MONTEVIDEO -- Justin Wendlandt had two hits and two RBI and Aaron Savelkoul hurled a complete game as Paynesville defeated Montevideo 7-4 in West Central South Conference baseball action on Thursday.
Ryan Tostenson slugged a two-out, two-run homer in the bottom of the seventh for Montevideo, but Savelkoul got the next batter to ground out to end the game. Savelkoul allowed eight hits, walked two and struck out seven.
Jason Kampsen and Jordan Lieser had RBI hits in the third to vault Paynesville into a 4-2 lead. Wendlandt slapped a two-run single in the sixth.
A wild pitch and a Colton Vien RBI single put Montevideo up 2-0 in the first.
Vien took the loss.
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Paynesville 7, Montevideo 4
Paynes (7-3, 9-5) 013 012 0 -- 7 9 2
Monte (5-5, 7-6) 200 000 2 -- 4 8 2
HITTING - Paynesville: Casey Hess 1-for-3, 2b; Jason Kampsen 1-for-3, rbi; Jordan Lieser 2-for-4, 2b, 2 rbi; Eric Wolbeck 1-for-2, Anthony Poepping 2-for-4, rbi; Justin Wendlandt 2-for-3, 2 rbi ... Montevideo: Mitch Christensen 2-for-3, 2b; Troy Hendrickson 1-for-4, Ryan Tostenson 1-for-4, 2-run HR, 2 rbi; Tyler Kuno 1-for-3, Colton Vien 1-for-2, rbi; Christian Brabender 1-for-3, Brett Bergeson 1-for-1
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) -- Paynesville: Aaron Savelkoul (W) 7-8-4-2-2-7 ... Montevideo: Colton Vien (L) 5Zc-8-7-7-3-4, Troy Hendrickson 1Xc-1-0-0-1-3
LQPV 11, Benson 0
Lac qui Parle Valley cranked out 12 hits, including five doubles by five different players. Sam Haas had three hits and Chase Keimig and Jacob Redepenning each drove in three runs.
Brandon Bornhorst, who had been out with a hamstring injury, returned to throw a three-hit shutout over five innings. Scott Bormann fanned the side in the sixth.
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Jed Eix, Cody Jaeger and Cameron Simmonds singled for the Braves. Eix took the loss.
LQPV (7-4, 9-6) 251 003 -- 11 12 1
Benson (3-6, 4-7) 000 000 -- 0 3 3
HITTING - Lac qui Parle Valley: Sam Haas 3-for-4, 2 runs, 2b, 2 rbi; Eric Paulson 1-for-3, 2 runs, 2b, 2 rbi; Chase Keimig 1-for-4, 2 runs, 2b, 3 rbi; Jacob Redepenning 2-for-4, 2b, 3 rbi; Scott Bormann 1-for-2, 2b, rbi; Trent Hansen 2-for-3, 2 runs; Zach Moen 2-for-2 ... Benson: Jed Eix 1-for-2, Cody Jaeger 1-for-2, Cameron Simmonds 1-for-2
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) -- Lac qui Parle Valley: Brandon Bornhorst (W) 5-3-0-0-1-4, Scott Bormann 1-0-0-0-0-3 ... Benson: Jed Eix (L) 1Zc-6-7-6-1-2, Brennan Kent 4Xc-6-4-3-1-3
Minnewaska 9, Morris 3
Minnewaska got off to a quick start by getting four hits and three runs in the first inning. Shane Bosek knocked in two runs and Mike Whittemore drove in another after both singled for the Lakers (6-4, 7-6).
Morris (5-5, 8-6) got within two runs of the lead after Tanner Berning and Jon Jallo had RBI singles in the second and third, respectively. Minnewaska then put the game away by scoring four runs in the fifth, highlighted by Taylor Kollman's two-run single and Shane Bosek's RBI single.
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Mitch Carbert added an RBI double in the seventh for Morris.
Waska (6-4, 7-6) 310 040 1 -- 9 12 1
Morris (5-5, 8-6) 011 000 1 -- 3 7 2
HITTING - Minnewaska: Trenton Berg 2-for-4, 2 2b's, 2 runs; Cory Holten 1-for-3; Mike Whittemore 2-for-3, 2 rbi; Mike Nielsen 1-for-4; Shane Bosek 2-for-4, 3 rbi; Taylor Kollman 1-for-3, 2 rbi; Kevin Jenks 2-for-3, rbi; Andrew Amundson 1-for-1 ... Morris: Tyler Hanson 1-for-2; Ryan Beyer 1-for-4, 2b; Eric Riley 2-for-4, 2b; Mitch Carbert 1-for-2, 2b, rbi; Jon Jallo 1-for-4, rbi; Tanner Berning 1-for-3, rbi
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) -- Minnewaska: Trenton Berg 21/3-3-2-2-5-2, Cory Holten (W) 42/3-3-1-1-1-4 ... Morris: Ethan Bruer (L) 1/3-4-3-3-1-1, Eric Riley 62/3-8-6-4-5-6
Game One
Springfield 8, BLH 2
Joe Tauer tossed a six-hitter to lift Springfield.
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Austin Ludowese was 2-for-2, including a double and a triple, and drove in a run for Buffalo Lake-Hector. Logan Boomgarden was 2-for-4. Mason Clark also drove in a run and Ben Maiers hit a double.
BLH 000 110 0 -- 2 6 2
Springfield 102 320 x -- 8 11 0
HITTING - Buffalo Lake-Hector: Logan Boomgarden 2-for-4; Austin Ludowese 2-for-2, 2b, 3b, rbi; Ben Maiers 1-for-3, 2b; Mason Clark 1-for-3, rbi ... Springfield: Jordan Milbrath 3-for-3, 2 2b's; Alex Sink 2-for-4, 2b; Christian Loomis 1-for-3; Bill Kreger 1-for-3, 2b; Tyler Maritz 2-for-2; Zach Bisel 1-for-3 Ryan Beyer 1-for-3
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) -- Buffalo Lake-Hector: Ben Maiers (L) 6-11-8-3-2-4 ... Springfield: Joe Tauer (W) 7-6-2-2-3-1
Game Two
Springfield 11, BLH 1
Buffalo Lake-Hector was limited to two hits by Jordan Milbrath, who walked three and struck out eight.
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Ben Maiers and Evan Ludowese had the two Mustang hits.
Dan Christianson drove in four runs for Springfield.
Springfield (6-7, 8-8) 042 05 --11 9 0
BLH (0-13, 0-14) 000 01 -- 1 2 4
HITTING - Springfield: Dan Christianson 2-for-4, 3b, 4 rbi; Jordan Milbrath 2-for-3; Bill Kreger 1-for-3; Tyler Maritz 1-for-3, 2b; Zach Bisel 1-for-2; Ryan Beyer 2-for-2 ... Buffalo Lake-Hector: Ben Maiers 1-for-1, 2b; Evan Ludowese 1-for-2
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) -- Springfield: Jordan Milbrath (W) 5-2-1-1-3-8 ... Buffalo Lake-Hector: Ryan Haun (L) 4-8-10-7-8-4, Mason Clark 1-1-1-1-1-0
