Northwoods League: Loggers lash Stingers
Jun. 9—WILLMAR — The sixth inning doomed the Willmar Stingers in their Northwoods League game with the La Crosse Loggers on Wednesday night, despite an exciting ninth-inning rally.
La Crosse scored six runs in the eighth to beat the Stingers, 10-8 before 850 fans at Bill Taunton Stadium.
The Loggers (3-6), who play in the Great Plains East Division, were led by Jack Haley, Landon Wallace, Mac Danford and Zac Rice. All had two hits apiece.
Rice is a sophomore from Fort Mitchell, Alabama, who plates for Chipola College. The center fielder was 2-for-5 with a run, a double and four RBIs.
Down 10-4, Willmar rallied for four runs in the bottom of the ninth.
The Loggers needed three pitchers to get out of the mess, with Trey Frahm coming on to strike out the final batter for his second save of the season. Frahm is a right-hander from the College of Southern Nevada.
Andrew Baumgart, a Willmar High School graduate and North Dakota State left-hander, took the loss, getting tagged with the loss.
The teams conclude their two-game series at 7:05 p.m. Thursday at Bill Taunton Stadium. Willmar then hits the road for Iowa on Friday to play the Waterloo Bucks at Riverfront Stadium.
La Crosse 001 003 060-10 13 3
Willmar 003 000 104-8 8 2
Hitting — La Crosse: Aidan Sweatt 0-4 r bb, Jack Haley 2-5 r rbi-2, Landon Wallace 2-5 r, Carson Hornung 1-4 r hbp, Blaise Priester 1-2 rbi 2b, Mac Danford 2-2 r-2 2b rbi-2 bb, Xavier Casserilla 1-5 r, Jordan Donahue 1-5 r, Zac Rice 2-5 r 2b rbi-4, Sam Siegel 1-5 r 2b ... Willmar: Aidan Byrne 1-5 r-2 sb, Will Hodo 0-3 rbi bb hbp sb, Elias Stevens 0-2 r bb-3, Drey Dirksen 2-4 r-2 rbi bb, Sam Daly 0-3 r-2 bb-2, Joey Walls 2-4 r 3b rbi-3 sf, JT Navyac 1-4 rbi bb, Lincoln Orellana 1-2, Brett Bateman 1-3 sb, Dalton Pearson 0-3 bb-2.
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — La Crosse: Brayden Sanders 2.2-2-3-3-5-3, Ricky Reeth 3.1-1-0-0-1-3, Grady Gorgen (W, 1-0) 1-1-1-1-1-3, Jake Gebb 1.1-2-4-4-3-0, Connor Harrison 0.1-2-0-0-0-0, Trey Frahm (Sv-2) 0.1-0-0-0-0-1 ... Willmar: Reed Smith 5.2-5-4-3-1-6, Caleb Saari 1.1-2-0-0-1-1, Andrew Baumgart (L, 0-1) 0.2-6-6-6-1-2, Matt Dreher 1.1-0-0-0-0-2
