MANKATO – The Marshall baseball team fell to Mankato West 4-2 on Monday.

The Scarlets would jump out to an early lead in the first inning with two quick runs, but Marshall answered with a run of its own in the top of the third when Matt Hmielewski drew a walk before coming around to score on an RBI single from Cody Greve to make it 2-1.

Mankato West wasted little time in responding, though, adding two more runs in the bottom half of the frame to extend its lead to 4-1. The Tigers would get a run back in the top half of the fourth on an RBI groundout from Trey Steinbach to cut the deficit to just two, but Marshall couldn’t draw any closer.

Isaac Schmitt led the way for the Tigers with a 2 for 4 day at the plate while Greve added a hit and an RBI and Steinbach had an RBI of his own. Nick Macchio, Alex Thompson and Hmielewski all chipped in a hit apiece to add to the Marshall effort.

Schmitt took the loss on the mound, going six innings while allowing four runs on three hits while striking out 12.

Marshall (3-4) will face New Ulm today at 5:30 p.m.

Mankato West 4, Marshall 2

Marshall 001 100 0 – 2 5 0

Mankato West 202 000 x – 4 3 2

HITTING: Marshall (Greve 1-4, RBI; Schmitt 2-4; Macchio 1-3; Thompson 1-2; Steinbach 0-3, RBI; Hmielewski 1-2).

PITCHING (IP-R-ER-H-BB-SO): Marshall (Schmitt 6-4-4-3-5-12).

Golf

WWG triangular

WESTBROOK – The Westbrook-Walnut Grove boys and girls golf teams hosted a triangular meet against Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda and Adrian on Monday, with both Charger teams recording an incomplete team score.

On the boys side, Brady Ross led the way for WWG with a 45 while Colton Pilaczynski added a 56 and Hunter Lien shot 63. On the girls side, Brittany Erickson led the way for WWG with a 47 while Halle Steen added a 51 and Emma Wahl shot 56.

WWG will compete again today against TMB at 4:30 p.m.

GFW Invite

WINTHROP – The Wabasso boys and girls golf teams competed at the GFW Invite on Monday, with the boys team recording a score of 241 while the girls team had an incomplete score.

On the boys side, Justin Bernardy led the way for the Rabbits with a 55 while Tristan Kuehn had a 56, Jayden Goblish had a 58 and Hunter Bernardy shot 72. Jamison Rohlik added a 74 and Caden Filzen shot 81 to round out Wabasso’s scores.

On the girls side, Jocelyn Jenniges was the lone representative for Wabasso, shooting a 65.

Wabasso will compete on Thursday at Renville County West at 4:30 p.m.

LQPV Invite

APPLETON – The Dawson-Boyd boys and girls golf teams competed in the Lac qui Parle Valley Invite on Monday, with the boys team recording a score of 226 to place fourth and the girls team recording an incomplete score.

CCS took first on the boys side with a team score of 161 while LQPV took first on the girls side with a team score of 187.

For Dawson-Boyd, on the boys side, Collin Swedzinski led the way with a 48 while Sawyer Plessner added a 55, Dian Polhamus had a 58 and Grant Mortenson shot 65. Kannon Wicht shot 68 to round out the scores for Dawson-Boyd.

On the girls side, Rachel Lund and Ella Mork led the way for Dawson-Boyd with a pair of 49s while Eden Weber added a 73 to round out their scoring.

Dawson-Boyd will compete next on Thursday at Willmar at 4:30 p.m.