The green Paynesville crew has pitching as a real strong suit. Paynesville pitchers held MACA and Benson to zero runs. The hero Paynesville pitchers were Spencer Imholte - that sure is a familiar last name - and Grant Ludwig. The baseball Tigers are about to face Minnewaska at Montevideo at about the time I'm writing this, Tuesday p.m.
The softball Tigers had quite the anticlimactic Memorial Day weekend. After supplying so many thrills through the regular season, coach Mary Holmberg's squad got stopped twice in Section 3AA play. The curtain closed on the Tigers' super campaign which had a final won-lost mark of 16-4.
Baseball: Tigers 6, Montevideo 3
Chandler Vogel - spelled "Vogle" in the Willmar paper - turned in a pitching gem. Vogel worked all seven innings, fanning five batters, walking four and allowing six hits and three runs (just one earned). He and his mates overcame three MACA errors. Monte booted the ball twice.
Monte had the slight edge in hits, 6-5, but we had two big innings to buoy us: the third and sixth. We rallied for three runs in each of those frames. Monte scored three runs in the first and then had the door slammed on them by Vogel. Two pitchers worked for Montevideo: Max Carruth and John VanRavenswaay with the latter taking the loss. Carruth pitched 3 1/3 innings and VanRavenswaay handled 2 2/3.
The Tigers' Zach Bruns, reported as "Zach Burns" by the Willmar paper, had a hit and crossed home plate twice. Jaret Johnson went two-for-four, drove in three runs and scored one. Vogel had a hit and a run batted in. Kevin Asfeld went one-for-three with a ribbie. Parker Dierks drove in a run and Brock Anderson scored two runs. For Montevideo, Chase Korte's bat produced a double plus he scored a run. Blaine Sederstrom had a hit and a run scored. Noah Buseman added a hit to the mix. VanRavenswaay went one-for-three, drove in two runs and scored one. Seth Kuno and Cade Weber each went one-for-three.
Paynesville 3, Tigers 0
Spencer Imholte tossed a superb shutout at the Tigers. His shutout included three strikeouts, just one walk and two hits allowed. Jaret Johnson took the pitching loss for Motown. Brock Anderson was also handed the ball for pitching duties.
The two MACA hits were by Johnson and Noah Sheldon. Paynesville had a nine-hit attack that included Grant Ludwig going three-for-three including a double, plus he scored a run. Zach Schroeder was another hitting standout for the green. Zach had a perfect two-for-two line with one of his hits a double, and he scored a run. Sam Oehrlein had a hit and a run scored. Zach Osendorf had a hit and an RBI. Luke Johnson went one-for-three with a ribbie, and Jared Campbell added a hit to the mix.
Softball: Martin County West 5, Tigers 2
The Tigers just couldn't push any runs across over the first five innings. When finally we scored two in the sixth, Martin County West had already pushed across five. Neither team scored in the seventh so the Tigers had to accept this 5-2 loss at Marshall. MCW out-hit us by one, 7-6, and we committed the game's only error.
The Willmar paper reports only two MCW players hitting safely, each with one hit in their account: Karlee Thiesse and Jordan Stahl. Bailey Marty rapped two hits for our Motown crew and she scored a run. Liz Dietz socked a double, drove in a run and scored a run. Emma Bowman, Abbie McNally and Riley Decker each contributed a hit.
It was Stahl of MCW getting the pitching win with a route-going performance. She struck out seven batters and walked just one in her seven innings. She allowed six hits and the two MACA runs which were earned. MCW's line score was 5-7-0. Ours was 2-6-1.
Dietz put up sub-par pitching numbers by her standards, but give MCW credit. Dietz struck out four batters, walked two and gave up seven hits and the five MCW runs, all earned. Kenna Kehoe pitched one inning and had a string of zeroes.
St. James 4, Tigers 0
Well, this was another disappointment.The season came to an end for our Tigers with this shutout loss at the hands of St. James and their pitcher Brooklyn Mickelson. Mickelson mastered the Tiger batters through her seven innings. She struck out eight batters, walked two and allowed three hits and zippo runs.
Dietz was the pitcher of record for Motown in a route-going effort. She shone in strikeouts with her total of nine, and her control was also fine: one walk. She allowed six hits. One of the four runs she allowed was unearned. Offensively Dietz produced two of our three hits. She had a perfect two-for-two line. Riley Decker went one-for-two.
St. James bats produced six hits. The Willmar paper reports two individuals hitting safely for the victor, each with two hits: Renata Hernandez and Mickelson.
Well, it's an abrupt end to the season for our orange and black. It was a long trip back from Marshall for the MACA faithful.
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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