PRINSBURG - In 11 innings of non-conference baseball at the ballfield in Prinsburg, the adversaries had managed just six runs - three each for Lac qui Parle Valley and Central Minnesota Christian School - on Monday.
After one more inning the final score had mushroomed to 10-9, in the Eagles’ favor.
The visitor’s seven-run inning featured a three-run blast by Dylan Lillejord, making it 10-3.
The Bluejays might have retreated and called it a day. Instead, they piled up six runs in the bottom of the frame and nearly won it. With the winning run on second, a hot smash toward third looked like it would get through, but the Eagles’ Ty Kanstrup made a fine play to throw out the batter and end perhaps the longest varsity game ever at the Prinsburg diamond.
The Jays’ Austin Bulthuis, who had a two-run single in the 12th, was robbed in the bottom of the 10th of a game-winning hit as LQPV left fielder Phil Kleven made a diving catch of a slicing liner for the third out with the winning run on third.
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LQPV 10, CMCS 9
LQPV 010 010 000 107 - 10 13 5
CMCS 000 011 000 106 - 9 8 4
HITTING – Lac qui Parle Valley: Dillon Lillejord 3-for-7, 2b, 3-run HR, 4 rbi; Brandon Hill 3-for-6, 2b, 2 runs; John Nielsen 3-for-5, Garret Olson 2-for-6, Phil Kleven 1-for-5, 2 rbi; Joey Devorak 1-for-6… CMCS: Noah Wubben 3-for-5, 2 rbi; Matt Meyer 2-for-5, rbi; 2b; Austin Bulthuis 1-for-5, 2 rbi; TJ Stoel 1-for-5, Jaxon Schwitters 1-for-4, Tanner Stoel 0-for-6, 2 runs; Ryan Brouwer 0-for-3, 3 bb’s, 2 runs
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Lac qui Parle Valley: Austin Haas 5-3-1-1-3-3, Garrett Olson (W) 6-5-5-2-5-8, Brandon Hill 1-0-3-0-3-1 … CMCS: Ryan Brouwer 4-4-2-2-3-2, Austin Bulthuis (L) 8-9-8-2-2-4
RCW 13, KMS 6
Griffin Schaub’s two-run double in the fourth inning opened up the offensive flow for Renville County West in a six-inning Camden Conference game on Monday in Sunburg.
Schaub was 4-for-5 and drove in four runs and he also worked a complete game for the victory. He allowed just one earned run, walked one and struck out 11.
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Brady Holwerda was 2-for-3 for the Jaguars, who collected 10 hits.
Brandin Dahl doubled and Rylan Hatlestad drove in a run for the Saints, who are 2-6 overall.
RCW 210 613 - 13 10 3
KMS 030 000 - 3 4 7
HITTING – Renville County West: Colin Thompson 1-1 r-4, Griffin Schaub 4-5 2b rbi-4, Brody Elfering 1-4 rbi, Mason Schmitz 1-4, Brady Holwerda 2-3, Nick Fischer 1-2 … Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg: Jordan Engler 1-4, Fred Mansfield 1-3, Rylan Hatlestad 1-2 rbi, Brandin Dahl 1-3 2b
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Renville County West: Schaub (W) 6-4-3-1-1-11 … Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg: Hatlestad (L) 3-4-6-2-5-4, Dahl 3-6-7-3-1-4
MACCRAY 9, Minneota/Lincoln HI 3
The Wolverines (7-2) remain undefeated in the Camden at 3-0 heading to Madison today to play Lac qui Parle Valley.
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Jacob Aviles, Caleb Melin, Carter Asche and Tyler Moffenbier had two hits apiece for MACCRAY. Melin drove in three runs and Cheyton Homan another two.
Both of Moffenbier’s hits were doubles.
MACCRAY 200 340 0 - 9 13 3
Minneota 002 100 0 - 2 4 2
HITTING – MACCRAY: Jacob Aviles 2-for-4, Derick Sommers 1-for-5, rbi; Caleb Melin 2-for-4, 3 rbi; Dylan Abraham 1-for-2, rbi; Conner Cronen 1-for-4, Carter Asche 2-for-4, Tyler Moffenbier 2-for-4, 2 2b’s; Cheyton Homan 1-for-4, 2 rbi; Ransom Dykema 1-for-4 … Minneota/Lincoln HI: Drew Fadness 1-for-3, 2b, rbi; Austin Buysse 1-for-3, rbi
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - MACCRAY: C. Asche (W) 5.2-4-3-0-3-7, Sommers 1.1-0-0-0-0-1 … Minneota/Lincoln HI: Jordan Beck (L) 6-12-9-7-2-4, Matt Knutson 1-1-0-0-0-0
Tomahawk
Springfield 5, BLHS 1
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Cooper Scheffler drove in two runs and was a power on the mound, striking out 12 in Springfield’s victory over the Mustangs on Monday.
Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart’s Trey Weispfennig was 2-for-3 and Tate Lange, who took the loss, drove in the Mustangs’ run.
Springfield 040 010 0 - 5 5 0
BLHS 000 001 0 - 1 6 1
HITTING – Springfield: Cooper Scheffler 2-4 2b rbi-2 … Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart: Trey Weispfennig 2-3 r, Jake Pettit 1-3, Tate Lange 1-3 rbi, Josh Swanson 1-3 2b, Mason Olinger 1-2 2b
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Springfield: Scheffler (W) 7-6-1-1-3-12 … Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart: Lange 7-5-5-5-3-6
Central Minnesota
The BBE baseball team lost two games to Holdingford on Monday.
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James Boogaard was 3-for-3 and Justin Schmitz was 2-for-2 in BBE’s 11-2 loss in the first game.
Brian Goodwin was 3-for-3 and scored two runs in the Jaguars’ 10-5 loss in Game Two.
Game One
Holdingford 11, BBE 2
BBE 000 110 - 2 7 9
Holdingford 160 31x - 11 9 3
HITTING – BBE: Brian Goodwin 1-3 rbi, James Boogaard 3-3, Tanner Heinsius 1-2, Justin Schmitz 2-2 r … Holdingford: Jeremy Springer 3-4 rbi r
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - BBE: Trey Heinsius (L) 2.1-5-7-4-0-3, Boogaard 2.2-4-4-0-1-4 … Holdingford: Jake Nelson 6-7-2-1-0-1
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Game Two
Holdingford 10, BBE 5
Holdingford 105 301 - 10 13 1
BBE 103 010 - 5 5 2
HITTING – Holdingford: Springer 3-4 r-2, Nelson 2-3 rbi-3 r-2, Mitch Merten 2-4 rbi-3 r … BBE: Brian Goodwin 3-3 r-2, Dalon Bitzan 1-2 rbi 1, James Kuefler 1-3 rbi-2 r
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Holdingford: Austin Gerads (W) 6-5-5-1-1-4 … BBE: Jacob Weller 3.1-10-9-8-2-3, Adrian Belden 0.2-1-0-0-0-1, Bitzan 2-2-1-1-1-0
