PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Lakers baseball snap losing streak
MARSHALL – The Lakeview Lakers snapped a three-game losing streak with a 10-5 victory over Russell-Tyler-Ruthton at Irish Field.
Seth Plotz went 2 for 4 for the Lakers with a bases-clearing triple. Lucas Hodges went 2 for 4 with two RBIs. Austin Timm tossed a complete game and recorded five strikeouts.
Jacob Fischer finished the day 3 for 5 at the plate for the Knights. Jared Baartman went 2 for 4. Carter Hansen went 2 for 3.
The loss drops the Knights to 2-4 overall. They’ll look to break back into the win column Thursday against Lac qui Parle Valley.
With the win the Lakers are now 2-5. They’ll play today against Red Rock Central/Westbrook-Walnut Grove.
Lakeview 10, RTR 5
RTR 400 000 1 — 5 10 2
Lakeview 300 070 x — 10 11 1
HITTING: RTR (J. Fischer 3-5; Payton Hess 1-3; VanLeberghe 1-4; Baartman 2-4; K. Fischer 1-4; Cooper Hansen 1-3; Sitzmann 1-4; Carter Hansen 2-3). Lakeview (Plotz 2-4; Hodges 2-4).
PITCHING (IP-H-R-ER-BB-SO): RTR (J. Fischer 5-8-10-7-6-3; Baune 1-1-0-0-1-0). Lakeview (Timm 7-10-5-5-2-5).
Minnewaska 13, YME 0
GRANITE FALLS – YME gave up 14 hits and 13 runs en route to a 13-0 loss to Minnewaska on Monday.
Nick Lindstrom went 2 for 2 for the Sting. Tom Lindstrom pitched one inning and recorded three strikeouts.
The loss drops YME to 0-5 on the season. They’ve now failed to score a run in back-to-back games.
Minnewaska 13, YME 0
Minnewaska 301 400 5 — 13 0 0
YME 000 000 0 — 0 5 2
HITTING: YME (N. Lindstrom 2-2; Odegard 1-3; Friese 1-2; Rupp 1-1).
PITCHING (IP-H-R-ER-BB-SO): YME (Knollenberg 4-11-8-8-1-1; Jeseritz 2-1-4-4-4-1; T. Lindstrom 1-2-1-0-0-3).
SOFTBALL
Montevideo 16, Canby/Minneota 0 (6 innings)
MINNEOTA – The Minneota/Canby softball team ran into a buzzsaw at home against Montevideo. The visiting Thunder Hawks defeated the Vikings 16-0 in five innings.
Sydney Larson went 2 for 2 at the plate for Minneota/Canby.
With the loss Minneota/Canby currently owns a 7-4 record. They’ll be back in action on Thursday against Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg.
Montevideo 16, Minneota/Canby 0
Montevideo 255 13 — 16 NR 0
Minneota/Canby 000 00 — 0 6 8
HITTING: Minneota/Canby (Larson 2-2).
PITCHING (IP-H-R-ER-BB-SO): Minneota (Nelson 3-14-12-11-1-4).