REGAL - Maple Lake’s Dustin Strub knocked a go-ahead, two-run single in the top of the fourth and the Irish topped Paynesville 5-3 on Friday.
The Bulldogs knotted it up 3-3 in the bottom of the third, but starting pitcher Jordan Roos hit the first two batters he faced in the fourth inning, who both came around to score on Strub’s single after a sacrifice bunt.
Paynesville scored twice in the first inning on an error and a Nick Dingmann RBI single, and added one more in the third.
Dingmann and Mitchell Weidner each had two hits, and Josh Mackedanz was 1-for-1 with a double.
Maple Lake starter Tony Goelz worked 4.2 innings for the win, and Roos took the loss.
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Paynesville (5-2) next plays Monday at YME.
Maple Lake 5,
Paynesville 3
Maple Lake (2-1) 102 200 0 - 5 9 1
Paynesville (5-2) 201 000 0 - 3 8 2
HITTING – Maple Lake: McRae Haney 3-for-4, Cal Redemske 2-for-4, rbi, Dustin Strub 1-for-4, rbi-2 … Paynesville: Colin Riley 1-for-3, Blake Karsch 1-for-4, Trent Gertken 1-for-3, Josh Mackedanz 1-for-1, 2b, Nick Dingmann 2-for-4, rbi, Mitchell Weidner 2-for-3
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Maple Lake: Tony Goelz (W) 4.2-7-3-1-3-4; Dustin Strub 2.1-1-0-0-0-0-1 … Paynesville: Jordan Roos (L) 5-7-5-3-0-5; Mitchell Weidner 2-2-0-0-0-0
LQPV 3, Pipestone 2
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Two hits and the pitching of Brandon Hill were enough for the Eagles of Lac qui Parle Valley to tip Pipestone in eight innings.
The Eagles (5-3) scored twice in the top of the eighth to go up 3-1.
The Arrows (4-3) got an unearned run to make it 3-2 and had runners on second and third with two out. But Hill got the final out on a strikeout and finished with a seven-hitter.
Arrows’ hurler Rick Freese held the Eagles line-up to singles by Dylan Lillejord and Garrett Olson while whiffing seven.
A Lillejord single and an outfield error produced the eighth-inning runs.
LQPV (5-3) 100 000 02 - 3 2 2
Pipestone (4-3) 000 001 01 - 2 7 2
HITTING – LQPV: Dylan Lillejord 1-for-3, 2 runs, rbi; Garrett Olson 1-for-4, rbi; Sawyer Bohn 0-for-2, bb, run; Austin Haas 0-for-3, sac … Pipestone: Boyer Bouman 2-for-4, 2 runs; Dominic Freese 2-for-4, Travis Thomssen 1-for-3, rbi
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PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - LQPV: Brandon Hill (W) 8-7-2-1-3-4 … Pipestone: Freese (L) 8-2-3-2-4-7
CMCS 14, Hancock 2
Hancock led briefly but Central Minnesota Christian School’s offense heated up in the second inning and the Bluejays coasted to a six-inning victory on Friday in Hancock.
Tanner Stoel was 4-for-4 with two doubles and six RBIs, and Austin Bulthuis tripled and doubled and drove in a pair. Jaxon Schwitters drove in three runs and scored twice.
TJ Stoel shut down the Owls after the first inning, finishing with 11 strikeouts.
Justin Miller drove in both Owls runs.
Hancock travels to play at Brandon-Evansville at 5 p.m. Monday.
CMCS 152 105 - 14 11 0
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Hancock 200 000 - 2 3 1
HITTING – Central Minnesota Christian School: Tanner Stoel 4-4 2b-2 rbi-6 r-2, Austin Bulthuis 2-4 3b 2b rbi-2 r, Nick Daugherty 1-4 2b rbi, Matt Meyer 2-4 2b-2 r-2, Levi Post 1- r-2, Jaxon Schwitters 1-3 rbi-3 r-2 … Hancock: Philip Schaefer 1-1 r, Taylor Holleman 1-3, Justin Miller 1-2 rbi-2
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Central Minnesota Christian School: TJ Stoel (W) 6-3-2-2-0-11 … Hancock: Schaefer (L) 2-7-8-8-4-4, Collin Brown 3.2-2-5-4-5-2, Chandler Graham 0.1-2-1-1-1-0
MACCRAY 8,
Breckenridge 1
MACCRAY pitchers Tyler Moffenbier and Derick Sommers combined for nine strikeouts in the first game of the Morris/Chokio-Alberta Invite and held Breckenridge to seven hits en route to keeping the Cowboys winless.
The Wolverines pounded out 14 hits - three each from Sommers and Caleb Melin - and put up three-run frames in the fourth and seventh.
MACCRAY will play the host Tigers today at 10 a.m.
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MACCRAY (4-1) 002 300 3 - 8 14 1
Breckenridge 001 000 0 - 1 7 5
HITTING – MACCRAY: Jacob Aviles 1-for-4, rbi; Derick Sommers 3-for-5, 2b, rbi; Caleb Melin 3-for-4; Dylan Abraham 1-for-2, rbi; Connor Cronen 1-for-3; Chase Christenson 1-for-1, 2b; Tyler Moffenbier 1-for-3; Jack Dykema 1-for-1, rbi; Ethan Thein 2-for-4, rbi; Cheyton Homan 0-for-3, rbi … Breckenridge: Ashton Hegge 2-for-3; Jack Heideman 3-for-4
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - MACCRAY: Moffenbier (W) 4-4-1-1-1-5, Sommers (S) 3-3-0-0-1-4 … Breckenridge: Aaron Neppl (L) 7-14-8-4-5-4
West Central
Sauk Centre 2,
Montevideo 1
A two-out, two-run single in the top half of the seventh propelled the visiting Mainstreeters past Montevideo. Logan Knoshal reached on an error and Jeff Rohloff was later hit by a pitch in the home half of the seventh, but Sauk Centre starter and winner Will Funk worked out of the jam to lift the Mainstreeters to .500 on the season.
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The Thunder Hawks (4-3) got their lone run in the second when a sucicide squeeze from Andrew Peters brought in Markus Kranz.
Jordan Thompson was the hard-luck loser, striking out seven and not allowing an earned run while scattering eight hits and walking only one in a complete-game performance.
Sauk Centre 000 000 2 - 2 8 2
Montevideo 010 000 0 - 1 6 3
HITTING – Sauk Centre: Matt Moritz 2-for-4; Trent Berscheit 2-for-3, 2b; Adam Froseth 1-for-4, 2 rbi … Montevideo: Tristan Weber 1-for-4; Zac Enevoldsen 1-for-2; Markus Kranz 1-for-3, run; Ricky Schmitz 1-for-3; Austin Hiepler 1-for-2; Andrew Peters 1-for-2, rbi
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Sauk Centre: Will Funk (W) 7-6-1-1-0-7 … Montevideo: Jordan Thompson (L) 7-8-2-0-1-7
Minnewaska 7,
Melrose 2
Riley Thompson went the first five and Matt Paulson and Jayden Beecher each followed with a scoreless inning as the Lakers beat the Dutchmen.
Austin Ostrander knocked in three runs for the Lakers, who scored four in the first and three more in the fourth.
Melrose 010 100 0 - 2 6 0
Minnewaska 400 300 0 - 7 6 3
HITTING – Melrose: Josh Wolbeck 1-for-4, Colton Meyer 2-for-3, Grant Rieland 2-for-3, 2 runs; Alex Hinnekamp 1-for-3, rbi … Minnewaska: Matt McIver 1-for-3, 2 runs; Austin VerSteeg 1-for-3, 2b, 2 runs, rbi; Austin Ostrander 1-for-3, 2b, 3 rbi; Justin Amundson 1-for-4, rbi; Laken Steidler-Thompson 2-for-4, 2 rbi
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Melrose: Meyer (L) 4-6-7-7-4-2, Anthony Welle 3-0-0-0-2-2 … Minnewaska: Riley Thompson (W) 5-6-2-1-0-3, Matt Paulson 1-0-0-0-1-1, Jayden Beecher 1-0-0-0-1-1
BOLD 14, YME 0
Trevor Nissen tripled, doubled and drove in four runs and continued BOLD’s run of stingy pitching in a five-inning win over the Sting on Friday in Granite Falls.
BOLD is the defending Class A champion and the No. 1-ranked team in the latest Let’s Play Baseball Class A poll.
The Warriors improved to 5-0 and they’ve outscored their opponents 47-2. Their pitchers have given up one run and just four hits in the last three games.
Lane Stadther had three hits and drove in two runs and Joel Erickson and Austin Weis both had two hits.
Nissen worked all five innings, allowing three hits and striking out four.
Dylan Johnson, Joe Sannerud and Zach Fischer had the Sting’s hits.
BOLD 473 00 - 14 14 1
YME 000 00 - 0 3 5
HITTING – BOLD: Lane Stadther 3-4 2b rbi-2, Trevor Nissen 2-3 3b 2b rbi-4, Trent Athmann 1-3, Trevor Honzay 1-1, Logan Sandgren 1-4, Austin Weis 2-4, Tyler Lothert 1-1, Joel Erickson 2-3, Brett Grund 1-3 … Yellow Medicine East: Dylan Johnson 1-2, Zach Fischer 1-2, Joe Sannerud 1-2
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - BOLD: Nissen (W) 5-3-0-0-1-4 … Yellow Medicine East: Sannerud (L) 1-5-7-5-1-0, Blake Lindstrom 4-9-7-4-1-2
Wright County
Dassel-Cokato 12,
Litchfield 11
Litchfield righted its ship with a seven-run first inning but just couldn’t put the brakes on Dassel-Cokato, issuing 11 walks in a Wright County Conference loss on Friday at Optimist Field in Litchfield.
D-C scored five first-inning runs without getting a ball out of the infield, but the Dragons scored seven on seven hits before an out was recorded in the bottom of the first.
The Dragons rapped out 15 hits. Sam Renner was 3-for-4 and drove in three runs, and Eddie Estrada also had three hits and scored a run.
Braeden Wahl and Riley Johnson both had two RBIs.
The Dragons (1-3 WCC, 2-3 overall) play Spectrum at 4:30 p.m. Monday in Litchfield.
Dassel-Cokato 540 110 1 - 12 7 2
Litchfield 700 112 0 - 11 15 2
HITTING – Dassel-Cokato: Isak Haataja 3-4 rbi-3 r-2, Tom Halonen 1-2 rbi r-4 … Litchfield: Braeden Wahl 2-4 2b rbi r-2, Sam Renner 3-4 2b rbi-3, Jake Schultz 2-5 3b 2b r-2, Eddie Estrada 3-3 r, Ross Wendlandt 1-2 r, Matt Hopkins 1-1, Riley Johnson 1-5 rbi-2 r, Andy Schneider 1-3 rbi-2 r, Brandon Behnke 1-3 rbi
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Dassel-Cokato: Trent Krekelberg (W) 2-1-2-1-2-0 … Litchfield: Hopkins 1.1-1-7-6-5-0, Wendlandt 5.2-6-5-3-6-2
