ROCKFORD -- Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa snapped a five-game losing streak with a pair of Central Minnesota Conference wins over Rockford on Tuesday.
Game One
BBE 7, Rockford 3
Darren Wander gave up two home runs to Rockford, but they came after BBE had a 6-0 lead.
Wander completed the game, allowing three runs on six hits, striking out four and walking two.
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He also had two hits and two RBI to lead the team.
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Rockford 000 210 0 -- 3 6 2
HITTING - Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa: Tyler Cebulla 1-for-3; Anthony Rooney 1-for-4; Darren Wander 2-for-4, 2 rbi; Brady Weller 1-for-2; Brandon Roelike 1-for-3 ... Rockford: Klay Johnson 1-for-3, 2-run HR, 2 rbi; Kyle Then 1-for-3, solo HR, rbi
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) -- Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa: Darren Wander (W) 7-6-3-3-2-4 ... Rockford: Ryan Diedrich (L) 7-6-7-4-6-3
Game Two
BBE 9, Rockford 6
Josh Beier hit a two-run double in the fifth to tie the game and Anthony Rooney drove in the go-ahead run with a single to highlight a five-run rally.
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Alex Thompson and Justin Mathiason had two hits each for the Jaguars (4-10, 5-12). Brady Weller gave up one hit in three innings of relief for the win.
Rockford 021 030 0 -- 6 8 4
BBE 003 051 x -- 9 8 2
HITTING - Rockford: Ryan Diedrich 2-for-4, 2b, 2 rbi; Klay Johnson 2-for-4, 2b, 2 rbi ... Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa: Tyler Cebulla 1-for-2, 2 rbi; Josh Beier 1-for-4, 2b, 2 rbi; Alex Thompson 2-for-4; Justin Mathiason 2-for-3; Brady Koehler 1-for-2; Anthony Rooney 1-for-2
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) -- Rockford: Kyle Then (L) 6-8-9-6-8-3 ... Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa: Brandon DeKok 4-7-6-4-4-3; Brady Weller (W) 3-1-0-0-1-1
Wright County
GSL 6, Litchfield 1
Nic Johnson's infield single in the fourth inning was the only hit for the Dragons (9-5, 9-6), but Litchfield scored its only run without a hit in the third.
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Brady Smith walked, went to second on a wild pitch, took third on an infield error and scored on a ground ball out.
Litchfield held to a 1-0 lead after six innings, but GSL (11-1, 15-1) used four hits, three walks and two Dragon errors to score six runs.
GSL's Ryan Style went the distance for the win, striking out eight and walking one.
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Litchfield 001 000 0 -- 0 1 2
HITTING - Glencoe-Silver Lake: Tyler Lange 2-for-4, rbi; Tony Paggen 2-for-3, rbi ... Litchfield: Nic Johnson 1-for-3
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) -- Glencoe-Silver Lake: Ryan Style (W) 7-1-1-0-1-8 ... Litchfield: Aaron Valiant (L) 6-4-6-3-1-5; Tyler Kielty 1-2-0-0-1-0
St. Cloud Cathedral 12, New London-Spicer 7
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The Wildcats (7-7, 8-8) rallied for five runs in the fourth to take a 6-4 lead but the Crusaders (12-2, 13-2) answered with three in the lower half to seize the lead for good at Faber Field in West Central North baseball.
Luke Reiter had a two-run single and Jack Hartley a two-run triple, followed by a Taylor Dammermann hit to plate the Wildcats' fifth run of the fourth.
Andrew Clancy took the loss.
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SC Cathedral 310 350 x -- 12 12 4
HITTING - New London-Spicer: Jack Hartley 2-for-4, 3b, 2 rbi; Luke Reiter 1-for-5, 2 rbi; Taylor Dammermann 2-for-3, 2 rbi; Billy Dean 2-for-4, Matt O'Brien 1-for-2, Andrew Clancy 1-for-3, Jared Williamson 1-for-4, Shawn Hatlestad 1-for-1, 2b, rbi ... St. Cloud Cathedral: Nate Schmidt 2-for-3, Adam Sperl 2-for-3, 2b, 2 rbi; Cole Molitor 3-for-4, 2 rbi; Jason Janzen 2-for-3, rbi
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) -- New London-Spicer: Andrew Clancy (L) 3Xc-7-7-4-7-0, Tyler Haats 2Zc-5-5-3-1-1 ... St. Cloud Cathedral: Spencer Gebhart 3Xc-6-6-5-4-6, Sean Carnahan (W) 3Zc-5-1-0-1-2
Late Monday results
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Pheasant Hancock 13, Hillcrest Academy 5
A 13-run offense and a error-free Owls defense allowed Drew Schmidgall to earn his fourth win of the season despite surrendering 12 hits to Hillcrest Academy.
Schmidgall allowed five runs in six innings of work and Brendon Foss closed out the game for Hancock.
Cory Schroeder had two hits, one of them a double, fscored three runs and had three RBI.
Schmidgall, Tyler Kellner and Bryan Shaw had two hits each for the Owls.
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Hillcrest Acad. 011 012 0 -- 5 13
HITTING - Hancock: Cory Schroeder 2-for-3, 2b, 3 runs, 3 rbi; Brendan Foss 1-for-4, rbi; Drew Schmidgall 2-for-3, 2 runs, 3 rbi; Tyler Kellner 2-for-4, rbi; Dylan Reese 1-for-5, rbi; Zach Walstad 1-for-3; Bryan Shaw 2-for-3, 2 runs, 2 rbi; Austin Steege 1-for-2, 3b, 2 runs, 2 rbi ... Hillcrest Academy: Kevin Castro 3-for-4; Nolan Erickson 2-for-4
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PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) -- Hancock: Drew Schmidgall (W) 6-12-5-5-2-3; Brendon Foss 1-1-0-0-0-2 ... Hillcrest Academy: Jamie Stedjan (L)
Hancock 8, Hillcrest Academy 0
Derrick Foss struck out 13 in a complete-game three-hit shutout for Hancock.
Drew Schmidgall led the Owls with three hits, including two doubles, and three RBI.
Cory Schroeder, Brendon Foss and Dylan Reese each rapped two hits for Hancock.
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Hancock 120 005 x -- 8 12
HITTING - Hillcrest Academy: Nolan Erickson 1-for-3; Devan Apgar 1-for-2; Joe Ommundsen 1-for-3 ... Hancock: Cory Schroeder 2-for-4, 2 rbi; Brendon Foss 2-for-4, 2 rbi; Derrick Foss 1-for-4, 2 runs; Drew Schmidgall 3-for-4, 2 2b, 3 rbi; Tyler Kellner 1-for-4, 2b, rbi; Dylan Reese 2-for3; Austin Steege 1-for-1
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) -- Hillcrest Academy: Zack Nersten (L) 6-12-8-8-2-3 ... Hancock: Derrick Foss 7-3-0-0-1-13
