PAYNESVILLE — The Paynesville Pirates scored twice in the seventh inning to nip the New London-Spicer Twins 2-1 in a County Line League game Wednesday night.
Luke Johnson hit a two-run homer for the Pirates. Garrett Luesink and Grady Fuchs were each 3-for-4 for Paynesville.
Ben Kulset was 1-for-2 with a stolen base and Jett Salonek was 1-for-3 with a double, a run and a stolen base for the Twins.
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Hitting - NLS Twins: Derek Dolezal 0-4 rbi sac, Jake Rambow 0-3 sb, Jett Salonek 1-3 r 2b sb, Scott Rambow 0-3 hbp, Ben Kulset 1-2 sb … Paynesville: Blake Vagle 1-4 r, Luke Johnson 1-4 r rbi-2 hr, Garrett Leusink 3-4 2b, Grady Fuchs 3-4, Tanner Stanley 2-3
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - NLS Twins: Hunter Magnuson 4-4-0-0-2-5, Kulset (L) 4-6-2-2-0-2 … Paynesville: Fuchs 5-2-1-1-2-6, Griffin Bjerke (W) 3-0-0-0-4-3, Johnson (Sv) 1-0-0-0-0-1
Cold Spring 5, Raymond 4
The Raymond Rockets lost an exhibition game to the Cold Spring Springers at the Cold Spring Baseball Park.
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Cold Spring is a Class B state power. Raymond is a Class C team with a 5-0 record in the Corn Belt League.
Jordan Barth went 3-for-5 with a double and two RBI and B.J. Huls was 3-for-4 with three runs for the Springers.
Paxton Nelson went 3-for-3 with a run, an RBI and a stolen base for Raymond.
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Hitting - Raymond: Eli Nelson 1-4, Tyler Steen 1-4 2b, Isaac Call 2-4 2b, John Sawatzky 1-3 r-2, Alex Call 0-3 r, Brady Kienitz 1-3, Paxton Nelson 3-3 r rbi sb, Caleb Ditmarson 0-3 rbi sf … Cold Spring: Jordan Barth 3-5 rbi-2 2b, Tate Wallat 1-3 r rbi-2 hbp, Austin Athmann 1-5 r, Drew Bulson 2-4 rbi, Alex Jungels 0-2 rbi, Joe Dempsey 1-2, Nick Penick 1-4 r, B.J. Huls 3-4 r-3
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Raymond: Ditmarson 3-4-1-1-1-3, E. Nelson (L) 3-4-5-2-2-0, Kienitz 1-2-0-0-0-2, Zach Nelson 1-2-0-0-0-1 … Cold Spring: Mason Primus (W) 6.2-7-4-2-2-7, Chris Butala 2.2-2-0-0-1-2
Litchfield 11, Montrose-Waverly 1
The Litchfield Blues pounded out 14 hits to beat the Montrose-Waverly Stingers in a North Star League game at Optimist Park in Litchfield.
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Hitting - Montrose-Waverly: Brady Boeddeker 2-4 r, Andrew Moynagh 1-3 bb hbp, Alex Smothers 1-4, Jared Alexander 1-2 bb… Litchfield: Cody Klabunde 2-4 r rbi sb, Andrew Loch 2-3 r-2 rbi-2 sb, Avery Liestman 1-3 r, Jake Jones 1-2 r-2 rbi bb, Eric Hulterstrum 1-3 r rbi 2b sb, Carson Deal 2-3 rbi-3 2b, Ben Alsleben 0-2 r bb, Bennett Lecher 2-3 r-2, Dylan Koll 2-2 r 2b, Kal Volinkaty 1-1 rbi-2 2b
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Montrose-Waverly: Robb Moynagh (L) 3.1-11-9-6-1-0, Eddie Kolasa 1.2-3-2-2-1-0, Mark Ricki 1-0-0-0-0-2 … Litchfield: Liestman (W) 5-2-1-1-2-4, Jack Ramthun 2-3-0-0-1-0