Baseball: NLS upsets Paynesville

PAYNESVILLE -- New London-Spicer knocked off undefeated Paynesville 2-1 in West Central North Conference baseball action Tuesday.

The Wildcats (3-2, 4-2) scored two unearned runs in the sixth inning.

NLS' Mike Danielson and Brian Pieh combined to two-hit the defending state Class AA champions. Danielson pitched the first six innings and gave up one run. He struck out nine without walking a batter. Pieh pitched the seventh for the save, striking out two and walking one.

Jon Hemingson threw shutout ball for the first five innings for Paynesville (4-1, 6-1), but then two errors and Wade Wessling's sacrifice fly put the Wildcats in the lead.

NLS 2, Paynesville 1

NL-Spicer (3-2, 6-2) 000 002 0 - 2 3 4

Paynesville (4-1, 6-1) 100 000 0 - 1 2 3

HITTING - New London-Spicer: Austen Hadley 1-for-3; Blake Williamson 1-for-3; Scott Hjelle 1-for-3 .... Paynesville: Alex Naujokas 1-for-4; Cory Nietfeld 1-for-3

PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - New London-Spicer: Mike Danielson (W) 6-2-1-0-0-9; Brian Pieh (S) 1-0-0-0-1-2 .... Paynesville: Jon Hemingson (L) 7-3-2-0-3-2

Minnewaska 13, LPGE 5

The Lakers (3-2, 6-2) recorded nine hits and pulled away in the sixth inning, scoring six runs.

Cass Kreitlow, Jon Hoffmann and Chris Fischer led Minnewaska with two hits each.

LPGE (0-4, 2-5) 003 001 1 - 5 4 5

Minnewaska (3-2, 6-2) 004 126 x - 13 9 4

HITTING - Long Prairie-Grey Eagle: Aaron Thomas 1-for-4, 2b; Chris Ahrens 1-for-4, 2b .... Minnewaska: Ryan Gandrud 1-for-3, rbi; Cass Kreitlow 2-for-4, 2 runs, 2b; Andy Olson 1-for-3, 2 runs, 2 bb's, rbi; Jon Hoffmann 2-for-2, 2 bb's, rbi; Jordan Holte 1-for-2; Chris Fischer 2-for-4, 2 runs, 2b, 3 rbi

PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Long Prairie-Grey Eagle: Ben Borgstrom (L) 3-4-4-2-2-1; Chris Ahrens 2Zc-4-8-3-5-2; Jared Morrill Xc-1-1-0-1-1 .... Minnewaska: Tyler Davis (W) 5-2-3-0-2-2; Cass Kreitlow 2-2-2-2-5-2

Central Minnesota

Rockford 12, BBE 3

Josh Roelike scored on Michael Zenzen's sacrifice fly and D.J. Winter also hit a sacrifice fly to score Andy Hadley in the fourth inning for Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa.

Zach Gallagher scored a passed ball in the fifth to account for BBE's other run.

Rockford 430 220 1 - 12 14 0

BBE (1-4, 1-5) 000 210 0 - 3 3 3

HITTING - Rockford: A. Jorges 4-for-5, 3 2b's; T. Maher 3-for-5, 3 2b's; H. Ranallo 2-for-4, 2b; R. Hedelson 1-for-4, 2b .... Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa: Josh Roelike 1-for-2; Andy Hadley 1-for-3, 2b; Derek Weller 1-for-3

PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Rockford: J. Altendorf (W) 7-3-3-3-1-5 .... Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa: Zach Gallagher (L) 12/3-6-7-6-2-1, Josh Roelike 21/3-3-2-0-0-3, Austin Kampsen 3-5-3-3-1-1

Wright County

Litchfield 6, Waconia 3

Tony Gutormson went six innings, allowing five hits, for the win for the unbeaten Dragons (5-0).

Litchfield scored five runs in the third on an RBI double by Jordan Lecher and consecutive two-run singles by Marcus Buschette and Blayne Johnson.

Waconia (3-1, 4-1) 010 200 0 - 3 6 2

Litchfield (4-0, 5-0) 005 100 x - 6 7 2

HITTING - Waconia: Nate Eder 2-for-3, 2 2b's, rbi; Nick Matheson 2-for-4, Derek Earls 1-for-2, 2 rbi .... Litchfield: Jordan Lecher 2-for-3, 2b, rbi; Marcus Buschette 1-for-3, 2 rbi; Blayne Johnson 1-for-3, 2 rbi; Chris Sundmark 1-for-1, 2 runs; Kent Johnson 1-for-3, Tony Gutormson 1-for-2, rbi

PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Waconia: T. J. Koehler (L) 3Zc-6-6-2-3-4, Nick Matheson 2Xc-1-0-0-1-1- .... Litchfield: Tony Gutormson (W) 6-5-3-3-5-4, Chris Sundmark 1-1-0-0-0-1

Non-Conference KMS 4, Lakeview 2

Grant Johnson threw a two- hitter and Adam Lesteberg knocked in two runs with a first-inning double to lead KMS.

Johnson walked two and fanned eight.

Lakeview 020 000 0 - 2 2 4

KMS (2-1, 4-1) 310 000 x - 4 4 1

HITTING - Lakeview: Joe Buhler 1-for-2, Tanner Alm 1-for-3, 2b, 2 rbi .... Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg: Grant Johnson 1-for-3, 2b, rbi; Justin Johnson 1-for-3, Adam Lesteberg 1-for-3, 2b, 2 rbi; Brant Beckman 1-2

PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Lakeview: Josh Rayos (L) 6-4-4-1-2-5 .... Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg: Grant Johnson (W) 7-2-2-1-2-8

Tomahawk

Sleepy Eye 5, BL-Hector 4

(11 innings) -- Two Buffalo Lake-Hector errors in the 11th inning led to the winning run for Sleepy Eye.

Joe Sparks and Jordan Kramer had two hits each for the Mustangs (1-4, 1-5).

Sleepy Eye 000 002 200 01 - 5 10 3

BLH (1-4, 1-5) 003 010 000 00 - 4 9 4

HITTING - Sleepy Eye: Jason Kuelbs 1-for-5; Joey Walter 3-for-6; Mike Peterson 2-for-5; Austin Helget 1-for-5; Lupe Trevino 1-for-6; Cody Nachreiner 1-for-3; T.J. Roiger 1-for-3 .... Buffalo Lake-Hector: Mike Wolff 1-for-6; Joe Sparks 2-for-5; Jordan Kramer 2-for-5; Jordan Nelson 1-for-2; Tyler Kramer 1-for-4; Billy Johnson 1-for-4; Luke Kramer 1-for-5

PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Sleepy Eye: Jason Kuelbs (W) .... Buffalo Lake-Hector: Jordan Nelson (L)

Pheasant

Hancock 8, Wheaton-HN 3

Darren Schaefer drove in three runs and Mack Grunig knocked in two more to help Hancock improve to 4-1 in the conference. Schaefer and Nick Giese had two hits each to help Tanner Gramm earn the victory.

Wheaton/HN 100 010 1 - 3 3 3

Hancock (4-1, 4-2) 022 004 x - 8 6 3

HITTING - Wheaton/Herman-Norcross: John Haupert 1-for-4; Trent Frisch 1-for-3; Brady Sykora 1-for-2 .... Hancock: Darren Schaefer 2-for-2, 3 rbi; Nick Giese 2-for-3, 2 runs; Mack Grunig 1-for-3, 2 rbi; Tanner Gramm 1-for-4

PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Wheaton/Herman-Norcross: Lucas Armstrong (L) 2Xc-3-4-3-2-2; Haupert 2Zc-0-0-0-2-2; Jay Nelson 1-3-4-3-2-1 .... Hancock: Tanner Gramm (W) 6-3-3-1-8-3; Nate Holleman 1-0-0-0-0-2