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GLENWOOD — The Raymond Rockets beat the Starbuck Stars 8-3 in an amateur baseball game Wednesday night at Marthaler Park.
Starbuck had nine hits to Raymond’s eight.
Raymond got its bats going early, scoring six runs in the first five innings.
Brady Kienitz led the way for the Rockets. He went 3-for-5 with one RBI, scoring three runs.
The Stars’ Matt Gruber went 3-for-5, including a solo home run.
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Starbuck cut the gap to 6-3 in the sixth inning before Raymond cemented its victory by adding two more runs in the ninth.
Isaac Call and Zach Nelson each pitched scoreless innings in relief for Raymond.
Raymond 102 120 002-8 8 3
Starbuck 000 111 000-3 9 4
Hitting - Raymond: Paxton Nelson 1-2 r-2, Brady Kienitz 3-5 r-3 rbi, Mike Jeseritz 1-3 r-2 rbi, Isaac Call 2-5 2b rbi-2, Brett Swanson 0-3 r, Wylie Lottman 1-4 2b rbi… Starbuck: Michael Gruber 1-4, Darion Alexander 1-5, Matt Gruber 3-5 hr r rbi, Aaron Ver Steeg 1-6 r, Jared Freese 1-3, Luke Barkheim 1-3 r rbi, Drew Olsonawski 1-3
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Raymond: Herman Solomon 4-3-1-1-1-3, Kienitz (W) 3-5-2-1-2-3, Call 1-0-0-0-0-2, Zach Nelson 1-1-0-0-0-0… Starbuck: Andy Toop (L) 5-4-6-4-4-1, Michael Gruber 4-4-2-2-2-3
Litchfield 5, Buffalo 4
Avery Liestman cruised through six innings on the mound to help the Litchfield Blues beat the Buffalo Bulldogs in a North Star League game at Buffalo.
Liestman struck out 10, walked one and scattered six hits and one earned run. He also was 3-for-5 with a run at the plate. Andrew Loch, Eric Hulterstrum, Andrew Loch and Ben Alsleben all had two hits for the Blues.
Justin Johnson slugged a three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth for the Bulldogs.
Litchfield 010 201 100-5 11 1
Buffalo 000 010 003-4 8 1
Hitting - Litchfield: Cody Klabunde 0-4 bb, Andrew Loch 2-4 sb, Eric Hulterstrum 2-5 rbi-2 2b, Jake Jones 2-5, Avery Liestman 3-5 r, Carson Deal 0-3 r bb hbp sb, Brady Smith 0-3 r bb rbi sf, Ben Alsleben 2-3 r-2 rbi bb … Buffalo: Justin Johnson 3-5 r rbi-3 hr, Kai Brisk 0-4 bb, JD O’Donnell 2-5, Evan Soeffker 0-4 hbp, Brett Renshaw 1-3 bb, Ethan Hansen 1-4, Cole LaPlante 0-3 bb, Tommy Eckstein 1-2 r-2 rbi hr hbp bb, Michael Weber 0-0 bb rbi
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Litchfield: Avery Liestman (W) 6-6-1-1-1-10, Jack Ramthun … Buffalo: Josh Gavin (L) 3.2-5-3-3-5-6, John Weber 3.1-3-2-0-0-4, Jon Euerle 2-3-0-0-0-3
