOD -- Paynesville's John Hemingson struck out 12 Minnewaska batters on the way to a 7-1 win in West Central North baseball action Tuesday.
Hemingson pitched a complete game, giving up one run on six hits and walking two.
The Bulldogs (3-0, 5-0) recorded nine hits and scored five runs in the top of the third inning to erase the Lakers' 1-0 lead.
Hemingson, Alex Naujokas and Trent Hansen had two hits each. Hemingson doubled and drove in two runs.
Aaron Kessler had two hits to lead Minnewaska (1-2, 4-2). Jon Hoffmann took the loss, giving up six unearned runs on seven hits and striking out six.
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Paynesville 7, Waska 1
Paynesville (3-0, 5-0) 005 011 0 - 7 9 0
Minnewaska (1-2, 4-2) 100 000 0 - 1 6 4
HITTING - Paynesville: Alex Naujokas 2-for-4; Trent Hansen 2-for-4; John Hemingson 2-for-3, 2b, 2 rbi; Cory Nietfeld 1-for-3; Mark Andrie 1-for-2; Ryan Hess 1-for-3 .... Minnewaska: Aaron Kessler 2-for-4; Cass Kreitlow 1-for-3; Andy Olson 1-for-3; Tyler Davis 2-for-2
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Paynesville: John Hemingson (W) 7-6-1-1-2-12 .... Minnewaska: Jon Hoffmann (L) 5-7-6-0-0-6; Cass Kreitlow 2-2-1-1-1-2
NL-Spicer 5, LPGE 2
Michael Danielson went 2-for-4 with two RBI to lead the Wildcats (2-1, 3-1), who had seven hits.
Jeremy Pickle pitched the first 5Zc innings for the victory. He allowed two runs on five hits and struck out four. Brian Pieh earned the save, allowing one hit, striking out three and walking one.
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NL-Spicer (2-1, 3-1) 110 021 0 - 5 7 0
LPGE (0-3, 2-4) 000 200 0 - 2 8 0
HITTING - New London-Spicer: Matt Dreier 1-for-1, rbi; Michael Danielson 2-for-4, 2 rbi; Jacob Reiter 1-for-3; Austen Hadley 1-for-2; Rob Caven 1-for-3; Adam Luberts 1-for-2 .... Long Prairie-Grey Eagle: Tschida 2-for-4; Taszack 1-for-4; Morrill 3-for-4, rbi; Renning 1-for-1; Montarrez 1-for-3, rbi
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - New London-Spicer: Jeremy Pickle (W) 5Zc-5-2-2-0-4; Brian Pieh (S) 1Xc-1-0-0-1-3 .... Long Prairie-Grey Eagle: Grein (L) 6-7-5-3-3-2; Ahrens 1-0-0-0-0-0
Central Minnesota
Pierz 5, BBE 0
The Jaguars (0-3, 0-4) were held to three hits -- all singles -- from Michael Zenzen, Josh Roelike and D.J. Winter.
Andy Hadley took the loss, allowing five runs on five hits. He struck out eight and walked five.
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BBE (0-3, 0-4) 000 000 0 - 0 3 0
Pierz 000 221 x - 5 5 0
HITTING - Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa: Michael Zenzen 1-for-3; Josh Roelike 1-for-2; D.J. Winter 1-for-3 .... Pierz: Warren Gall 2-for-3, 2 rbi; N. Janson 1-for-3, rbi
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa: Andy Hadley (L) 5Zc-5-5-5-5-8; Josh Roelike Xc-0-0-0-1-1 .... Pierz: J. Munson (W) 7-3-0-0-3-8
Tomahawk
GFW 17, BL-Hector 3
Highlighted by three-run home runs from Justin Schwecke and Shane Ahlbrecht, Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop sent up 13 batters to the plate in the second inning to score 10 runs
Mike Wolff, Billy Johnson and Dustin Mortenson scored in the third inning for Buffalo Lake-Hector (1-3, 1-4).
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GFW 0(10)1 42 - 17 12 0
BL-Hector (1-3, 1-4) 003 00 - 3 6 4
HITTING - Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop: Ty Harkness 2-for-4, 2b, 2 runs; Justin Schwecke 2-for-4, 2b, 3-run HR; Cody Jackson 2-for-3, 2b, 3 runs; Shane Ahlbrecht 3-for-4, 3-run HR, 3 runs .... Buffalo Lake-Hector: Mike Wolff 2-for-2, 2b; Tyler Kramer 1-for-3; Jordan Kramer 1-for-2; Billy Johnson 1-for-2; Dustin Mortenson 1-for-2, 2b
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop: Cody Jackson (W) .... Buffalo Lake-Hector: Eric Schultz (L)
Non-Conference KMS 14, Benson 3
Grant Johnson went 3-for-3 and Adam Lesteberg drove in three runs as Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg routed Benson.
Justin Johnson worked the first three innings of the five-inning game for the win. Chris Braaten pitched two hitless innings of relief.
KMS (3-1) 321 53 - 14 10 0
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Benson (1-4) 102 00 - 3 3 5
HITTING - Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg: Grant Johnson 3-for-3; Justin Johnson 1-for-2; Jared Johnson 1-for-2; Paul Beckman 2-for-3, 2b, rbi; Adam Lesteberg 1-for-3, 3 rbi; Alex Baker 1-for-3; Brant Beckman 1-for-1 .... Benson: Preston Flolo 1-for-2; Jake Erickson 1-for-3, 3b, rbi; Chris Rittenour 1-for-2, rbi
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg: Justin Johnson (W) 3-3-3-3-4-3, Chris Braaten 2-0-0-0-0-3 .... Benson: Chris Rittenour (L) 3-6-7-4-4-1, Adam Simmonds 1-4-5-4-1-0, Mark Buyck 1-0-0-0-0-0
