SPICER - Kevin Soine struck out nine in a complete-game victory, singled twice at the plate and had two teammates go 2-for-4 Sunday as New London-Spicer toppled Regal 5-1 in a County Line League game.
Soine had at least one strikeout in seven innings and didn’t give up more than one hit in an inning as the Twins outhit the visiting Eagles 9-6. Regal’s lone run came in the third when Chris Beier singled in Jordan Beier.
The Twins tied the game in the bottom half when Ryan Vraa singled to lead off the frame and came home on Soine’s first hit. NLS pulled ahead in the sixth when Regal’s lone error and a Jake Damhof single allowed Jake Rambow to score.
The Twins then put together a three-run eighth, sparked by Soine and Scott Rambow singles and a Mike Danielson double. Scott Rambow and Danielson finished with two hits apiece.
New London-Spicer 5, Regal 1
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HITTING – Regal: Shane Rademacher 2-5 2b, Austen Hadley 1-3, Chris Beier 1-4 rbi, Blake Karsch 1-3, Nathan Beier 1-4 2b … New London-Spicer: Kevin Soine 2-4 sb-2 run rbi, Scott Rambow 2-4 run rbi, Mike Danielson 2-4 2b run rbi, Jake Rambow 1-4 run, Jake Damhof 1-3 rbi-2, Ryan Vraa 1-3 run
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Regal: Hadley (L) 8-9-5-4-0-1 … New London-Spicer: Soine (W) 9-6-1-1-3-9
Norway Lake-Sunburg 13, Atwater 11
Norway Lake-Sunburg scored 11 unearned runs in the second inning and withstood a late rally by the Chuckers on Sunday in Sunburg.
Jonah Johnson had three hits and drove in two runs.
JaColby Anderson had three hits and scored three runs and Brian Kingery had two hits and drove in three runs for the Chuckers.
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HITTING – Atwater: Josh Cunningham 2-6 2b rbi r, Jeff Peterson 2-4 rbi r-3, JaColby Anderson 3-6 rbi r-3, Brian Kingery 2-4 2b rbi-3, Michael Malvin 1-5 Vance Martin 2-5 r … Norway Lake-Sunburg: Jonah Johnson 3-5 rbi-2 r, Jordan Engler 1-1, Hagen 1-4, Aaron Zimmer 1-5, Searcy 2-5 rbi-3, Justin Johnson 2-5 rbi, Kyle Baker 1-5 rbi, James Cortez 2-4 rbi-2
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Atwater: Jordan Olson (L) 1.2-5-11-0-2-0, Martin 6.1-7-2-1-1-3-5 … Atwater: Chris Braaten (W) 5-7-4-1-2-2, Jonah Johnson 4-5-5-0-3-2
CORNBELT
Milroy 4, Granite Falls 0
Tyler Kanten had 11 strikeouts in nine innings of work Sunday, but the Granite Falls starter gave up nine hits and a pair of two-run frames in the eighth and ninth.
Kanten also had two of the Kilowatts’ three hits at the plate. Eric Dolan also had three hits for the visiting Yankees, who were held to four hits over the first seven innings.
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HITTING – Milroy: Chris Verdoes 1-4 run rbi-2, Andy Schmidt 2-5 run, Matt Bauer 1-4 rbi, Eric Dolan 3-4 rbi, Brian Dolan 1-4, Dean Zwach 1-4 run … Granite Falls: Tyler Dammann 1-4, Tyler Kanten 2-4
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Milroy: Nathan Deutz (W) 9-3-0-0-1-9 … Granite Falls: Kanten (L) 9-9-4-3-2-11
Raymond 8, Sacred Heart 2
The Rockets kept rolling, improving to 11-4 with a Cornbelt League win over the Saints on Sunday.
Justin Koenen, Tyler Steen and Kyle Knott all had two hits and drove in three runs, and Brandon Madsen was 3-for-5.
Tyler Knott earned the win, despite walking five. He worked six innings and allowed only an unearned run while striking out seven.
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HITTING – Raymond: Mike Jeseritz 2-5 r, Justin Koenen 2-5 rbi r-3, Tyler Steen 2-5 rbi-3 r-2, Kyle Knott 2-4 rbi-3 4, John Sawatzky 1-3, Jordan Smith 1-4, Herman Soloman 1-1 rbi, Brandon Madsen 3-5 … Sacred Heart: Trent Novatny 1-3, Jeremy Hinderks 1-3 rbi r, Griff Schaub 1-1
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Raymond: Tyler Knott (W) 6-2-2-1-5-7, Sawatzky 2.2-1-0-0-1-5, Zach Nelson 0.1-0-0-0-0-0 … Sacred Heart: Jeremy Hinderks (L) 6-11-7-6-1-7, Steve Jakel 1-1-0-0-1-2, Ryan Fransen 2-2-1-1-1-2
LAND O’ DUCKS
Montevideo 5, Appleton 0
Colton Vien worked a complete game, allowing just four hits and striking out 16 in Montevideo’s victory on Sunday.
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HITTING – Appleton: Baxter DuFrane 1-4, Corey Henneberg 2-2, Ryan Lee 1-4 … Montevideo: Mitch Christenson 1-5 rbi, Eldon Evans 1-5 3b rbi, Cam Vien 2-4 2b-2, Colton Vien 1-4, Tanner Lindemann 1-4 rbi, Jordan Thompson 2-3
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Appleton: DuFrane (L) 6-6-2-2-2-2, Boyer Tostenson 2-2-3-2-1-2 … Montevideo: Colton Vien (W) 9-4-0-0-2-16
Results Saturday
COUNTY LINE
Starbuck 4, Paynesville 3
Both teams reached double figures in hits, but Paynesville committed two more errors than Starbuck in the game played in Regal. The Stars led the entire way with their two-run eighth proving to be the deciding factor.
Mike Andreas got eight outs on the mound to earn the win and save. He got the final two outs in the sixth and worked the seventh before being lifted for Joe Hiedelberger, who pitched the eighth and gave up a run in the ninth. Andreas then re-entered and got the final three outs.
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Trenton Berg, Mike Nielson and Tyler Nielson all singled and doubled for Starbuck. Caleb Burris tripled and Aaron Savelkoul added a double for the Pirates.
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HITTING – Starbuck: Jake Amundson 1-5, Shane Bosek 1-5, Trenton Berg 2-5 2b, Mike Andreas 2-5, Tyler Toop 1-5, Mike Nielson 2-3 2b, Taylor Kollman 1-4, Tyler Nielson 2-4 2b … Paynesville: Casey Hess 1-1, Aaron Savelkoul 1-5 2b, Josh Bungum 1-5, Caleb Burris 1-4 3b, Adam Miller 1-3, Ryan Hess 2-3, Adam Hemmesch 2-4, Jordan Haag 1-1
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Starbuck: Andy Toop 5.1-5-2-*-6-3, Andreas (W) 1.2-2-0-0-1-2, Joe Hiedelberger 1-3-1-*-3-1, Andreas (S) 1-0-0-0-0-2 … Paynesville: Savelkoul (L) 8-11-4-*-1-5, Austin Mackendanz 1-1-0-0-1-0
NON-LEAGUE
Bird Island 10, New Ulm Brewers 0
Jesse Bjur threw a three-hit shutout with six strikeouts and got plenty of support in the seven-inning contest to help the Islanders improve to 10-2.
Mark Neubaur ignited the Bullfrogs’ offense with a triple and two singles, while Dylan Gass, Shawn Dollerschell and Logan Swan had two hits apiece in a 13-hit attack.
The Bullfrogs took charge in the fourth when New Ulm starter Mitchel Kelly issued three straight walks to open the inning and Gass hit a two-run single and Tyler Hebrink smashed a two-run double.
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HITTING – New Ulm: Judd Davis 1-3, Matt Suess 1-3 2b, Alan Flor 1-3 … Bird Island: Dylan Gass 2-3 runs-2 rbi-2, Shawn Dollerschell 2-4 2b runs-2 rbi-2, Tyler Hebrink 1-4 2b run rbi-2, Logan Swan 2-4 rbi, Mark Neubauer 3-4 3b run rbi, Ben Maiers 1-3 run rbi, Tyler Seehusen 1-3 run, Tyler Rock 1-2 run rbi
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - New Ulm: Mitchel Kelly (L) 3.2-8-8-8-6-3, Adam Slander 2.1-5-2-2-0-1 … Bird Island: Jesse Bjur (W) 7-3-0-0-2-6
Results Friday
COUNTY LINE
New London-Spicer 9, Starbuck 7
Both teams had a four-run inning and a three-run frame, but the Twins scored two more times than the visiting Stars and outhit them 14-10. New London-Spicer was trailing 7-6 entering its half of the eighth before pulling ahead with Jake Damhof’s RBI triple, Jake Rambow’s RBI single and Mike Danielson’s RBI groundout.
Dean Stier got the win in relief of starter Patrick Courtney after striking out 11 and scattering four hits and two runs in five-plus innings of work.
Six players got two hits each for NLS, while Jake Amundson and Trenton Berg had three hits apiece for Starbuck. One of Berg’s hits was a two-run homer in a four-run fourth.
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HITTING – Starbuck: Jake Amundson 3-4 run, Shane Bosek 2-5 runs-2 rbi-2, Trenton Berg 3-5 2b 2-run hr run rbi-2, Taylor Kollman 1-4 rbi-2, Mike Nielson 1-3 run … New London-Spicer: Ben Kulset 2-5 runs-2, Kevin Soine 2-3 runs-2, Scott Rambow 1-5 2b rbi-2, Mike Danielson 2-5 2b run rbi, Jake Rambow 2-4 runs-2 rbi-2, Jake Damhof 2-5 3b rbi-2, Dean Stier 2-4 rbi, Ryan Vraa 1-4 run
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Starbuck: Cory Holten 6.2-10-6-5-0-5, Berg (L) 1.1-4-3-3-1-1 … New London-Spicer: Patrick Courtney 3.1-6-5-5-2-0, Stier (W) 5.2-4-2-2-1-11
CORNBELT
Raymond 9, Atwater 4
A five-run fifth made the difference in the Rockets’ victory over the Chuckers. Tyler Steen, Kyle Knott and John Sawatzky all had two hits for the Rockets.
Calvin Kosminskas worked five innings and got the win.
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HITTING – Raymond: Mike Jeseritz 1-4 2b, Tyler Steen 2-5 2b, Kyle Knott 2-6, Calvin Kosminskas 1-3 2b, John Sawatzky 2-3, Zach Nelson 1-1, Jason Meyer 2-5 … Atwater: Zach Nelson 3-5 2b, Jason Myer 2-5, Josh Cunningham 2-5 2b, Jeff Peterson 1-4, Justin Schroeder 1-2, Zach Cunningham 1-2, Brooks Mauer 1-3
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Raymond: Kosminskas (W) 5-3-1-1-1-3, Jordan Payne 3-2-3-1-1-3, Nelson 1-2-0-0-1-1 … Atwater: Michael Malvin (L) 4.1-7-5-3-3-1, Scott Bormann 4.2-4-2-2-1-2
SAUK VALLEY
Litchfield 7, Eden Valley 2
Brady Smith belted two solo home runs and Josh Johnson added a two-run shot in a three-run first for Litchfield as the Blues rolled to a league win on the road.
Stephen Pennertz had two hits at the plate and was just as good on the mound to earn the win. Pennertz threw seven innings, allowing six hits, two runs and three walks while striking out three.
Dan Oster also had two hits for Litchfield, which outhit Eden Valley 10-6.
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HITTING – Litchfield: Dylan Koll 1-4, Brady Smith 2-3 solo hr-2 rbi-3, Derek Koll 1-4, David Pennertz 1-3, Josh Johnson 1-2 2-run hr rbi-2, Stephen Pennertz 2-5, Dan Oster 2-4 … Eden Valley: Chad Hess 1-3 rbi-2
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Litchfield: Pennertz (W) 7-6-2-2-3-3, Dylan Koll 2-5-0-0-0-0-1 … Eden Valley: John Bauch (L) 7-6-5-5-4-2, Matt Pennertz 2-4-2-2-0-1
NON-LEAGUE
Bird Island 10, Lamberton 2
The Bullfrogs mashed out 16 hits and used a four-run fourth and a five-run eighth to overpower the visiting Long Sox. Ben Maiers sparked the outburst by going 4-for-5, stealing two bases, scoring three times and knocking in a run. Five other Bullfrogs had two hits each, one being Tyler Hebrink who singled and doubled to drive in three runs.
Bird Island starter Luke Kramer issued seven walks, but he struck out seven and gave up only a solo home run and a single in seven innings of work to get the win.
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HITTING – Lamberton: Landon Erickson 1-3 solo hr run rbi, Holden Salfer 1-3 … Bird Island: Elliot Serbus 1-5 run rbi, Shawn Dollerschell 2-3 2b runs-2, Tyler Hebrink 2-5 2b rbi-3, Logan Swan 2-4 run rbi, Mark Neubauer 1-4 3b run rbi, Ben Maiers 4-5 3b sb-2 runs-3, rbi, Andrew Brooks 2-4 3b runs-2 rbi, Jake Marcus 2-4 rbi-2
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Lamberton: Jake Wahl (L) 4-7-4-4-3-4, Seth Guetter 4-9-6-6-3-0 … Bird Island: Luke Kramer (W) 7-2-2-1-7-7, Marcus 2-0-0-0-0-2
Granite Falls 10, Montevideo 7
Cameron Vien and Joe Schlagel had three hits each for Montevideo, but a 9-1 deficit after seven innings was too much for the Spartans to overcome.
Tyler Kanten and Dylan Lindstrom, the winning pitcher, had two hits each with Kanten slugging a two-run double in the third that gave Granite Falls an early 2-0 lead. The Kilowatts never trailed and got insurance with a three-run fourth - highlighted by Brandon Grund’s two-run single - and a four-run sixth - highlighted by a two-run single from Andrew Walters.
Lindstrom struck out 10 and scattered six hits, four runs and four walks in seven innings of work. Cody Fruin struck out the two batters he faced in the ninth to end the game and pick up a save.
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HITTING – Montevideo: Eldon Evans 1-3 2b runs-3, Cameron Vien 3-5 2b runs-2 rbi-2, Joe Schlagel 3-4 2b run rbi-2, Mitch Christensen 1-4 run … Granite Falls: Phil Johnson 0-3 sb-2 runs-3 rbi, Brandon Grund 1-3 run rbi-2, Tyler Dammann 1-3 runs-2, Tyler Kanten 2-3 2b runs-2 rbi-3, Andrew Walters 1-4 rbi-2, Dylan Lindstrom 2-4 rbi-2, Adam Brewers 1-2 run
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Montevideo: Evans (L) 5-6-5-5-3-6, Tanner Lindemann 0.2-0-4-3-4-0, Phillip Ward 2.1-2-1-1-2-0 … Granite Falls: Lindstrom (W) 7-6-4-4-4-10, Aaron Zieske 1.1-2-3-3-3-0, Cody Fruin (S) 0.2-0-0-0-0-2
