"Braves" or no, the Benson athletic cause was quite futile on Tuesday. Native Americans would not have wanted to answer for Tuesday's athletic performance. The action was in Benson. Their opponent was our Morris Area Chokio Alberta Tigers.
This game marked the start of a road stretch for the baseball Tigers. "Minnesota Scores" reports that we're in a series of four road contests. Sauk Centre is the foe for April 25. And then, Melrose for a doubleheader on April 30. We own a 4-4 record but are 0-4 in section. Conference play has the orange and black sitting at 2-2. At home we are 3-4. We're all hoping for continued cooperative weather.
Click on link below to read about the MACA softball team's 14-0 win over KMS. This post is on my "Morris of Course" companion blog. Thanks for reading.
Success vs. Benson
The "Minnesota Scores" site has the MACA Tigers defeating Benson 20-0. But the West Central Tribune reports that we won 21-0. Brings back memories from when I was in the community press and I'd get game information from two different sources sometimes. And of course in many cases their information was not going to match.
It gets to the point where you'd feel shocked if the information did match! And of course readers can be so unforgiving. Writing as I do today, online-only, if I feel I really have to make a correction, I can do it by just going in and making a change. With print it's a whole different story, so for example if you write "Human Society" instead of "Humane Society," it is there forever.
The West Central Tribune of Willmar tells us that the Tigers had 20 hits in beating Benson. We displayed a constant onslaught of scoring runs. So let's review: three runs in the first, one in the second, two in the third, eight in the fourth and seven in the fifth. We complemented our offensive onslaught with a mere one error.
Oh my, not only did the "Braves" have zero runs, they were held to three hits and committed seven errors. Looks like maybe the Benson school administration has bigger fish to fry than sports nickname.
Our winning pitcher was Alex Asmus who worked 3 2/3 innings. He gave up two hits, walked no one and fanned five. Ozzy Jerome finished up with 1 1/3 innings. He was mighty effective as he set down four batters on strikes.
The pitcher of record for Benson was Alex Claussen.
The Tigers had a parade of offensive contributors. Let's start with Andrew Marty with three hits in four at-bats, two runs, two RBIs, a walk received and a stolen base. Riley Asmus had a two-for-four boxscore line with both his hits doubles. Riley drew a walk, scored three runs and drove in one.
Jerome came through at two-for-five with two runs scored and three ribbies. Alex Asmus was a major force at the plate at four-for-four including two doubles and a triple. Alex scored two runs and drove in one. Also batting a thousand on the day was Owen Anderson at three-for-three including a double. Owen scored three runs, drove in one and stole a base.
Kleindl (first name not available) scored a run and drove in one. Justin Giese had a hit in his only at-bat, plus he scored a run and drove in one. Jackson Hallman delivered two hits in as many at-bats, one a double. He drew a walk and stole a base. He scored two runs and drove in three.
Landen Gibson had a hit, scored two runs and drove in one. Ashdon Hacker was two-for-four with a run scored and an RBI.
Hey the individual hit totals add up to 20! Sometimes things do go right.
Benson's hits were by Alex Claussen, Garrett Lenz and Noah Grossman.
Addendum: Just to remind, the main argument against Native American-themed sports nicknames is that they suggest Natives should be mascots.
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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