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WILLMAR - Willmar pieced together some hits in Game Two of a Central Lakes doubleheader but not enough to push across runners as the Cardinals dropped a pair to Brainerd on Tuesday at Bill Taunton Stadium.
Brainerd took the first game 6-0 and won Game Two 3-1.
In the second game, Brainerd took a 3-0 lead in the first but Willmar showed life in the sixth, scoring a run.
But despite threatening in that inning and in the seventh, Brainerd held the Cards off.
After scoring, Willmar had runners on second and third with one out but couldn’t get another run in.
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In the seventh, the Cardinals’ first two batters reached but, again, couldn’t put a number on the scoreboard.
“Both games were pretty competitive,” said Willmar head coach Tom DeBoer. “Both were tight games but we couldn’t string enough hits together to get any runs across.”
Tyler Johnson and Brayden Sunder had Willmar’s two hits in Game One.
In Game Two, Noah Streed and Noah Vreeman both had two hits, and Dalton Rambow doubled and drove in the Card’s run in the sixth.
Willmar plays on the road against a section opponent, Monticello, at 5 p.m. Friday
“We try to build on the positives and get better every day,” DeBoer said.
GAME ONE
Brainerd 6, Willmar 0
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Brainerd 001 103 1 - 6 10 0
Willmar 000 000 0 - 0 2 2
HITTING – Brainerd: Bryce Flanagan 3-3 rbi r-2, Hanson Devine 2-3 rbi r … Willmar: Tyler Johnson 1-2, Brayden Sunder 1-2
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Brainerd: Jake Meyer (W) 7-2-0-0-2-6 … Willmar: Grant Bangen 5.2-8-5-4-2-2, Brandon Elseth 1.1-2-1-1-0-0
GAME TWO
Brainerd 3, Willmar 1
Willmar 000 001 0 - 1 8 2
Brainerd 300 000 x - 3 7 0
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HITTING – Willmar: Noah Streed 2-4, Johnson 1-3, Noah Vreeman 2-4 r, Sunder 1-3, Dalton Rambow 1-3 2b rbi, Jon Broman 1-2 … Brainerd: Tristan Brecht 2-3 rbi, Chris Pederson 1-4 rbi r
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Willmar: Matt Flaig (L) 5.2-7-3-1-5-2, Elseth 0.1-0-0-0-0 … Home: Jack Geraets (W) 5-4-0-0-2-7, Flanagan 2-4-1-1-1-3
