PAYNESVILLE — Griffin Bjerke tossed a two-hit shutout to lead Paynesville to a 1 1-0 amateur baseball victory over the New Munich Silverstreaks late Wednesday.
The game was featured on Fox9 television’s Town Ball Series during the station’s news shows throughout the evening, leading to a large crowd that included youth baseball teams playing earlier in the day.
Bjerke struck out 13 and walked two.
Luke Johnson went 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI for the Pirates, driving in Blake Vagle, who was 1-for-3 with a double and a hit-by-pitch. Grayson Fuchs and Grant Fuchs each had two hits for Paynesville.
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Hitting - New Munich: Stats not available … Paynesville: Grayson Fuchs 2-4, Blake Vagle 1-3 2b r hbp, Luke Johnson 3-4 rbi 2b, Abe Bulalrd 1-4, Grady Fuchs 1-2, Grant Fuchs 2-4, Sam Oehrlein 1-3, Garrett Leusink 0-2 hbp, Tanner Stanley 0-3 sacPitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - New Munich: n/a … Paynesville: Griffin Bjerke (W) 9-2-0-0-2-13
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Starbuck 10, NLS Lakers 2
The Starbuck Stars lashed out 16 hits to beat the Norway Lake-Sunburg Lakers in a County Line League game late Wednesday at Marthaler Park in Glenwood.
Michael Gruber, Darion Alexander and Andrew Toop all had three hits for Starbuck.
Jared Cortez went 3-for-3 with a walk and a run for the Lakers.
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Hitting - NLS: Weston Gjerde 2-4 r bb, Jared Cortez 3-3 r bb, Justin Johnson 1-3 bb, Jaiden Henjum 0-3 rbi bb, Reagan Carlson 1-3 … Starbuck: Michael Gruber 3-5 r-2 2b sb-2, Darion Alexander 3-4 r-2 bb sb, Matt Gruber 2-4 r-2 bb, Aaron Ver Steeg 1-2 r-3 bb-3 sb-2, Mike Andreas 2-4 r rbi-4, Jackson Hendrickson 2-3 rbi-2 bb hbp, Andrew Toop 3-5 rbi-3, Mitchell Gruber 0-3 sac hbp
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - NLS: Brandon Rasmussen (L) 5-9-5-5-4-0, Ryan Torkelson 3-7-5-5-2-1 … Starbuck: Mit. Gruber (W) 5-6-2-1-3-4, Drew Olsonawski (Sv) 4-1-0-0-1-7