DAWSON — Tygan Long’s complete-game shutout and Grayson Olson’s three-run home run powered the Dawson-Boyd baseball team to a 6-0 Camden Conference win over Yellow Medicine East on Thursday. The win keeps Dawson-Boyd undefeated in conference play, tied with MACCRAY for first place, while handing YME its first conference loss of the season.

Long limited the Sting to three hits and a walk in his shutout effort, also striking out five YME batters. At the plate, he recorded a hit, a walk and an RBI.

Olson’s homer came in the bottom of the fifth with a 3-0 Dawson-Boyd lead. Long walked and Nate Hansen singled to start the inning, and Olson blasted the ball over the left-field wall to double the Blackjack lead.

Eric Jimenez pitched the first four innings for YME, allowing two earned and one unearned run on five hits and a walk. In relief, Jacob Peterson gave up three earned runs on three hits and three walks over two innings. Each pitcher struck out three batters.

Kameron Sather scored the game’s first run when he led off the first with a triple, and scored on a two-out single by Hansen. He also scored in the third when he reached on an error and crossed the plate on a Colten Bothun single, and Bothun scored on a Long single.

Lane Wohlman doubled for YME’s lone extra-base hit. 

Dawson-Boyd improves to 9-2 on the season andhosts Adrian/Ellsworth (6-6) for its next game today at 4:30 p.m. 

Yellow Medicine East falls to 7-4 on the year and will look to bounce back when it hosts MACCRAY (7-4) on Saturday at 11 a.m.

Minneota 6, MACCRAY 4 

CLARA CITY — The Minneota baseball team faced a 3-2 deficit going into the fourth inning before bringing in three runs to take the lead, while holding off MACCRAY for five straight scoreless innings, for a 6-4 win on the road Thursday night. 

MACCRAY got on the board with three runs in the first inning, as did Minneota with one, when the Vikings honed in on its defense to not allow another Wolverine run to occur until the bottom of the seventh inning. 

The Vikings’ three runs in the fourth, which was just enough to secure the win, came from Adam Dalager, Joey Lacek and Mason Javers, all getting on base with hits initially.

Dalager had a team-high three RBIs in his two hits, while Ryan Meagher went 4 for 4 at the plate. Javers also connected well, going 3 for 3. 

Meagher had the largest hit for the Viking with a double. 

Pitching-wise, Carson Javers threw the first five innings before being relieved by Mason for the final two. 

Carson threw six strikeouts and five walks, while allowing two earned runs and five hits.  

Mason pitched two strikeouts and two walks with one hit and one earned run. 

Overall, Minneota tallied 13 hits and two errors, to MACCRAY’s six hits and one error. 

Minneota (10-5) will next travel to Wabasso on Monday with a 4:30 p.m. first pitch. 

TMB 11, Ortonville 1 (5 inn.)

TRACY — Early offensive production at the plate and an ability to capitalize on opponent miscues helped the Tracy-Milroy-Balaton baseball team pull ahed early in its Camden Conference matchup against Ortonville on Thursday. The Panthers scored five first-inning runs and never looked back, claiming an 11-1 victory in five innings.

Connor Lanoue’s pitching kept the Trojans at bay. He threw all five innings for the Panthers, striking out seven batters while limiting Ortonville to one earned run on one hit and a pair of walks.

TMB first took the lead in the bottom of the first. Taylor Squires and Lanoue hit consecutive singles before Trevor Smith singled in Squires for the game’s first run. Another single from Noah Knakmuhs loaded the bases and Griffin Zick hit a three-run triple before scoring on a Jackson Kruse single with two outs. 

Knakmuhs led the Panthers with three hits on the day while Lanoue and Kruse each added another two. Zick and David Schuh also led the team with three RBIs for Zick and two for Schuh.

Trailing by 11 runs, Ortonville scored its first run of the day on an RBI single with two outs in the top of the fifth, but a fly out allowed TMB to maintain the mercy-rule win.

TMB put a pair of runners on in the bottom of the fourth when Knakmuhs singled and Zick reached on an error. Schuh drove in both with a double before scoring when Brody Hauger reached on an error, and a catcher’s interference call with the bases loaded allowed Hauger to score before a line out ended the frame.

A Noah Knakmuhs single and Zick reaching on an error scored Lanoue and Zick in the bottom of the second for a 7-0 TMB advantage. 

Tracy-Milroy-Balaton improves to 8-6 on the season and next hosts Canby (3-6) today at 4:30 p.m.

MCC 10, RRC/WWG 3

LAMBERTON — Dugan Kluis’ four hits with a pair of RBIs set the tone for the Murray County Central baseball team in its Red Rock Conference game against Red Rock Centra/Westbrook-Walnut Grove on Thursday. The Rebels took the lead for good in the fourth inning and continued to roll from there to a 10-3 win.

The game was tied at two runs apiece in the top of the fourth when Carson Lewis was hit by a pitch, stole second and third, and scored on an error at third. Tristan Behrends then walked with two outs and scored on a Carter Hanson single to give the Rebels a two-run cushion.

Kluis pitched the game’s first five innings for the Rebels, giving up two earned and one unearned run on five hits and a pair of walks. He also struck out 11 batters.

In relief, Teague Meyer struck out two batters while allowing a pair of hits over two scoreless innings.

RRC/WWG got on the board first when Jackson Jenniges and Carter Therkilsen singled, and Hudsen Jenniges reached base on an error to load up the bases with no outs. A walk to Austin Imker forced in a run, but Kluis struck out the side from there to get out of the jam.

Krew Schneider scored the tying run in the top of the second when he tripled and scored on a passed ball. A trio of walks to Gabe Tentinger, Lewis and Veldhuisen loaded the bases with no outs, and Hanson grounded into a fielder’s choice to give MCC a 2-1 lead.

Imker pitched the first four innings for the Falcons, allowing five earned runs on four hits and five walks with six strikeouts. Abe Stavnes also gave up five earned runs on eight hits and a walk over three innings of relief.

In addition to Dugan Kluis’ offensive production, Krew Schneider had three RBIs on a triple and a single while Dylan Kluis singled twice. Jordan Therkilsen had a double and a single for the Falcons, making him the only RRC/WWG player with multiple hits. 

RRC/WWG tied the game back up when Therkilsen walked, stole second, and scored on a passed ball. Yet, MCC rallied ahead an inning later and never let go of the lead.

Krew Schneider hit a sacrifice fly to score Dugan Kluis in the top of the fifth and Imker singled in Carter Therkilsen in the bottom of the frame to bring the score to 5-3. Yet, MCC pulled ahead with five sixth-inning runs to put the game away.

MCC improves to 12-1 on the season with the win and next goes on the road to take on Edgerton/Southwest Minnesota Christian (9-4) on Thursday at 4:30 p.m.

RRC/WWG falls to 8-4 and hosts Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda (3-8) for its next game on Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.