ROCHESTER - The Ridgewater baseball team’s season came to an end in heart-breaking fashion over the weekend when the Warriors dropped two to Rochester in the MCAC South playoffs.
The Yellowjackets won 7-0 on Friday, then edged the Warriors 3-1 on Saturday, scoring two runs in the seventh inning thanks to hits that barely left the infield grass.
“I would have hoped for a better season for these guys,” said head coach Dennis Boe of the 7-22 Warriors. “But it is what it is. We opened with 14 games against tough competition and didn’t get a win, and then we ended the season playing 10 games in five days. It just caught up to us.”
On Saturday, the teams were tied 1-1 into the seventh. Rochester, playing as the visiting team, put two runners on with two outs. They moved up on a passed ball and scored on Taylor Christopher’s soft bouncer to right field.
The Warriors got two hits in the bottom of the seventh but couldn’t push any runs across, making a hard-luck loser out of Onas Farfan, who worked all seven innings and struck out 12.
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In Friday’s first game, Yellowjackets starter Connor Robley made life tough on the Warriors, allowing just two hits and a walk while striking out eight.
Gideon Burnham had both Warriors hits.
Game Two Saturday
Rochester 3, Ridgewater 1
Rochester 010 000 2 - 3 6 0
Ridgewater 001 000 0 - 1 6 0
HITTING – Rochester: Jon Nygaard 2-3, Taylor Christopher 1-4 rbi-2 … Ridgewater: Wes Oswald 1-3 rbi, Matt Schmitz 1-3, Gideon Burnham 1-3, Lucas Kruse 1-3, Tyler Donner 1-3, Cory Dixon 1-3 r
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Rochester: Kody Knaus (W) 7-6-1-1-1-5 … Ridgewater: Onas Farfan (L) 7-6-3-3-1-12
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Game One Friday
Rochester 7, Ridgewater 0
Ridgewater 000 000 0 - 0 2 6
Rochester 202 003 x - 7 8 2
HITTING – Ridgewater: Burnham 2-3 2b … Rochester: Richard Borquez-Mejias 2-3 r-2, Jordan Martini 1-4 r, Nate Walsh 2-2 r
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Ridgewater: Brandon Bornhorst (L) 5.1-3-7-5-1-2, Evan Nelson 0.2-5-0-0-1-1 … Rochester: Connor Robley (W) 7-2-0-0-1-8
