Photo by Holly Netzley: Vikings' Jackson Lacek rounds third during a game Monday night against Tracy-Milroy-Balaton.

MINNEOTA — The Minneota baseball team held on for a 7-4 win over Tracy-Milroy-Balaton Monday afternoon behind a big game from Jackson Lacek.

In four plate appearances, Lacek got four hits with a double, an RBI and a stolen base. He also scored twice in the win.

Brody Larson started on the mound for the Vikings. He pitched six innings while allowing three runs on five hits and three walks with nine strikeouts.

Peyton Gillund came in to record the save for Minneota. He pitched a hitless inning with a strikeout to help Minneota hold onto the win.

On the Panthers’ side, Espn Radke and Jaret Ankrum btohreached base twice with a single and a walk while driving in a run. Tanner Hauger also had an RBI and a double.

Noah Knakmuhs started on the mound for TMB. He pitched three innings while allowing nine hits and four runs. He also struck out a pair of batters and had a single and RBI as a batter.

Ankrum also pitched an inning of relief, allowing one hit and no runs with a pair of strikeouts, but TMB couldn’t get the bats going to rally back.

Minneota took an early 2-0 lead in the first inning and never relinquished it. The Panthers made a move in the third with two runs, but Minneota scored two more of their own to make the score 4-3 through three. From there, Minneota scored another in the fourth and two insurance runs in the fifth to seal the deal.

Minneota (8-2) will go on the road to play against Murray County Central today at 4:30 p.m.

Tracy-Milroy-Balaton (5-9) will host Adrian/Ellsworth today at Tracy High School at 4:30 p.m.

Marshall 3, Hutchinson 1

HUTCHINSON — A pair of first-inning runs by the Marshall baseball team were the deciding factor in the Tigers’ 3-1 victory over Hutchinson Monday night. The game was the Tigers’ fourth consecutive win.

Tyler Maeyaert drew a leadoff walk to start the game before stealing second and third base to get in scoring position. Carter Kepler replaced Maeyaert as a courtesy runner and, with one out, Lincoln Graven hit a sacrifice groundout to the pitcher to score Kepler.

Marshall wasn’t done, though. Coby Brownlee singled, advanced to second on a passed ball and proceeded to score on a single by Zach Leibfried. Brownlee finished the day 3-4 from the plate while Leibfried finished 2-3.

Leibfried also drove in Kepler in the third inning with a single to increase the Marshall lead to 3-0.

On the mound, Maeyaert pitched six innings. He allowed one run on two hits and two walks with six strikeouts. The lone Hutchinson run came in the fifth inning after Hutchinson hit a leadoff double. The runner advanced to third on a groundout and scored on a sacrifice fly.

Parker Schmitt closed out the game with the save. He started the seventh inning and, after allowing a leadoff single, got three strikeouts to slam the door on Hutchinson.

Ezra Maurice singled twice for the Tigers on the day.

Marshall (10-2) will look to continue its winning ways when it hosts Waseca for a doubleheader Thursday. The first game will start at 4 p.m.

CMC 10, Lakeview 8

COTTONWOOD — The Lakeview baseball team’s offensive firepower wasn’t enough to outshine Central Minnesota Christian Monday afternoon as the Lakers fell 10-8 to the Bluejays.

Taiven Isaackson got the Lakers off to a hot start in the first inning. Tucker Fiene drew a leadoff walk and Caine Herigon got a single with two outs to bring Isaackson up to bat. Isaackson took advantage of the opportunity and belted a home run to left field to give the Lakers an early 3-0 lead.

Still, CMC came right back. The Bluejays responded with four runs of their own in the bottom of the first to retake a 4-3 lead.

The Lakers and Bluejays each scored two runs in the second and Lakeview scored three more in the third, but its offense sputtered out for the rest of the game. The Bluejays’ offense took advantage and scored four unanswered runs in the next three innings to walk away with the win.

Hunter Magnuson hit a single and drove in a pair of runs for the Lakers while Herigon hit two singles while driving in a run.

Ayden St. Pierre started for the Lakers on the mound. He pitched 4 1/3 innings while allowing seven earned runs on five hits and five walks. He also struck out five batters.

Magnuson closed out the game. He pitched 1 2/3, allowing one run on three walks and no hits, but the lack of offensive production wasn’t enough to put the Lakers on top.

Lakeview (3-7) will host Canby today at 4:30 p.m.

YME 18, Canby 0 (5)

GRANITE FALLS — The Yellow Medicine East baseball team dominated Canby in the first game of its afternoon doubleheader, going off for 12 second-inning runs in an 18-0 home route of the Lancers.

Nine different Sting players had at least one hit. Cody Dahlager and Drew Almich led the way with two hits apiece, including a double for Dahlager. Landon Anderson and Jake Odegard also each had three RBIs while Bryce Sneller, Nolan Hildahl, Almich, Andrew Flaten and Adam Stengel each had another two.

Dahlager started on the mound for YME, pitching four scoreless innings. He allowed one hit and no walks while striking out seven. Connor Fagen closed out the game with a scoreless fifth inning in which he allowed one hit and hitting one batter with a pitch.

Otto Sik and Colton Ruether each singled for Canby, giving them Canby’s only hits.

Sawyer Drietz pitched 1 1/3 innings while allowing eight hits, three walks and 13 runs. Six of the runs were unearned.

Canby (0-10) will seek its first win of the season when it travels to Cottonwood to play Lakeview today at 4:30 p.m.

YME 4, Ortonville 1

GRANITE FALLS — Drew Almich pitched seven innings for the Yellow Medicine East baseball team Monday night to lead the Sting to a 4-1 win over Ortonville.

In the complete-game effort, Almich allowed one run on three hits. He also struck out seven batters.

Bryce Sneller ignited the YME offense in the first inning to give the Sting a lead they never relinquished. After Cody Dahlager Singled, Sneller sent a two-run blast to right field to give the Sting a 2-0 lead.

Ortonville scored in the fourth inning on a sacrifice fly but the Sting responded quickly with two more insurance runs in the fifth. Braden Nelson hit a double to score Dahlager, who reached base with a walk, and then scored himself on a sacrifice fly to left field from Nolan Hildahl.

The Sting (10-2) will return to action when they host Central Minnesota Christian on Thursday at 4:30 p.m.