Tribune Staff Reports
SUNBURG --- Aaron Zimmer singled in the go-ahead run and Norway Lake-Sunburg edged New London-Spicer 4-3 on Sunday.
With the game tied at two in the sixth, Grant Johnson led off with a single for the Lakers. James Cortez bunted, and both runners were safe when the Twins tried to throw out Johnson at second.
Johnson stole third and scored on a sacrifice fly from Chris Searcy, and Cortez scored the eventual game-winning run on Zimmer's single.
Lakers' starter Chris Braaten pitched a complete game, striking out six. He allowed 13 hits, but held the Twins to just three runs.
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Johnson was 2-for-4 with an RBI, and Cortez also had two hits. Searcy was 1-for-2 with two RBIs.
Norway Lake-Sunburg 4, New London-Spicer 3
New London-S 002 000 001 -- 3 13 1
Norway Lake-S 200 002 00x -- 4 9 1
HITTING - New London-Spicer: Kevin Soine 2-for-5, 2b, Jake Rambow 3-for-5, Scott Rambow 2-for-5, rbi, Mike Danielson 1-for-4, rbi, Jay Magnuson 2-for-5, Jake Damhof 1-for-5, Nathanial Swoyer 1-for-5, Ben Kulset 1-for-3 ... Norway Lake: Jonah Johnson 1-for-4, Grant Johnson 2-for-4, rbi, James Cortez 2-for-4, Chad Searcy 1-for-2, 2 rbi, Chris Braaten 1-for-4, Aaron Zimmer 1-for-1, rbi, Kyle Syverson 1-for-2
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) -- New London-Spicer: Nathaniel Swoyer (L) 8-9-4-3-1-6 ... Norway Lake: Chris Braaten (W) 9-13-3-3-1-6
Bird Island 10,
Raymond 3
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The Bird Island Bullfrogs won the second installment of back-to-back games almost two days apart by crushing the Raymond Rockets 10-3 on Sunday afternoon at Lions Memorial Park.
The Frogs, who trailed 3-0 early, cranked out 15 hits.
The Rockets got the best of Bird Island on Friday evening at Lilleberg Field 6-1.
Raymond ends Cornbelt League's regular season on top with a 9-2 record. Bird Island goes 6-5 and is 11-9 overall.
Jesse Bjur threw all 9 innings for the Frogs. He gave up 7 hits and walk 7. Zach Nelson took the loss.
Raymond 120 000 000 -- 3 7 3
Bird Island 000 303 13x --10 15 0
HITTING - Raymond: Brandon Madsen 3-for-5, 2b, 2 rbi; Mike Jeseritz 2-for-4, rbi; Jordan Dougherty 2-for-4 ... Bird Island: Luke Kramer 3-for-4, Alex Gay 2-for-4, 3 rbi; Andy Dollerschell 2-for-5, rbi; Tyler Hebrink 2-for-5, 2b; Shawn Dollerschell 2-for-5, 2b, 3 rbi; Elliot Serbus 1-for-5, Dillon
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Gass 1-for-5, 2b, 3 rbi; Ben Maiers 2-fo-4
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) -- Raymond: Zach Nelson (L) 5.2-12-6-4-1-4, Jason Meyer 1-0-1-1-4-1, Tyler Steen 1.1-3-3-3-0-1 ... Bird Island: Jesse Bjur (W) 9-7-3-3-7-8
Atwater 11, Starbuck 2
Atwater scored three runs in the first inning and pitchers Justin Schroeder and Jordan Tanner made the lead stand in a County Line League game Sunday in Starbuck.
Jacolby Anderson and Brian Kingery both had two hits and drove in two runs, and Matt Lilleberg and Vance Martin both drove in a pair of runs. Schroeder and Jeff Peterson both had two hits and scored twice.
Schroeder overcame seven walks to limit Starbuck to two runs on two hits over seven innings while striking out seven. After Starbuck scored twice in the seventh, Jordan Tanner allowed just a hit over the final two innings.
Atwater 300 004 310 -- 11 12 1
Starbuck 000 000 200 -- 2 3 3
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HITTING - Atwater: Jeff Peterson 2-for-4 r-2, Justin Schroeder 2-for-5 rbi r-2, Matt Tanner 1-for-4 r-2, Jacolby Anderson 2-for-4 rbi r-2, Brian Kingery 2-for-3 rbi-2, Matt Lilleberg 1-for-4 rbi-2, Vance Martin 1-for-5 3b rbi-2, Jordan Tanner 1-for-5 ... Starbuck: Shane Bosek 1-for-5 rbi, Jeremy Payne 2-for-5 rbi
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) -- Atwater: Schroeder (W) 7-2-2-2-7-7, Jordan Tanner 2-1-0-0-1-0 ... Starbuck: John Hoffman (L) 6-10-7-4-1-2, Joe Heidelberger 0-3-3-2-0-0, Taylor Kollman 2-2-1-1-2-3, Andy Toop 1-0-0-0-0-0
Granite Falls 6,
Willmar 3
The Willmar Rails rallied in the bottom of the ninth but had too large of deficit to overcome and lost 6-3 to Granite Falls in a Cornbelt League game on Sunday.
Willmar's Matt Stock had two hits and scored twice, Austin Adamson drove in a pair of runs and Travis Koenen doubled and drove in a run.
Willmar plays next at Marshall on Tuesday.
Granite Falls 100 001 202 -- 6 11 1
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Willmar 010 000 002 -- 3 8 3
HITTING - Granite Falls: Tyler Dammann 1-for-5 rbi, Tyler Kanten 2-for-4, rbi, Craig Listul 2-for-4 2b, Andrew Walters 2-for-5 2b, Cody Fruin 2-for-4 2b r-2, Nick Richter 1-for-3 r, Travis Enger 1-for-1 r ... Willmar: Tyler Brower 1-for-4, Andrew Bangen 1-for-4, John Sawatzky 1-for-4, Matt Stock 2-for-4 r-2, Austin Adamson 1-for-4 rbi-2, Travis Koenen 1-for-4 2b rbi, Tyler Loiselle 1-for-4 sb
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) -- Granite Falls: Fruin (W) 9-8-3-2-0-15 ... Willmar: Bangen (L) 8-8-4-3-2-5, Adamson 1-3-2-2-1-1
Sauk Rap. Jimmy's 5,
Litchfield 3
David Yordi was the hard-luck loser as Litchfield allowed three unearned runs in the ninth.
With Jimmy's leading 2-0, Litchfield scored three in the fourth inning, and Yordi and Jimmy's Aaron Schultz pitched well to shut down the offenses over the next four innings.
SR Jimmy's 110 000 003 -- 5 4 1
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Litchfield 000 300 000 -- 3 7 3
HITTING - Sauk Rapids Jimmy's: Derek Gagler 2-for-3 rbi, Bob Neis 1-for-2, Matt Lehrer 1-for-4 rbi ... Litchfield: Josh Johnson 1-for-4 2b, Eric Hulterstrum 1-for-4 rbi, Shane Gutormson 3-for-4, Gabe Lecher 1-for-4, Terry Euerle 1-for-4 2b
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) -- SR Jimmy's: Aaron Schultz 9-6-3-3-0-9 ... Litchfield: David Yordi 9-4-5-2-5-8
Friday's Game
St. Joseph 9,
Litchfield 5
St. Joseph broke open the game with a four-run seventh inning on Friday night in Litchfield.
The game was called because of bad weather with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning.
St. Joseph 003 000 410 -- 9 12 1
Litchfield 000 031 001 -- 5 9 2
HITTING - St. Joseph: Caz Novak 2-for-5 rbi, Bubba Hollenhorst 3-for-5 rbi, Greg Anderson 3-for-5 ... Litchfield: Lucas Johnson 1-for-4 rbi, Terry Euerle 1-for-3, Shane Gutormson 2-for-4, Josh 1-for-4, David Pennertz 1-for-4, Eric Hulterstrum 2-for-4 3b 2b rbi-2, Toby Chellin 1-for-3 2b rbi-2
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) -- St. Joseph: Bubba Hollenhorst (W) 8.1-9-5-5-1-9 ... Litchfield: Kaleb Kalkbrenner (L) 6.2-9-8-3-5-1, Stephen Pennertz 1.1-2-1-1-2-1, Gabe Lecher 1-1-0-0-1-2
