MONTEVIDEO -- Justin Johnson blanked MACCRAY on six hits as Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg toppled the Wolverines for the third time this spring, 7-0 on Wednesday in Section 3A baseball.
Renville County West topped Lakeview 7-4 to stay alive in an elimination game.
KMS 7, MACCRAY 0
Johnson walked one and fanned one while the Saints' defense played mistake free.
KMS (17-2) got four in the third on RBI hits by Chris Braaten, Taylor Freetly and and Luke Johnson, around two Wolverine errors.
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Ben Ruter took the loss. He had two of his team's hits.
Lee Keil had two safeties for KMS.
MACCRAY 000 000 0 -- 0 6 4
KMS 104 101 x -- 7 7 0
HITTING - MACCRAY: Tyler Dammann 1-for-3, Ben Ruter 2-for-3, Jordan Smith 1-for-2, Tyler Wrede 1-for-3, Dylan Aeikens 1-for-3 ... Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg: Aaron Zimmer 1-for-2, rbi; Chris Braaten 1-for-4, rbi; Kyle Syverson 1-for-3, rbi; Taylor Freetly 1-for-3, rbi; Luke Johnson 1-for-3, rbi; Lee Keil 2-for-3
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) -- MACCRAY: Ben Ruter (L) 4-5-6-4-1-1, Ethan Pauling 2-2-1-1-0-2 ... KMS: Justin Johnson (W) 7-6-0-0-0-1-1
RCW 7, Lakeview 4
Paul Peterson went 4-for-4 and Mike Fischer had three hits and drove in three runs to lift the Jaguars.
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Fischer had a two-run single in the first and a run-scoring single in the fifth.
Adam Loe worked the first 61/3 innings, scattering 10 hits, to pick up the win. Of the four runs scored off him, only one was earned. He walked two and struck out three. Phil Erickson got the final two outs.
Tyler Peterson was tagged with the loss.
RCW 300 040 0 -- 7 12 4
Lakeview 110 010 1 -- 4 10 0
HITTING - Renville County West: Mike Fischer 3-for-3, 3 rbi; Paul Peterson 4-for-4, 2 runs, rbi; Dakota Freiborg 2-for-4, 2 runs, rbi; Adam Loe 2-for-3, 2 runs; Trent Novotny 1-for-4, rbi ... Lakeview: Tony Ross 2-for-4, rbi; Josh Raymo 2-for-4; Cody Madison 2-for-3
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) -- Renville County West: Adam Loe (W) 6Zc-10-4-1-2-3, Phil Erickson (S) Xc-0-0-0-0-0 ... Lakeview: Tyler Peterson (L) 4-8-7-7-2-4, Tony Ross 3-4-0-0-1-2
