Baseball roundup: Paynesville bounces Redwood Valley, 8-5
Jun. 1—MARSHALL — The Paynesville baseball team improved its record to 20-0 with a big playoff victory Tuesday night at Legion Field.
The Bulldogs beat Redwood Valley 8-5 in the Section 3AA-North playoffs.
Paynesville plays Fairmont at noon Saturday in Marshall in the winners' bracket.
"We got off to a 6-0 lead in the first few innings," said Paynesville head coach Brad Skoglund. "We scored all six of our runs with two outs.
"Grayson Fuchs had a big two-run double. They (the Cardinals) came back with five runs in the fourth inning. Bennett Evans pitched us out of the inning."
In the seventh inning, Isaac Lieser smacked a two-run double to right-center field to make it 8-5.
"Our section's tougher than heck," said Skoglund, noting that Fairmont is ranked No. 1 in the QRF power ratings. "Redwood was pretty high, too. Morris is up there and Windom has a nice team, too."
Redwood Valley is 16-5.
Fairmont beat Morris/Chokio-Alberta 11-0 to advance.
Paynesville 213 000 2-8 8 0
Redwood Valley 000 050 0-5 12 4
Hitting — Paynesville: Grayson Fuchs 1-3 2b r rbi-2 sb, Max Athmann 1-3 r bb sb, Eli Nelson 1-4 r-2, Spencer Eisenbraun 1-3, Austin Pauls 1-3 r-2 bb, Isaac Lieser 1-2 2b rbi-3 bb-2, Bryce Vanderbeek 1-4 rbi, Chase Bayer 1-3 2b r rbi, Jevan Terres 0-0 r ... Redwood Valley: Jagger Bill 2-3 2b r, Zach Reck 2-4 r rbi, Alex Lang 1-4 3b r rbi-2, Carson Woodford 1-2 r rbi bb sb, Riley Dikken 1-3, Carter Peterson 1-4, Isaac Louwagie 1-4 2b sb, Brandon Lang 3-3 r
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — Paynesville: Trent Wendlandt (W) 4-10-5-5-1-2, Fuchs 0.1-1-0-0-0-1, Bennett Evans (Sv) 2.2-1-0-0-0-2 ... Redwood Valley: Woodford (L) 3-5-6-3-3-3, Bill 3.1-2-2-2-1-2, A. Lang 0.2-1-0-0-0-0
A pair of runs in the bottom of the fifth inning kept Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City's season alive in a Section 3AA elimination game against Minnewaska at Montevideo.
ACGC will play Redwood Valley in an elimination game at 5 p.m. Thursday at Legion Field in Marshall.
The Falcons pulled ahead 2-1 after an error allowed Logan Straumann to score. Later in the inning, Jaxon Behm had an RBI base hit that brought home Jack Peterson.
Straumann was 2-for-3 with a double to lead ACGC's offense. Connor Barker picked up the win after striking out nine over 5-2/3 innings. Behm got the save, striking out three in 1-1/3 innings.
Torii Johnson, Dylan Alexander and Hunter Johnson all had hits for the Lakers. PJ Johnson tossed all six innings in the loss.
Minnewaska 000 011 0-2 3 2
ACGC 010 020 x-3 6 3
Hitting — Minnewaska: Torii Johnson 1-4 rbi, Dylan Alexander 1-3 rbi bb, Hunter Johnson 1-2 r bb, Jacob Blair 0-2 r ... ACGC: Logan Straumann 2-3 2b r bb, Connor Barker 1-2 bb, Jaxon Behm 1-3 rbi, Keegan Kessler-Gross 1-2 r, Jaxon Drange 1-2 rbi, Jack Peterson 0-4 r
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — Minnewaska: PJ Johnson (L) 6-6-3-1-2-4 ... ACGC: Barker (W) 5.2-2-2-1-4-9, Behm (Sv) 1.1-1-0-0-0-3
Ninth-seeded Litchfield stunned top-seeded Southwest Christian with a one-run victory in the second round of the Section 5AA tournament at Fritz Field in Cologne.
The Dragons will face Wright County Conference rival Rockford at 4:30 p.m. Thursday in Rockford. The fourth-seeded Rockets advanced with a 7-0 win over No. 5 Providence Academy on Tuesday.
MACCRAY advanced in Section 3A with the victory over Murray County Central at Yankee Field in Milroy.
Dreyer Homan was 2-for-4 with a home run and four RBIs for the Wolverines. Winning pitcher Brooks Asche also was 2-for-4 at the plate. On the mound, Asche went the distance, striking out nine and walking two. He allowed three hits and one earned run.
MACCRAY plays Russell-Tyler Ruthton at noon Saturday at Yankee Field in Milroy. R-T-R advanced by beating Lac qui Parle Valley 3-2.
The winner advances in the championship bracket, which concludes June 9.
MACCRAY 100 033 0-7 7 3
MCC 020 000 0-2 3 4
Hitting — MACCRAY: Gavin Husman 1-2 2b r-2 bb-2, Isaac Strommer 1-3 r rbi bb, Dreyer Homan 2-4 hr r rbi-4, Brooks Asche 2-4, Ethan Strommer 1-3 ... Murray County Central: Nate Kleven 1-4, Christian Tentinger 1-3, Connor DeGreeff 1-3
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — MACCRAY: Brooks Asche 7-3-2-1-2-9 ... Murray County Central: Abe Paulxine (L) 5.2-6-6-4-3-8, Connor DeGreeff 1.1-1-1-1-0-2
Dawson-Boyd eliminated Yellow Medicine East from the Section 3A playoffs with the victory at Montevideo.
The Blackjacks play Murray County Central at 5 p.m. Thursday in Milroy in the losers' bracket.
Blake Thompson was 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored for D-B. He also got the win in a complete game. Brayden Hahn had a pair of RBIs and a run scored, going 1-for-4.
Bryce Sneller was 3-for-4 with a double, a run and an RBI for the Sting. Drew Almich was 2-for-4. YME wraps up the season at 11-9.
D-B 000 004 1-5 7 1
YME 000 002 1-3 9 2
Dawson-Boyd: Blake Thompson 2-4 r 2b, Braxton Hahn 1-4 r, Brayden Hahn 1-4 r 2b rbi-2, Codie Johnson 1-4 rbi, Aric Gruwell 1-2, Grayson Olson 1-3 ... Yellow Medicine East: Nikson Knapper 1-4, Drew Almich 2-4, Bryce Sneller 3-4 r 2b rbi, Cody Dahlager 1-4, Jake Odegard 1-2 r 2b rbi bb, Isaac Jimenez 1-3 r bb
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — Dawson-Boyd: Blake Thompson (W) 7-9-3-2-2-2 ... Yellow Medicine East: Bryce Sneller (L) 7-7-5-4-1-7
Wylee Lottman, Jaiden Henjum and Chase Magaard combined for nine strikeouts while holding No. 8 Hancock to one hit as top-seeded Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg won its Section 6A-South opener at Sunburg.
Henjum got the win following three innings of relief.
Jared Cortez was 3-for-4 with two doubles, five RBIs and a run scored for the Fighting Saints. Isaac Rudningen had two hits, three runs and an RBI in the victory.
KMS faces fourth-seeded Border West at 2:30 p.m. Thursday in Morris. The No. 4 Buccaneers advanced after a 21-1 win against No. 5 Ortonville. There are games afterwards for both teams in the winner's and loser's bracket scheduled for 4:30 p.m.
Hancock 000 000-0 1 1
KMS 234 001-10 8 0
Hitting — Hancock: Brayden DeSmith 1-3 ... KMS: Isaac Rudningen 2-3 r-3 rbi bb, Wylee Lottman 1-3 2b r-3 rbi-3 bb-2, Jared Cortez 3-4 2b-2 r rbi-5, Evan Zimmer 1-2, Luke Jeseritz 1-2 2b r bb
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — Hancock: Hudson VerSteeg (L) 3-6-9-8-7-4, Davin Rose 3-2-1-0-0-2 ... KMS: Wylee Lottman 1-1-0-0-1-3, Jaiden Henjum (W) 3-0-0-0-1-4, Chase Magaard 2-0-0-0-1-2
Second-seeded Upsala/Swanville shut out seventh-seeded Benson to get a six-inning win in the opening round of the Section 6A-South playoffs at Upsala.
Garrett Lenz, Anthony Klasssen and Max Nygaard each had hits for the Braves. Klassen was hit with the loss.
Shane Lembrecht and Luke Harren were both 3-for-4 for the Patriots. Micah Ripplinger struck out five over three innings to collect the win.
Benson ends the season with a 1-18 record.
Benson 000 000-0 3 4
USA 601 021-10 12 0
Hitting — Benson: Garrett Lenz 1-2, Anthony Klassen 1-2, Max Nygaard 1-2 ... USA: Shane Lambrecht 3-4 r 2b rbi-2, Cooper Thieschafer 2-4 2b r, Luke Harren 3-4 r-2 2b rbi-2, Jack Primus 1-3 2b bb, Jeremy Mugg 1-4 r hr rbi-4, Hunter Boeckermann 2-3 r
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — Benson: Klassen (L) 1-4-6-6-0-2, Alexander Claussen 3.1-6-3-2-2-3, Jack Storlien 1-2-1-1-0-1 ... USA: Micah Ripplinger (W) 3-1-0-0-1-5, Bryce Binek 3-2-0-0-0-1
Third-seeded Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa won its opening-round game against sixth-seeded St. John's Prep at Elrosa.
Will Van Beck scored three times for the Jaguars, finishing 1-for-4. Gavin Kampsen added a pair of runs, going 1-for-4.
Easton Hagen tallied eight strikeouts over five innings to get the victory.
BBE faces No. 2 Upsala/Swanville at 2:30 p.m. Thursday. There are games afterwards for both teams in the winners' and losers' bracket scheduled for 4:30 p.m.
St. John's Prep 001 000 0-1 5 7
BBE 201 201 x-6 5 1
Hitting — St. John's Prep: M. Bolten 2-4 rbi, B. Arcisen 2-3, A. Beumer 1-3 ... BBE: Will Van Beck 1-4 r-3, Blaine Fischer 1-4, Gavin Kampsen 1-4 r-2, Ashton Dingmann 1-2 rbi bb, Casey Lenarz 1-4 rbi
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — St. John's Prep: M. Bolten (L) 6-6-5-1-2-7 ... BBE: Easton Hagen (W) 5-4-1-0-3-8, Van Beck 2-1-0-0-0-4
