The above photo shows the Morris Eagles making a defensive play at second base during early-season action at Chizek Field.
The Morris Eagles stayed on a roll Saturday at home, downing Canby 6-0 to up their win skein to three. Fans at the home Chizek Field enjoyed this win by a shutout flourish.
Matthew Carrington, at the top of his game at a time in life when many players might at least be thinking about senior ball, pitched seven innings. "Skip" set down five Canby batters on strikes, walked only one and gave up four hits.
Chase Rambow and Craig Knochenmus each pitched an inning and kept the shutout intact.
Cory Marquart was the Eagles' leadoff batter and he was in the groove, nailing three hits in four at-bats, driving in a run and scoring two.
It's also ideal to have the No. 3 batter in the order producing, and this individual was Ross Haugen. Ross went three-for-five with one RBI and one run scored. Others joining in the ten-hit attack were Adam Torkelson (two-for-four, one RBI and one run), Dusty Sauter (one-for-four and a run scored) and Eric Asche (one-for-three).
The Morris line score had zero in the errors category, so all in all it was a most encouraging performance, continuing a stretch of upbeat play. The squad scored one run in the first inning, two in the fifth, one in the sixth and two in the seventh.
They came out of Saturday owner of a 6-3 overall record and 6-1 showing in the Land O' Ducks League.
The June 2 story had the Eagles building up their momentum with a 5-1 home win over the Benson chiefs. Doubles resounded off the bats of Adam Torkelson and Matthew Carrington, and a triple resonated off Chase Rambow's bat.
Rambow and Carrington each had two hits as did Jamie Van Kempen. RBIs were contributed by Kirby Marquart, Craig Knochenmus, Dusty Sauter and Matthew Carrington (with two).
Adam Torkelson put his reliable pitching arm to work and gained the win, going seven innings. Adam gave up one run which was unearned. He struck out four Chiefs, walked two and allowed two hits. Andy Lembcke pitched the other two innings and this Eagle gave up no hits and no runs, walked two and struck out three. The Eagles scored three runs in the fourth and one each in the fifth and sixth.
The Morris town team began its three-game streak with a resounding 19-6 win over Rosen on Friday, May 28, also here. The big innings were the fifth and eighth in which Morris scored five runs each.
Carrington hit a home run and racked up five RBIs along with four runs scored. "Skip" was also the winning pitcher with a stint of five innings. (I'd like to know what kind of nutritional supplements this guy might be using.)
Also pitching were Jamie Van Kempen and Eric Asche.
Ross Haugen had a sizzling bat with three-for-four numbers, three RBIs and one run. Dusty Sauter had a keen hitting eye and this Eagle finished three-for-five with one RBI and three runs. Cory Marquart had a hit in his only at-bat and he drove in two runs while scoring two.
Eric Asche's numbers were two-for-three, one RBI and four runs. Adam Torkelson joined the onslaught socking two hits in three at-bats, driving in three runs and scoring one. Bobby Culbertson scored two runs as part of his two-for-four day. Jamie Van Kempen had a hit in two at-bats and crossed home plate twice.
Andy Lembcke went one-for-three with an RBI. Josh Griffith had an RBI and a stolen base.
Prior to the streak, some frustration
The news wasn't so rosy from the Eagles' world in the games leading up to the recent stretch, as they were dealt defeat by New London-Spicer and Dumont. The Eagles visited Spicer to face New London-Spicer on May 26 and came out on the short end, 11-6.
NL-Spicer struck early with a three-run first inning rally but the Eagles evened things up with one run each in the first through third. But the rest of this game saw the host pull away as NL-S plated two runs in the fourth inning, one in the sixth, three in the seventh and one in the eighth. The Eagles had a "garbage time" rally in the top of the ninth (three runs).
The Eagles played sharp defense (no errors) but couldn't contain the NL-S bats. As for their own hitting, no one on the Eagles had a multiple-hit game. The Eagles who did hit safely were Adam Torkelson, Josh Griffith, Jamie Van Kempen and Andy Lembcke. Torkelson and Lembcke each drove in two runs.
Lembcke, Van Kempen and Kirby Marquart pitched and it was Lembcke getting tagged with the loss.
The loss that the Eagles were dealt on May 21 was heartbreaking. Playing at Wheaton, the Eagle crew owned a three-run lead over the Dumont Saints going into the bottom of the ninth.
But "The Saints Came Marching In" in their half of the ninth, rallying for four runs to get the win. The final score was 9-8, but the most glaring number from the Eagles' standpoint was errors: seven by them (ouch).
Dusty Sauter and Ross Haugen each had two hits. Craig Knochenmus was stung with the pitching loss in the ninth. Knochenmus was preceded on the hill by Adam Torkelson, Matthew Carrington and Chase Rambow.
Fans are anticipating upcoming games that they hope will be blessed by the best of summer's weather, not to mention some more winning fortunes on the diamond.
-Brian Williams - morris mn Minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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