The Morris Area Chokio Alberta baseball team had a mostly winning week, we can happily report.
It all started out great with a 13-0 win over Benson on Monday, May 16, here.
Tuesday brought more of same as coach Lyle Rambow's Tigers downed BOLD 9-4 on the road.
The only blemish on the week came Thursday when the homer bats of Montevideo proved to be a little too much. The Tigers lost for just the second time this year at the hands of the Thunder Hawks, 12-11, at the home diamond.
Montevideo 12, Tigers 11
The Thunder Hawks were lifted by two very timely homers, each with two men on base, as they got past MACA by that margin of one run. The Tigers saw their lead in the WCC-South race reduced to one game.
The decisive home runs by Monte came off the bats of Colton Vien and Joe Bednar. Vien's blast came in the first inning and Bednar sent the ball over the fence in the fifth.
It was an uplifting day for Thunder Hawk fans who have seen their team lose more often than not this spring. Those homers were complemented by an MACA fielding miscue, of the throwing kind, in the seventh inning.
Tyler Kuno joined Vien and Bednar in the circle of productive Monte batters. Kuno attacked Tiger pitching for three-for-three numbers and three runs scored.
The MACA bats weren't exactly quiet. To the contrary, Eric Riley found a pitch to his liking in the sixth, connecting for a three-run home run. Eric's blast got the Tigers to within two runs on the scoreboard.
Tyler Hansen made noise with his bat in the seventh, sending the ball over the Chizek Field fence with a runner on.
The Tigers outhit the Thunder Hawks 14-10. The Tigers committed three errors and Montevideo had four.
Monte scored in five of the innings which meant a bumpy road for the Tiger pitchers - three of them on this day. Tyler Hansen took the pitching loss.
Mitch Kill and Ethan Bruer also saw pitching work for the Tigers.
With his bat, Hansen stood out with his double and two-run homer as part of three-for-five boxscore numbers. Eric Riley's three-run dinger was one of two hits by this Tiger.
Cole Riley tripled and finished at three-for-four. Taylor Hufford had a hit in his only official at-bat and drove in a run.
Alex Erickson picked up an RBI as part of going two-for-four. Matt Lembcke, Brady Valnes and Evan Schultz all went one-for-two.
Tigers 9, BOLD 4
This was anybody's ballgame until the seventh inning.
The Tigers and the host BOLD Warriors each scored three runs in the first inning and one in the third. After that we saw zeroes until the seventh.
The seventh was when Morris Area Chokio Alberta summoned its winning burst of momentum. That burst was a five-run rally and it allowed MACA to win 9-4.
Ryan Beyer and Eric Riley had the key hits. Prior to those two Tigers appearing at the plate, there was an error and hit batsman. The baserunners gave MACA opportunity. Beyer came through with a double and Eric Riley homered.
The Tigers, with ten hits on the day, were able to preserve their lead in the WCC-South race. BOLD had five hits.
Alex Erickson pitched a complete game to get the win, fanning seven BOLD batters in his seven innings. He gave up five hits and four runs (two earned).
Kyle Krause pitched the whole way for the Warriors.
Beyer's bat was explosive as he went three-for-four including a double and a two-run homer, and he drove in four runs.
Beyer's bat was explosive as he went three-for-four including a double and a two-run homer, and he drove in four runs.
Eric Riley's homer bat was part of a two-for-four afternoon, and his other hit was a double. Eric's RBI total was three.
Cole Riley had a double. Brady Valnes went one-for-four with an RBI.
Other Tigers hitting safely were Mitch Kill, Travis Rinkenberger and Ethan Bruer.
Jake Marcus connected for a three-run homer for BOLD. The Warriors have been hovering around .500 this season.
Tigers 13, Benson 0
There was no drama for MACA in the game that started out this past week. The Tigers asserted themselves early in front of the enthused Chizek Field fans.
They plated five runs in the first inning, two in the second and six in the third.
The 13-0 win over Benson saw coach Rambow's crew pound out ten hits total, to three by Benson. The MACA line score showed just one error.
The pitching credit was shared by two Tigers, Eric Riley (who got the win) and Matt Lembcke.
Eric set down seven Brave batters on strikes in his four innings. He walked just one and allowed two hits.
Lembcke struck out two batters in his one inning, walked none and allowed one hit.
Carter Fennell took the loss for Benson.
The ten-run rule kept the game short.
Benson's pitching was no mystery for Eric Riley who went two-for-three including a double and drove in three runs. Cole Riley's bat was sizzling at two-for-two including a double, and this Tiger drove in three runs.
Ethan Bruer went two-for-two with an RBI. Tyler Hansen added a double to the mix.
Ryan Beyer picked up three RBIs in his one-for-three day. Brady Valnes and Travis Rinkenberger also contributed hits, and Rinkenberger drove in a run.
- Brian Williams - morris mn Minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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