Amateur baseball roundup: Milroy Yankees shut down Willmar Rails

May 23—WILLMAR — The Milroy Yankees got dominant pitching and good hitting to beat the Willmar Rails 10-0 in seven innings Sunday at Bill Taunton Stadium.

Milroy's Isaac Schmidt allowed one hit on the mound, striking out nine and walking four.

The Yankees Branden Flock went 2-for-5 with a double, a home run and three RBI. Cole Felcyn was 2-for-3 with two runs and an RBI and Jackson Hughes was 2-for-3 with a run.

For Willmar, Jordan Steffer was 1-for-3 with a double.

Willmar is now 0-1 in the Corn Belt League and 1-1 overall. The Rails are host to the Tracy Engineers, who joined the Corn Belt this season, at 7:30 p.m. Friday.

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Hitting — Milroy: Jake Tauer 2-4 r rbi, Alex Thompson 1-4 r rbi hbp, David Schmidt 0-4 r rbi hbp, Aaron Mathiowetz 0-4 r hbp, Branden Flock 2-5 r rbi-3 2b hr, Cole Felcyn 2-3 r-2 rbi hbp, Jacob Hughes 1-3 r-2, Jackson Hughes 2-3 r ... Willmar: Jordan Steffer 1-3 2b, Jack Baumgart 0-2 hbp

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — Milroy: Isaac Schmidt (W) 7-1-0-0-4-9 ... Willmar: Patrick Courtney (L) 5-7-4-4-1-4, Jayden Dierenfeld 2-3-6-5-3-1

The Rockets picked up the Corn Belt League victory at Legion Field in Marshall by scoring twice in the first inning and two more times in the fourth.

Mike Jeseritz led the offense by going 3-for-5 with a run and an RBI. Brady Kienitz was 2-for-4 with a stolen base. John Sawatzky was 2-for-4 with an RBI for the Rockets. He also got the pitching win, starting and going five innings. He allowed five hits, two earned runs and two walks, striking out three. Alex Lotthammer then pitched the next 3-1/3, allowing three hits and one unearned run. He struck out five without a walk. Caleb Dittmarson then came on to the save, striking out the two batters he faced.

Joe Rock went 2-for-3 with a home run, two runs and an RBI for the A's..

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Hitting — Raymond: Mike Jeseritz 3-5 r rbi, Brady Kienitz 2-4 sb, Tyler Steen 1-5 r rbi 2b, Isaac Call 0-3 hbp sb, John Sawatzky 2-4 rbi, Tanner Bauman 1-4 r 2b, Caleb Dittmarson 0-3 hbp, Brett Swanson 1-4 2b r rbi ... Marshall: Peyton Grant 2-4 r, Joe Rock 2-3 hr r-2 rbi, Zach Olson 1-4, Mason Schnaible 0-4 rbi, Logan Tomasek 1-3 2b, Nick Macchio 2-4

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — Raymond: Sawatzky (W) 5-5-2-2-2-3, Alex Lotthammer 3.1-3-1-0-0-5, Dittmarson (Sv) 0.2-0-0-0-2 ... Marshall: Ryan Schwegal (L) 9-10-4-4-1-3

Bird Island used 12 hits and 12 walks to beat Wabasso at Bird Island.

Casey Lewandowski got the pitching win for the Bullfrogs, going five innings. He struck out 10 and walked no one, allowing two hits and one earned run.

Aidan Elfering was 3-for-4 with two runs and an RBI for Bird Island. Shawn Dollerschell was 2-for-4 with two runs and four RBI and Zeke Walton was 2-for-3.

CJ Theis, Cole Frericks and Joseph Liebl had hits for the Jaxx.

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Hitting — Wabasso: CJ Theis 1-2 r, Cole Frericks 1-2, Joseph Liebl 1-1 ... Bird Island: Braeden Tersteeg 1-3 r rbi-2, Trent Athmann 1-3 r-2, Logan Swan 1-3 r-2, Dylan Gass 1-3 r-3 rbi-2, Shawn Dollerschell 2-4 r-2 rbi-4, Aidan Elfering 3-4 r-2 rbi, Zeke Walton 2-3, Trent Kjersten 0-3 r rbi-2, Nic Taylor 1-1 r rbi

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — Wabasso: Leo Meis (L) 1-4-5-5-5-1, Joshua Guetter 2-7-6-5-1-0, Ryan Liebl 2-1-3-3-5-0, Devon Liebl 1-0-0-0-1-0 ... Bird Island: Casey Lewandowski (W) 5-2-1-1-0-10, Walton 2-1-0-0-3-3

Sacred Heart evened its Corn Belt League record to 1-1 with the victory over the Tracy Engineers at Tracy.

The Saints lost 11-6 to the Wabasso Jaxx in their season-opener on Friday.

New London-Spicer rallied for two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to beat Paynesville at Green Lake Diamonds in Spicer.

The Pirates had taken a 3-1 lead in the top of the seventh by plating three runs.

For the Twins, Josh Saine went 2-for-3 with a double and two runs. Adam Schrader got the win in relief, going 2-1/3 scoreless innings. He struck out three, walked one and allowed one hit.

For Paynesville, Blake Vagle, Luke Johnson, Garrett Leusink and Abe Bullard all had hits.

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Hitting — Paynesville: Blake Vagle 1-3 bb, Luke Johnson 1-5 rbi, Garrett Leusink 1-4 rbi-2, Abe Bullard 1-2, Grayson Fuchs 0-3 r bb-2, Grant Fuchs 0-2 r, Caden Spanier 0-1 r ... NLS: Jake Rambow 1-2 r rbi-2 bb-3 sb, Hunter Magnuson 1-3 2b bb-2, Derek Dolezal 1-3 bb sb, Josh Soine 2-4 2b r-2, Ben Kulset 1-4, Adam Schrader 0-3 rbi bb, Carson McCain 0-0 r

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — Paynesville: Sam Oehrlein 0.1-0-1-1-3-0, Gran. Fuchs 5.2-4-1-1-2-5, Johnson (L) 2-2-2-2-4-2 ... NLS: Magnuson 6.2-3-3-3-3-11, Schrader (W) 2.1-1-0-0-1-3

Austin Ver Steeg and Matt Gruber combined for a two-hitter to lead Starbuck past Regal at Glenwood.

Ver Steeg went the first five innings, allowing one hit and one earned run. He struck out eight and walked four to get the win. Gruber went the final four innings. He struck out four and walked no one, allowing one hit. He also went 1-for-3 with a walk and RBI for the Bucks.

Nathan Meyer and Adrian Belden had hits for the Eagles.

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Hitting — Regal: Nathan Meyer 1-3 bb, Adrian Belden 1-2, Josh Beier 0-3 r bb ... Starbuck: Matt Gruber 1-3 rbi-2 bb, Austin Ver Steeg 1-3 bb, Jackson Hendrickson 1-3, Mitchell Gruber 1-3 bb, Michael Gruber 0-3 r bb, Drew Olsonawski 0-2 r bb

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — Regal: Brandon Wedel (L) 4.2-2-2-2-6-3, Jordan Wosmek 2.1-1-0-0-0-2, Will Roguske 1-1-0-0-0-1 ... Starbuck: Ver Steeg (W) 5-1-1-1-4-8, Ma. Gruber (Sv) 4-1-0-0-0-4

Maple Plain broke a 4-4 tie with three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to beat the Litchfield Blues at Maple Plain.

Mike Frericks homered for Maple Plain, driving in two runs and going 2-for-5.

Jake Jones was 2-for-2 with a double, three walks and two RBI for Lichfield. Avery Liestman was 2-for-4 with an RBI and a walk for the Blues.

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Hitting — Litchfield: Eric Hulterstrum 1-3 r-2 bb-2, Jake Jones 2-2 2b rbi-2 bb-3, Avery Liestman 2-4 rbi bb, Andrew Loch 1-5 3b, Drew Kotzer 1-3 2b bb, Bennett Lecher 1-5, Ryan Quast 0-4 r bb sb, Gabe Lecher 0-3 r bb ... Maple Plain: TJ Carlson 1-2 r-2 rbi bb-3 sb, Liam Dalager 1-1 r, Parker Mullenbach 1-4 2b rbi-3, Mike Frericks 2-5 hr r rbi-2, Tom Traen 1-4 rbi sb, Calvin Rippberger 1-4, Lance Reynolds 1-4 2b r, Nick Hartmann 1-2 r, Logan Kinsel 0-1 r

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — Litchfield: Joey Hyde (L) 8-9-7-4-3-8 ... Maple Plain: Jackson Erwin 4-4-3-3-6-2, Mike Rippberger 3-4-1-1-2-5, Charlie Apple (W) 2-0-0-0-3-3

DJ Scheicher tossed five shutout innings and Cameron Miller went 2-for-3 with three runs for the Richmond Royals in their victory over the Rangers at Roscoe.

Max Athmann was 2-for-3 with a run, Jordan Schleper was 2-for-3 with an RBI and Devon Savage was 2-for-3 with an RBi for Roscoe.

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Roscoe 000 002 0-2 7 6Hitting — Richmond: Dalton Thelen 1-5 r-2, Chase Aleshire 1-5 r-2 bb-2, Justin Schroeder 1-4 r-2 rbi bb, Cameron Miller 2-3 r-3 bb, Dusty Adams 2-3 r rbi, Kyle Budde 1-3 r-2 rbi-2 bb, Adam Backes 1-4 r rbi, Grady Notch 1-1 rbi, Carter Thelen 0-0 r rbi bb-3, Brennan O'Brien 0-2 r rbi ... Roscoe: Max Athmann 2-3 r, Russell Leyendecker 1-2 sb, Jordan Schleper 2-3 rbi, Devon Savage 2-3 rbi, Ryan Thomas 0-0 r bb

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — Richmond: DJ Schleicher (W) 5-5-0-0-0-2, Luke Jokela 2-2-2-0-1-6 ... Roscoe: Josh Mackedanz (L) 4-7-9-8-5-2, Parker Brezinka 3-3-6-1-2-1

Up 6-2 after five innings, the Benson Plowboys were able to hang on for a Land O'Ducks League victory over the Chokio Coyotes at Benson.

Sam Lenarz hit a solo home run in the bottom of the first for Benson. He finished 2-for-4 with a pair of RBIs. Lenarz also got the victory with six strikeouts over five innings.

Jaxon Nickels went 2-for-5 with two runs and an RBI and got the save after tossing a scoreless eighth and ninth.

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Hitting — Chokio: n/a ... Benson: Jaxon Nickels 2-5 r-2 rbi sb, Matthew Laumeyer 1-4r, Sam Lenarz 2-4 hr r rbi-2, Josh Norby 1-4 rbi-3, Daniel Lenarz 1-4, Cole Hedman 1-3, Matthew Tolifson 1-3 2b r bb, Matthew Goossen 0-4 r sb

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — Chokio: n/a ... Benson: S. Lenarz (W) 5-3-2-2-3-6, Matthew Lenarz 2-3-3-1-2-3, Nickels (Sv) 2-3-0-0-0-1

The Willmar Rails' offense scored five runs in the bottom of the first and second innings on the way to a season-opening victory against the Montrose-Waverly Stingers at Bill Taunton Stadium in Willmar.

Wade Fischer was 3-for-4 with two RBIs and a run for Willmar. Jayden Dierenfeld hit a three-run home run in the third inning, finishing 2-for-3 with four RBIs and three runs. Ashton Gregory and Jordan Steffer each had two hits for the Rails.

Steffer also got credit for the win after tossing two scoreless innings in relief of starter Jack Baumgart.

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Hitting — M-W: Andrew Moynagh 2-4 r-2, Kirby Moynagh 1-3 rbi, Aiden Stigman 1-2, Robb Moynagh 1-2 ... Willmar: Caleb Owens 1-3 2b r-2 rbi sb-2, Jordan Steffer 2-4 r, Ashton Gregory 2-4 2b r rbi-2, Gunnar Banks 1-3 r-2 rbi, Josh Tinklenberg 1-4 r rbi, Jayden Dierenfeld 2-3 hr r-3 rbi-4 bb sb, Adam Herman 1-3 2b r rbi bb, Wade Fischer 3-4 r rbi-2, Cullen Gregory 1-3 r rbi-2, Jack Baumgart 0-4 r-3 rbi bb

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — M-W: Stigman (L) 6-14-16-11-3-2 ... Willmar: Baumgart 4-5-2-1-0-3, Steffer (W) 2-0-0-0-2-0, Herman 1-0-0-0-0-0

County Line

Mike Danielson hit a three-run home run for the New London-Spicer Twins in a seven-inning County Line League win over the Norway Lake-Sunburg Lakers at Green Lake Diamonds in Spicer.

Danielson was 2-for-2 with a double, five RBIs and a pair of runs scored. Jake Rambow added two hits, including a double, with three RBIs and a run for the Twins.

Luke Ruter, Christian Diederich and Jaiden Henjum each had a hit for the Lakers.

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Hitting — NL-Sunburg: Luke Ruter 1-3 rbi-2, Christian Diederich 1-2 bb, Jaiden Henjum 1-2 r, Jared Cortez 0-3 r bb, Justin Johnson 0-3 r, Regan Carlson 0-3 rbi ... NL-Spicer: Jake Rambow 2-4 2b r rbi-3, Hunter Magnuson 2-5 2b r-2 rbi, Adam Schrader 1-3 r sb, Derek Dolezal 1-2 r-2 rbi-2 sb, Josh Soine 1-2 r bb, Ben Kulset 1-3 r rbi, Mike Danielson 2-2 2b hr r-2 rbi-5, Carson McCain 1-1 rbi, Jett Salonek 0-3 r bb, Scott Rambow 0-2 r-2 rbi bb-2, Dalton Rambow 0-3 rbi bb, Aedan Andresen 0-1 r-2

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — NL-Sunburg: Weston Gjerde (L) 5-5-7-2-4-1, Diederich 1.2-6-8-6-1-2 ... NL-Spicer: Dolezal (W) 5.1-3-3-2-3-3, Danielson 1.2-0-0-0-0-1

The Elrosa Saints shelled out 17 hits, including a grand slam from Kevin Kuefler and a solo homer from Derek Wiener in a Stearns County League game against the Lake Henry Lakers in Lake Henry.