MONTEVIDEO - Markus Kranz hit a three-run homer and Montevideo rode two four-run innings to beat New London-Spicer 10-4 to win the Montevideo Tournament on Sunday.
Trailing 3-2 in the bottom of the fifth, Montevideo tied it up on a double steal and after a Ricky Schmitz RBI base hit, Austin Hiepler laced a two-run triple with two outs to go up 6-4.
Monte plated four more in the sixth, capped by Kranz’s three-run bomb.
Jeff Rohloff earned the win in relief, going 3.1 innings with three strikeouts.
Montevideo (6-5) next plays tonight at Granite Falls.
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Montevideo 10, NLS 4
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HITTING – NLS: Trey Austvold 1-2, r-2, Lucas Nordmeyer 2-4, Wyatt White 1-3, 2b, rbi, Tyson Gislason 2-3, rbi, Jarrett Hatlestad 1-4, 2b, rbi-2, Josh Soine 1-4, Alex Groff 1-3 … Montevideo: Zac Enevoldsen 1-3, r-2, rbi, Markus Kranz 2-3, 2b, 3-run HR, Ricky Schmitz 2-3, rbi, Austin Hiepler 1-2, 3b, rbi-2, Tristan Weber 1-3, rbi, Logan Knoshal 2-2, r-2, 2b, rbi
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - NLS: Nordmeyer (L) 6.1-9-10-10-6-4; Hatlestad 0.2-0-0-0-0-1 … Montevideo: Weber 3.2-6-3-2-2-4; Jeff Rohloff (W) 3.1-3-1-1-1-3
Fillmore Co. Central 3, Kerkhoven 2
Fillmore Central won in walkoff fashion, with a walk, stolen base, and RBI single by Sam Peters bringing in the winning run in the bottom of the seventh.
Rylan Hatlestad, Fred Mansfield and Mitch Tollefson had hits for Kerkhoven.
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HITTING – Kerkhoven: Rylan Hatlestad 1-3, Fred Mansfield 1-3, Mitch Tollefson 1-3, rbi … Fillmore Central: Sam Peters 3-4, rbi, Nick Mensink 1-2
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Kerkhoven: Brandon Dahl (L) 7-7-3-3-3-5 … Fillmore Central: Nick Mensink 2-0-2-2-4-0; Collin Scott (W) 5-3-0-0-0-2
Montevideo 10, Kerkhoven 0
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HITTING – Kerkhoven: Rylan Hatlestad 1-2 … Montevideo: Jeff Rohloff 1-3, r-2, Andrew Peters 1-1, rbi-2, Zac Enevoldsen 2-2, r-2, rbi-2, Ricky Schmitz 1-3, rbi-2, Bryce Maurice 2-2, r-2, rbi-2, Logan Knoshal 1-2, r-2
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PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Kerkhoven: Nate Torkelson (L) 3-6-9-6-5-1; Ian Caldwell 1-2-1-0-2-0 … Montevideo: Rohloff (W) 5-1-0-0-0-8
Montevideo 5, Fillmore Co. Central 0
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HITTING – FCC: Quinn Larson 1-2, Colin Scott 1-2 … Montevideo: Jeff Rohloff 2-3, r-2, Zac Enevoldsen 1-2, r-2, Markus Kranz 1-2, Ricky Schmitz 1-2, 2b, rbi-3, Jordan Thompson 1-3, rbi-2, Andrew Peters 1-3
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - FCC: Larson (L) 4-6-5-5-1-5; Blake Bigalk 2-1-0-0-1-0 … Montevideo: Schmitz (W) 7-2-0-0-2-4
SH/MACCRAY 18, Kerkhoven 8
SH/MACCRAY pounded out 17 hits for 18 runs, including four-hit performances from Dylan Abraham and Carter Asche, and three hits from Cheyton Homan.
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Abraham had two doubles and a triple, scored four runs and drove in four.
Homan had two doubles and four runs scored, and Asche two doubles and five RBI.
Kyle Baker was 3-for-4 with two runs, and Aaron Collins had two hits and two RBI for Kerkhoven.
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HITTING – SH/MACCRAY: Jacob Aviles 2-4, r-3, Dylan Abraham 4-4, 2b-2, 3b, r-4, rbi-4, Cheyton Homan 3-4, 2b-2, r-4, rbi-3, Carter Asche 4-5, 2b-2, r-4, rbi-5, Tyler Moffenbier 1-4, 2b, Derek Summers 2-5, 2b, rbi-3, Conner Cronin 1-2 … Kerkhoven: Jordan Engler 1-4, r-3, Fred Mansfield 1-3, Kyle Baker 3-4, r-2, Rylan Hatlestad 1-3, 2b, rbi-2, r-2, Aaron Collins 2-3, rbi-2
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - SH/MACCRAY: Asche (W) 6-8-8-5-4-7 … Kerkhoven: Engler (L) 2.1-12-12-10-2-1; Ryan Torkelson 3.2-5-6-4-3-0
NLS 4, Cottonwood 0
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Tyson Gislason’s two-hitter with six strikeouts fueled New London-Spicer’s first win on the season.
Backing the win was RBI singles from Trey Austvold and Jarrett Hatlestad and a two-run single from Lucas Nordmeyer.
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HITTING – NLS: Trey Austvold 1-3 runs-2 rbi, Lucas Nordmeyer 1-4 rbi-2, Jarrett Hatlestad 1-4 rbi, Tyson Gislason 2-3 2b, Josh Soine 1-3 2b … Cottonwood: Boerboom 2-3 2b
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - NLS: Gislason (W) 7-2-0-0-1-6 … Cottonwood: Enstad (L) 7-6-4-2-2-5
SH/MACCRAY 5, NLS 3
The Scarlets jumped ahead 4-3 in the fifth after using four walks, a NLS error and Cheyton Homan’s two-run single to plate four runs.
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Trey Austvold had three hits, Wyatt White another two and Jonny DeGeest doubled for NLS. DeGeest struck out 13 and gave up only one earned run in six-plus innings of work on the mound, but he also walked seven to get tagged with the loss.
Tyler Moffenbier earned a complete-game win.
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HITTING – SHM: Derick Sommers 1-4, Cheyton Homan 1-4 rbi-2, Dykema 1-3 … NLS: Trey Austvold 3-4, Wyatt White 2-4, Brett Olson 1-4, Jaden Hansen 1-3, Jonny DeGeest 1-2 2b
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - SHM: Tyler Moffenbier (W) 7-8-3-3-2-5 … NLS: DeGeest (L) 6.1-3-5-1-7-13, Jarrett Hatlestad 0.2-0-0-0-0-1
Cottonwood 14, SH/MACCRAY 3
Cottonwood scored in the first four innings en route to bashing the Scarlets, who got RBIs from Cheyton Homan and Connor Cronen.
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HITTING – Cottonwood: J. Rausch 2-3 2b runs-2 rbi-3, T. Varpness 2-4 2b run, C. St. Aubin 2-2 2b rbi, B. Boerboom 2-4 runs-2 rbi … SHM: Jacob Aviles 1-3 sb-3 run, Dylan Abraham 1-2 run, Cheyton Homan 1-3 rbi, Connor Cronen 1-2 rbi, Jack Dykema 1-2, Schmidtz 1-2, Andrew Schultz 1-2
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Cottonwood: R. Louwagie (W) 5-7-3-3-2-2 … SHM: Sommers (L) 2.1-8-9-4-3-2, Cronen 1.2-4-5-4-3-2, Abraham 1-0-0-0-0-1
Luverne Tournament
Luverne 3, BOLD 1
Errors were the difference in the semifinal game, as all three of the Mudhens’ miscues led to runs.
Trent Athmann was 3-for-3 and pitched a complete-game loss, allowing three hits and one earned run.
BOLD went 3-1 in the tournament and is 4-2 overall for the season. They next play a doubleheader Tuesday at home against Hector and Tri-Town.
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HITTING – BOLD: Trent Athmann 3-3, rbi, Tyler Rock 1-3, Max Buchtel 1-2 … Luverne: Connor Hoffman 1-3, Josh Slieter 0-2, rbi, Logan Norman 1-3, rbi, Connor Crabtree 1-3
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - BOLD: Trent Athmann (L) 6-3-3-1-0-4 … Luverne: Crabtree (W) 7-5-1-1-4-11
BOLD 10, Tracy 0
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HITTING – BOLD: Lane Stadther 3-4, rbi, Riley Kramer 1-3, Logan Sandgren 1-2, rbi, Tyler Rock 1-3, rbi, Max Buchtel 1-3, Conner Riley 1-2 … Tracy: Tanner Phelps 2-3
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - BOLD: Ben Steffel (W) 6-2-0-0-3-6 … Tracy: Taylor Carlson (L) 5-7-7-3-2-3; Ben Johnson 1-1-3-2-4-0
BOLD 2, West Central S.D. 1
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HITTING – WCSD: Riley Danielson 1-3, Dylan Masterson 1-2, Austin Kroger 1-3, Cam Stone 0-1, rbi … BOLD: Trent Athmann 1-3, rbi, Lane Stadther 1-3, Max Buchtel 1-1, 2b
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - WCSD: Cole Rockafellow (L) 5.1-3-2-2-6-0 … BOLD: Stadther (W) 5-3-1-1-5-1; Kramer (S) 1-0-0-0-0-0