PAYNESVILLE -- Foley left-hander Bryce Gapinski scattered eight hits among his eight strikeouts to help Foley tame the Paynesville Bulldogs 3-1 on Tuesday in West Central North baseball.
Brett Savelkoul and Shane Kampsen each had a pair of safeties for the Bulldogs.
Nathan Nietfeld went the distance for Paynesville, throwing a tidy five-hitter marred by four Paynesville errors.
Foley 3, Paynesville 1
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HITTING - Foley: Bryce Gapinski 1-for-4; Chris Olson 2-for-3; Jeremy Weber 1-for-3; Kyle Latterell 1-for-2 ... Paynesville: Brett Savelkoul 2-for-4; Shane Kampsen 2-for-4; Riley Sampson 1-for-3; Keegan Meagher 1-for-2; Cory Spanier 1-for-3; Ted Hoffman 1-for-3
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) -- Foley: Bryce Gapinski (W) 7-8-1-0-1-8 ... Paynesville: Nathan Nietfeld (L) 7-5-3-1-2-4
LPGE 11, NLS 6
The Wildcats (1-6, 1-7) outhit the Thunder, but NLS pitchers walked six batters and the defense surrendered seven unearned runs.
Luke Peterson and Kevin Soine had two hits each to led the Wildcats.
LPGE 004 302 2 -- 11 6 3
NLS 300 300 0 -- 6 9 3
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HITTING - Long Prairie-Grey Eagle: Chris Callahan 1-for-4, 2b, 3 rbi; Jared Morell 1-for-2, 2b; Cody Paszek 1-for-3, 2b ... New London-Spicer: Luke Peterson 2-for-4, 2b; Kevin Soine 2-for-4, rbi; Taylor Dammermann 1-for-3, rbi; Skylar Wachter 2-for-4; Luke Reiter 1-for-3; Devon Lien 1-for-3
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) -- Long Prairie-Grey Eagle: Chris Callahan (W) 7-9-6-4-4-5 ... New London-Spicer: Luke Reiter (L) 5Zc-2-8-1-5-3, Luke Peterson 1Xc-4-3-3-1-1
Wright County
Annandale 10, Litchfield 4
Tim Wold's RBI groundout gave Litchfield (4-3, 5-3) a brief 4-2 lead, but Annandale (4-2, 4-2) plated eight runs over the next two innings to take control.
The Dragons also got RBI singles from Kaleb Kalkbrenner, Martin Mendoza and Jordan Lecher.
Litchfield 012 100 0 -- 4 9 3
Annandale 200 350 x -- 10 14 1
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HITTING - Litchfield: Martin Mendoza 2-for-4, rbi; Kaleb Kalkbrenner 2-for-3, 2b, rbi; Jordan Lecher 1-for-2, rbi; Aaron Solbrack 1-for-3; Brandon Skalberg 1-for-3, 2b; Chris Thompson 1-for-3; Cody Hanson 1-for-3, 2b ... Annandale: Graham Brown 3-for-4, 2 2b's, 3 runs, 2 rbi; Tim Queck 2-for-4, 2b, 2 rbi; Charlie Geldert 2-for-4, solo HR, rbi
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) -- Litchfield: Jordan Lecher (L) 4-7-5-2-0-2, Kaleb Kalkbrenner 2-7-5-5-0-1 ... Annandale: Sean Williams (W) 7-9-4-4-3-3
Central Minnesota
BBE 3, EV-Watkins 2
Dustin Gruber scored on a throwing error in the fourth inning to give the Jaguars (6-2, 7-2) a 3-0 lead. Eden Valley-Watkins scored twice in the sixth.
Jordan Beier picked up the win, allowing two runs on seven hits. He struck out five and walked two.
Josh Roelike had two hits, including a two-run single in the first inning, for BBE.
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HITTING - Eden Valley-Watkins: Kevin Kramer 2-for-3 ... Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa: Austen Kampsen 1-for-3; Josh Roelike 2-for-3, 2 rbi; Jared Waller 1-for-3; Dustin Gruber 2-for-3
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) -- Eden Valley-Watkins: Tyler Geislinger (L) 6-6-3-2-5-2 ... Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa: Jordan Beier (W) 7-7-2-2-2-5
Camden
Game One
RCW 4, Dawson-Boyd 1
Winning pitcher Phil Erickson drove in a run with a squeeze bunt and Paul Peterson singled in a run in a three-run third inning for RCW. Erickson struck out eight and gave up five hits.
Derek Gritmacker scored on Josh Staab's single in the second for Dawson-Boyd's lone run.
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HITTING - Dawson-Boyd: Joe Haugen 2-for-3; Derek Gritmacker 1-for-3; Jake Bothun 1-for-3; Josh Staab 1-for-3, rbi ... Renville County West: Steve Gens 1-for-3; Phil Erickson 1-for-2, rbi; Paul Peterson 1-for-3, rbi; Mike Fischer 1-for-3; Brian Harper 1-for-3; Cam Holm 1-for-2
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) -- Dawson-Boyd: Derek Gritmacker (L) 4-5-4-2-0-2, Josh Staab 2-1-0-0-0-1 ... Renville County West: Phil Erickson (W) 7-5-1-0-2-8
Game Two
RCW 16, Dawson-Boyd 2
RCW (4-2, 6-2) scored in every inning and had Mike Fischer and Paul Peterson collect three hits apiece and combined to drive in five runs.
RCW 423 115 -- 16 12 0
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HITTING - Renville County West: Trent Novotny 2-for-3, 2b, rbi; Drew Hultquist 2-for-3, 2 runs; Mike Fischer 3-for-5, 2b, 2 rbi; Paul Peterson 3-for-4, 2b, 2 runs, 3 rbi; Dakota Freiborg 1-for-3, 2b, rbi; Phil Erickson 2-for-5, rbi; Steve Gens 1-for-3, 2 runs ... Dawson-Boyd: Jake Bothun 1-for-3; Josh Staab 1-for-1, rbi
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) -- Renville County West: Brian Harper (W) 5-2-2-1-4-1, Dakota Freiborg 1-0-0-0-0-1 ... Dawson-Boyd: Donnie Hermanson (L) 1-4-4-4-2-0, Josh Staab 2-3-5-5-0-1, Jarrett Wager 1-2-1-1-1-0, Jake Bothun 11/3-0-1-0-2-1, Kollin Dahl 1/3-1-5-0-5-0, Hermanson 1/3-0-0-0-0-1
Late Monday results
West Central South
First game
Morris 6, Benson 2
Derek Henrichs went 3-for-3 and scored two runs to lead the Tigers, who tallied five runs in the second.
Miles Staton, Luke Staton and Daniel Martin had two hits each for Benson.
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Benson 200 000 0 -- 2 8 3
HITTING - Morris: Dusty Sauter 1-for-4, rbi; Mike Siegel 1-for-4, rbi; Derek Henrichs 3-for-3, 2 runs, rbi; Nate Gades 1-for-3, 2 rbi ... Benson: Brennan Kent 1-for-3; Miles Staton 2-for-4, 2b, rbi; Luke Staton 2-for-4, 2b; Daniel Martin 2-for-3; Kyle Pederson 1-for-3
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) -- Morris: Ben Johnson (W) 7-8-2-2-2-1 ... Benson: Brennan Kent (L) 7-6-6-5-3-6
Second game
Benson 7, Morris 6
The Braves scored four runs in the top of the fourth inning to take a 7-1 lead, then withstood a five-run Morris rally in the bottom of the frame.
Luke Staton went 3-for-4 with four RBI to pace Benson (3-6, 3-7).
Mike Siegel, Matt Wohlers and Derek Henrichs had two hits each for Morris (3-3, 3-5).
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Morris 001 500 0 -- 6 10 4
HITTING - Benson: Brennan Kent 1-for-4, 3 runs; Luke Staton 3-for-4, 4 rbi; Daniel Martin 1-for-3, rbi; Jason Roberts 1-for-4; Andrew Simmonds 2-for-3, rbi ... Morris: Dusty Sauter 1-for-4; Mike Siegel 2-for-4, 3 rbi; Matt Wohlers 2-for-4, 2 rbi; Derek Henrichs 2-for-3; Tallack Dosdall 2-for-4; Chris Boettcher 1-for-2, 2 runs, rbi
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) -- Benson: Luke Staton 3Zc-8-6-6-3-1, Andrew Simmonds (W) 3Xc-2-0-0-0-0 ... Morris: Chris Scott (L) 4-9-7-4-2-5, Nate Gades 3-0-0-0-0-4
