The Post #29 boys won with a shutout flourish on July 9. The score was 7-0 in this American Legion baseball action.
The win was No. 11 on the season for the surging Morris squad. The loss total: a mere two.
Bryce Jergenson excelled again on the hill. Bryce has been most
stingy giving up hits. He tossed a three-hitter which was in fact his
second straight three-hitter. Bryce was stingy in every conceivable way
as he walked none. He set down six Osakis batters on strikes. His mates
played errorless ball around him.
The Morris line score: seven runs, eight hits and no errors. Osakis managed just three hits and committed two errors.
Morris took care of its scoring business in the fourth inning. All seven of the Motown runs came home in that frame.
Tanner Picht wielded a hot bat, finishing at three-for-three with
two RBIs and a run scored. Danny Tracy had two hits in three at-bats
including a double, and scored a run. Jacob Torgerson went one-for-three
with an RBI and run scored. Mac Beyer had a hit and drove in two runs.
Logan Manska had a one-for-three line with a ribbie and a run scored.
The losing pitcher was Grayson Fortenberry.
Hancock 11, Starbuck 8
Wow! In one of the more exciting Legion baseball games you're likely to see, Hancock escaped a deep deficit to beat Starbuck.
Starbuck jumped out to a 7-0 lead in the first inning. Hancock managed to score just one run over the first five innings.
The game's complexion changed markedly in the sixth. The game
changed to the tune of a ten-run Hancock rally! When the full seven were
complete, the Hancock Legion boys could celebrate an 11-8 win.
It was a nice confidence-builder for the Hancock athletes who are
below .500. The Thursday, July 11, win over Starbuck was just their
third. Sub-district playoffs are set for this coming week.
Hancock's Thursday success was despite getting outhit 10-6. There's
no big discrepancy in errors either, where the Starbuck total was two
and Hancock's three. No Hancock player had more than one hit. Austin
Steege went one-for-two with two RBIs and two runs scored. Andrew Shaw
crossed home plate twice.
Danny Lonneman rapped a hit in three at-bats, drove in a run and
scored two. Brandon Shaw had a one-for-four line while driving in three
runs and scoring one. Other batters hitting safely were Jordan Miller,
Justin Miller and Bryan Shaw.
The Starbuck hitting standouts were Austin Ostrander at
three-for-three with an RBI, and Michael Gruber with two-for-three
numbers and a ribbie.
The Hancock pitching was handled by Brandon Shaw and Collin
Cunningham. Cunningham got the win with his four-inning stint. Collin
struck out three batters, walked three and allowed three hits. Brandon
Shaw had some bumps in the road as he allowed seven hits and seven runs
(six earned) in his three innings. He fanned a batter but walked six.
Hancock will strive to parlay their sixth inning momentum into sub-district play!
Hancock 8, Wheaton 7
The eighth inning saw the Hancock Legion baseball boys seize the
decisive momentum. This was in the Friday, July 5, game versus Wheaton.
Hancock plated three runs in the bottom of the eighth to overcome
Wheaton. Wheaton had rallied for two runs in the top of the eighth.
The bats were ringing with hits for much of this game. The hit
total for Hancock was 14 which was two more than Wheaton. Hancock's line
score was eight runs, 14 hits and three errors. Wheaton's numbers:
7-12-4.
The most decisive blow was probably Brandon Shaw's hit in the eighth that drove in the game-winner.
These Hancock batters finished with three hits: Taylor Holleman,
Collin Cunningham and Michael Milander. Cunningham went three-for-four
with two RBIs and three runs scored. Holleman added an RBI to his three
safeties. One of Milander's hits was a double.
Bryan Shaw had a hit and drove in three runs. Justin Miller, Andrew
Lindor, Brandon Shaw and Bryce Schmidgall were the other Hancock
batsmen recording hits. Lindor and Brandon Shaw each drove in a run.
Hancock scored one run each in the first and second innings, two in
the fourth and one in the sixth, leading up to that big three-run
eighth.
Wheaton's hitting was paced by Peder Schmitz and Braden Krump who each pounded three hits.
Lindor pitched seven innings and got roughed up some, but it
doesn't matter considering the winning outcome. Two of the seven runs he
gave up were unearned. He struck out three batters but gave up ten
hits.
The pitching win was picked up by Miller who gave up one run which
was unearned. Miller gained the "W" with his one inning of work.
The losing pitcher was Tanner Kirkeide.
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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