GLENWOOD -- Taylor Kollman twirled a one-hitter and Minnewaska remained in the West Central South Conference chase with an 11-1 victory over Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City on Friday.
Kollman walked one and struck out five in the five-inning game shortened because of the 10-run rule.
Minnewaska had five straight hits to score five runs in the third inning, then had six hits in the fourth for five more runs.
Trenton Berg went 3-for-3 with two doubles and three runs scored for the Lakers. Mike Whittemore had two doubles and Shane Bosek had two hits.
Mitch Tauer had the only hit for the Falcons.
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Minnewaska 11, ACGC 1
ACGC (0-10, 1-11) 001 00 -- 1 1 2
Waska (7-4, 8-6) 105 5x -- 11 13 1
HITTING - ACGC: Mitch Tauer 1-for-2, rbi ... Minnewaska: Trenton Berg 3-for-3, 3 runs, 2 2b's; Shane Bosek 2-for-3, 2 runs, 2 rbi; Mike Whittemore 2-for-3, 2 2b's, 2 rbi; Cory Holten 1-for-3, 2 runs, 3b, rbi; Taylor Kollman 1-for-3, 2b, rbi; Dustin Helmick 1-for-3; Ryan Kleven 1-for-3; Aaron Giese 1-for-2, 2b, rbi
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) -- ACGC: Trever Heining (L) 4-13-11-7-1-4 ... Minnewaska: Taylor Kollman (W) 5-1-1-1-1-5
Morris 9, Benson 4
A five-run first inning held up for Morris.
Morris (5-5, 9-5) sent nine batters to the plate in the first inning and its first five batters in the lineup scored.
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With a comfortable lead in hand, Matt Lembcke then threw four more scoreless innings before Benson (3-7, 4-8) plated four runs in the sixth and seventh. Lembcke struck out five and gave up just one earned run without issuing a walk to earn the win.
Ryan Beyer had two hits for the Tigers while Cody Jaeger and Brennan Kent both had two singles for Benson.
Benson (3-7, 4-8) 000 001 3 -- 4 7 6
Morris (5-5, 9-5) 500 211 x -- 9 7 5
HITTING - Benson: Cody Jaeger 2-for-3; Brennan Kent 2-for-4; Carter Fennell 1-for-4, 2b; Kyle Peterson 1-for-4, rbi; Andrew Fath 1-for-3 ... Morris: Ryan Beyer 2-for-4, 2 runs, rbi; Tyler Hanson 1-for-2, 2 runs, rbi; Mitch Carbert 1-for-2, 2 runs, rbi; Cole Riley 1-for-3, rbi; Tanner Berning 1-for-2; Mitch Kill 1-for-2
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) -- Benson: Luke Schwarz (L) 5-6-7-6-4-5, Patrick Brandt 1-1-2-2-2-3 ... Morris: Matt Lembcke (W) 7-7-4-1-0-5
Wright County Litchfield 3, Glencoe-Silver Lake 2
Litchfield's Brady Smith had a no-hitter through five innings before giving up a single to lead off the sixth. Smith allowed just two singles for the game and struck out 11 to outduel Ryan Style, who also struck out 11 in a complete-game performance for the Panthers (9-3, 12-3).
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Nick Buschette put Litchfield (7-5, 7-5) up 2-0 with a two-run single in the fourth and Matt Spreiter scored the eventual winning run in the fifth when Style uncorked a wild pitch.
G-SL (9-3, 12-3)....000 010 1 -- 2 2 2
Litch (7-5, 7-5) 000 210 x -- 3 7 4
HITTING - Glencoe-Silver Lake: C. Dunbar 1-for-3; C. Christianson 1-for-2 ... Litchfield: Nick Buschette 2-for-2, 2b, 2 rbi; Shane Gutormson 3-for-3, 2b; Matt Spreiter 1-for-3; Aaron Valiant 1-for-3, 2b
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) -- Glencoe-Silver Lake: Ryan Style (L) 6-7-3-1-2-11 ... Litchfield: Brady Smith (W) 7-2-2-0-3-11
GSL at Litch
