MILROY — Rocco Rignell’s complete-game shutout and Carson Mensink’s three hits for four total bases helped the Marshall VFW Orange baseball team pick up a 3-0 win over Sleepy Eye VFW on Tuesday at the Irish Yard in Milroy. The game went scoreless through its first four innings, but Marshall stepped up down the stretch to claim its third consecutive win. 

Marshall’s go-ahead runs came in the bottom of the fifth, starting with a Rignell walk and a Mensink single to put runners on the corners. Sleepy Eye committed an error trying to throw out Mensink as he stole second, allowing Rignell to score, and Jackson Bly hit a sacrifice fly to score Mensink for a 2-0 lead.

The pair of runs was all Rignell needed to earn the win on the mound. Over the course of seven frames on the hill, Rignell struck out 12 batters while limiting Sleepy Eye to two hits and two walks on an efficient 92 pitches.

Marshall finished with a 5-2 advantage in hits and a 5-2 advantage in walks in the game. Mensink led Orange with a double and two singles while Brendan Price had a single, a walk and three stolen bases. Sam Regnier also walked twice for Marshall.

Orange added one last insurance run in the bottom of the sixth when Price and Regnier drew consecutive walks and Jaxson Bednarek drove in Price on a ground out, bringing Marshall’s lead to 3-0. 

Marshall gets up above .500 with the win, now sitting at 7-6 on the season. Orange will look to continue its upward trajectory when it hosts Luverne Junior Legion on Thursday at 5 p.m.

Minneota Jr. Legion 13,

Redwood Falls 1

REDWOOD FALLS — Mason Javers drove in four runs on three hits while also throwing five scoreless innings for the Minneota Junior Legion baseball team on Tuesday night to give the Vultures a 13-1 win over Redwood Falls.

As a pitcher, Javers struck out eight batters on the night, limiting Redwood Falls to two hits and four walks. As a batter, he singled three times in four at-bats and scored a run himself. Kaden Christensen and Landon Pohlen each also racked up three hits in the game, as well as two RBIs and a walk for Pohlen.

After a scoreless first two innings, Pohlen and Christensen led off the third for Minneota with consecutive singles before Ian Myhre drove in Pohlen by reaching base on an error. Javers then grounded out to score Christensen and Creed Stassen singled in Myhre for a 3-0 lead.

Myhre had the game’s lone extra-base hit for Minneota, a double, while throwing two innings of relief with one earned run allowed on two hits and three walks.

The Vultures further increased their lead when Pohlen singled and Christensen reached on an error after bunting, putting both runners in scoring position with two outs. Sawyer Bradley then walked before Javers hit a two-run single.

A Pohlen walk and Christensen single set the table to start the sixth for the Vultures. A pickoff error by the Redwood Falls catcher allowed Pohlen to score and Myhre scored Christensen on a ground out.

Redwood got on the scoreboard with two outs in the bottom of the sixth-trimming the deficit to 7-1. Yet, Minneota responded with six runs in the top of the seventh.

Bryce Becker was hit by a pitch and Mason Christensen reached on an error before Pohlen hit a two-run single. An RBI single from Kaden Christensen and an RBI double by Myhre brought the score to 11-1, and Bradley was hit by a pitch before Javers hit an RBI single. Javers went on to score on a Redwood error to bring the score to 13-1.

Minneota improves to 3-7 on the year with the win.

Granite Falls 19

Bird Island 3

BIRD ISLAND — The Granite Falls American Legion baseball team picked up its first win of the season on Tuesday at Bird Island. Granite Falls scored 11 runs in the first two innings and went on to claim a 19-3 win in five frames, led by four hits from Kian Christensen and another three each from Gage Wilke and Gavin Torvik.

Gunnar Fagen earned the win on the mound, giving up three earned runs on five hits and two walks over five innings with five strikeouts. He held Bird Island scoreless through four innings, and only allowed two hits and a walk before the final frame.

Fagen and Wilke each had a double for Granite Falls, as did Jacob Peterson. Fagen, Wilke, Torvik and Christensen each also drove in a pair of RBIs in the win.

MONDAY

Adrian 5

ADRIAN — The Russell-Tyler-Ruthton American Legion baseball team had six players finish its Monday game against Adrian with multiple hits. Leading the way, Tyler Wichmann drove in a game-high three RBIs as the Knights held off Adrian for a 9-5 victory.

RTR’s bats set the tone early to claim the win. Gavin Schreurs walked, and Tyler Wichmann was hit by a pitch before an Isaac Janish single drove in the game’s first run. Wichmann then scored when Logan Tommeraasen reached on an error to make the score 2-0 after the top of the first.

Adrian answered with a run in the bottom of the frame but RTR again built up its lead with a pair of second-inning runs. With two outs, Chandler reached on an error, Schreurs singled and Wichmann hit a two-run double to make the score 4-1.

Wichmann threw 5 2/3 innings on the mound for RTR to earn the win, striking out nine batters while giving up one earned run on five hits and a trio of walks. Gavin Schreurs closed out the game with 1 1/3 innings of relief, allowing two earned runs on two hits and two walks with a pair of strikeouts.

Adrian got back on the scoreboard in the third with a run, trimming RTR’s lead to two, but RTR again added another pair of runs in the fourth inning to build its lead up to 6-2. Gabe Elton singled before scoring on another single from Chandler, and Gavin Schreurs singled to put two runners on before Chandler scored on a Wichmann ground out.

Wichmann accounted for both of RTR’s extra-base hits, a pair of doubles, while Chandler, Schreurs, Janish, Tommeraasen and Elton each singled twice. Chandler also drew a walk while RTR out-hit Adrian 15-7 in the game.

RTR’s lead reached its apex at the top of the seventh. Wichmann doubled before scoring on a Tommeraasen single, and Tyson Burns walked with two outs before RBI singles from Lane Wichmann and Elton brought RTR’s lead to 9-2. 

Adrian scored a trio of runs of its own in the bottom of the frame, but it was too little, too late. 

RTR improves to 2-0 with the win and goes on the road to take on Tracy-Milroy-Balaton for its next game on Thursday at 6:30 p.m.