ALEXANDRIA -- Logan Bowers' one-out single with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 10th inning punctuated an Alexandria comeback that produced a 4-3 win over the Willmar Stingers at Knute Nelsen Memorial on Tuesday Night.
For the second night at The Knute, the Stingers rumbled early to take a nice lead and then went quiet for the next seven innings.
Last night they led 3-0 after three and didn't score again. Monday, in the series opener, Willmar led 6-0 after two and barely hung on to win 6-5.
The outcome blunted Willmar's rise up the Northwoods League North standings and halted a four-game win streak.
Alexandria, which had lost three straight, is now 13-11 and a half-game back of third-place Willmar (14-11).
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Michael Shreves took the loss. He came in to pitch the ninth. Starter Scott Lieser went 61/3 innings, giving up seven hits, three runs (two earned) striking out six.
The win went to Anthony Bazzani, out of Eastern Kentucky. He threw three scoreless inning of relief.
Rob Elliot, Jason Leblebijian and Blake Shepherd each had a two-hit game for the Stingers.
The Stingers' bus heads to St. Cloud to play the River Bats tonight at 7:05 p.m. The team returns to its Willmar oasis to host the River Bats on Thursday, another 7:05 p.m. start.
