WILLMAR -- Ethan Vogt's no-hitter highlighted the Ridgewater Warriors' sweep of Minnesota West in a concise doubleheader at Bill Taunton Stadium Friday afternoon.
The twin 10-0 wins -- both in five innings -- required only three hours, including 20 minutes between games.
Ryan Krause threw a three-hitter in the opener. Vogt followed with his first no-hitter since eighth grade. The Minnesota Gophers' recruit walked two and fanned five.
Ridgewater improves to 3-1 in the Minnesota Community College Conference's Southern Division and 17-7 overall.
Game One
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Ridgewater 10, MN West 0
The Warriors broke the game open in the third inning with seven runs for an 8-0 lead. The rally needed only two hits -- Ryan Young's double and Jacolby Anderson's single -- around two walks, a hit batter and three Bluejay errors. Minnesota West committed five errors overall.
Krause walked two and fanned three for the abbreviated shutout victory.
Young finished with two hit in three at-bats and scored two runs. Zac McCann also scored twice.
Minnesota West 000 00 - 0 3 5
Ridgewater 107 2x - 10 8 0
HITTING - Minnesota West: Tyler Reiner 2-2, Scott Knisley 1-for-1, 2 bb .... Ridgewater: Zach Etter 1-for-2, 2 runs; Ryan Young 2-for-3, 2b, 2 runs; Zac McCann 1-for-2, 2 runs, rbi; Scott Rambow 1-for-2, Jacolby Anderson 1-for-2, rbi; Tyler Schmitz 1-for-1, rbi
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Minnesota West: Tyler Reiner (L) 4-8-10-5-2-0 .... Ridgewater: Ryan Krause (W) 5-3-0-0-2-3
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Game Two
Ridgewater 10, MN West 0
Vogt was happy to get back on the mound only two days after blowing a save against Dakota County in Burnsville.
"It's nice to come back and pitch the way I know I can," said Vogt, an All-America wrestler twice here. "I was kind of struggling to locate my pitches on Wednesday. I tweaked my delivery after that and today I was hitting the spots."
Matt Merten, a freshman from St. Cloud Tech, caught the no-hitter and late substitution Drew Thompson made a nice play at first base in the fifth inning to preserve the no-hitter.
Steve Wetterling singled and homered and Steve Boldt, Jacolby Anderson and Travis Fluck belted consecutive RBI doubles in a six-run third.
Vogt said he committed on Thursday night to pitch for Thunder Bay, Ont., of the Northwoods League for a second summer. Last season the 6-4, 210-pound Sauk Centre native was 7-0 with a 1.96 ERA for the Border Cats, who won the league's overall title.
Minn. West (1-3, 2-9) 000 00 - 0 0 2
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Ridgewater (3-1, 17-7) 216 1x - 10 8 2
HITTING - Minnesota West: no hits .... Ridgewater: Zach Etter 1-for-3, rbi; Ryan Young 1-for-2, rbi; Steve Wetterling 2-for-2, 3 runs, solo HR, rbi; Steve Boldt 1-for-1, 2b, 2 rbi; Jacolby Anderson 1-for-1, 2b, 2 rbi; Travis Fluck 1-for-2, 2b, rbi; Matt Merten 1-for-2, Matt Sagedahl 1-for-2, rbi
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Minnesota West: Justin Holinka (L) 2-5-7-6-3-1, Luke Andersen 2-5-3-2-0-2 .... Ridgewater: Ethan Vogt (W) 5-0-0-0-2-5
NEXT -- Ridgewater: Today, home vs. Riverland (2) at Taunton Stadium, 1 p.m.
