RTR 3, E/SWMC 1

RUTHTON — Gavin Schreurs had an impressive performance on the mound Monday night, tossing 15 strikeouts while allowing just one hit to prevail the Russell-Tyler-Ruthton baseball team to a 3-1 win over Edgerton/Southwest Minnesota Christian.

Schreurs’ near no-hitter came through nearly a complete game, pitching six innings.

RTR held E/SWMC off nearly the entire game, and allowed one run in the top of the seventh.

The Knights got on the board in the first inning after Tyler Wichmann scored with bases loaded on a Kolby Louwagie walk. RTR added on two more runs in the fourth frame, with Schreurs and Levi Tommeraasen both scoring on a wild pitch.

RTR moves to a 3-1 start to the season, and will travel to Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda on Thursday at 4:30 p.m.

BOX SCORE

BATTING

T. Burns: 1-4; T. Wichmann: 0-3, R;B. Chandler: 0-2, BB; I. Janish: 1-2, BB; K. Louwagie: 0-1, RBI, 2BB; G. Schreurs: 1-3, R; L. Tommeraasen: 0-2, R, BB; Q. Valden: 1-3.

PITCHING

G. Schreurs: 6 IP, 15 SO, H, R, 2BB; L. Tommeraasen: 1 IP, 2SO, 2H.

Canby 11, Minneota 3

CANBY — The Canby baseball team’s effective baserunning and aggressive hitting shined in an 11-3 win over Minneota Monday night. Creed Stassen for the Vikings had the biggest hit of the day with a homerun in the second inning.

Morgen Tol pitched a complete game, tossing six strikeouts with just one walk, allowing seven hits and three earned runs.

Jace Rangaard went 2 of 3 at the plate along with two RBIs , while Jake Midtaune added in another two RBIs to help lead the Lancers.

Midtaune and Brennan Giese each had a double as well.

Canby took the lead early with three runs in the bottom of the second, and ultimately sealed the win with a six-run fourth inning.

Minneota scored its three runs sparingly, with a run each in the second, fourth and sixth innings.

Stassen spent the most time on the mound for Minneota, pitching the final 2 2/3 innings with six strikeouts, allowing no runs or walks with just two hits.

The Lancers finished with 12 hits and one error, while Minneota had seven hits and five errors.

Canby (1-1) will next travel to Renville County West on Monday at 4:30 p.m.

Minneota (0-4) will return to the field on Thursday to host Renville County West with a 4:30 p.m. first pitch.

BOX SCORE

CANBY

BATTING

C. Antony: 2-4, R, RBI, BB; W. Abrahamson: 0-2, 2BB; J. Sigler: 1-3, RBI, BB; J. Rangaard: 2-3, R, 2RBI; M. Tol: 0-2, 2BB; M. Zitzman: 2-4, R; B. Giese: 1-3, 3R, RBI, BB; J. Midtaune: 2-4, 2RBI; L. Meyer-Thovson: 2-4, 2R, RBI.

PITCHING

M. Tol: 7 IP, 6 SO, 7H, 3R, BB.

MINNEOTA

BATTING

L. Pohlen: 1-3, R; C. Javers: 1-2, R, RBI, BB; L. Esping: 1-3; C. Stassen: 1-3, R, RBI; S. Paluch: 2-3; D. Fier: 1-3.

PITCHING

K. Christensen: 1.1 IP, 2 SO, 3H, 3R, 5BB; L. Esping: 2 IP, 3 SO, 7H, 8R, 2BB; C. Stassen: 2.2 IP, 6SO, 2H.

YME 5, MACCRAY 2

CLARA CITY — Gunnar Fagen led the Yellow Medicine East baseball team on both sides of the field in a 5-2 win over MACCRAY Monday night.

Fagen was the starting pitcher and tossed 10 strikeouts in his five innings on the mound, allowing four hits, one walk and two earned runs. He also went 2 of 3 at the plate, and accounted for a run.

Connor Lien had a team-high two RBIs as well.

YME scored three runs in the top of the fourth inning coming from Fagen, Lane Wohlman and Gavin Torvik.

Wohlman also pitched the final two innings, throwing two strikeouts while allowing no hits, walks or runs.

Each team committed three errors, but the Sting outhit the Wolverines 5-4.

YME (1-2) will return home to host Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg on Thursday at 4:30 p.m.

BOX SCORE

BATTING

H. Kuehn: 0-3, BB; G. Fagen: 2-3, R, BB; L. Wohlman: 1-3, R, RBI, BB; G. Torvik: 1-4, R; D. Hildahl: 0-3, R, BB; C. Lien: 1-2, 2RBI, 2BB; A. Kuehn: 0-3, RBI.

PITCHING

G. Fagen: 5 IP, 10 SO 4H, 2R, BB; L. Wohlman: 2 IP, 2 SO.

Dawson-Boyd 16, Ortonville 8 (9 inn.)

ORTONVILLE — The Dawson-Boyd baseball team had a valiant comeback attempt Monday night against Ortonville, forcing two extra innings and getting the 16-8 win after exploding for eight runs in the top of the ninth.

Ortonville initially built a 8-3 lead following the third inning, but Dawson-Boyd kept the Trojans scoreless the rest of the night while embarking on their own fight. The Blackjacks scored five unanswered runs in the sixth to tie the score up 8-8, before rallying in the ninth.

To start the ninth-inning rally, Aedyn Dahl scored the go-ahead run to give Dawson-Boyd the lead following an Evan Ibarra RBI single. Both Ibarra and Eli Olson then scored on Sather’s two-run RBI single.

Colten Bothun stepped up to the plate and hit a hard double on a line drive to left field to score Sather to continue the Blackjacks’ momentum. Bothun, Holland Schacherer and Elijah Cain were all able to get home as well before the end of the inning and secured the come-from-behind victory.

Ace Larson and Dahl each hit an RBI double as well.

Kam Sather had a strong overall performance at the plate and on the mound to lead the Blackjacks.

Sather had two hits and accounted for two runs, while also driving in five runners. Pitching-wise, he was charged with the win after throwing eight strikeouts, allowing no hits or runs in through his six innings.

Nate Hansen went 3 for 6 at the plate, as did Holland Schacherer, going 2 for 2.

Dahl, Ace Larson, Bothun, and Hansen each had a double as well, while Dahl and Schacherer led Dawson-Boyd with four and three stolen bases, respectively.

Overall, the Blackjacks had a sizable hitting advantage over Ortonville, finishing with 12 hits to the Trojans’ 2.

Dawson-Boyd (3-1) will return back home to host Central Minnesota Christian on Thursday with a 4:30 p.m. first pitch.

BOX SCORE

DAWSON-BOYD BATTING

E. Olson: 1-3, 3R, 2BB; K. Sather: 2-6, 2R, 5RBI; C. Bothun: 1-5, 2RBI, R, BB; N. Hansen: 3-6, R, RBI; H. Schacherer: 2-4, 2R, RBI, 2BB; A. Dahl: 1-3, 2R, RBI, 2BB; A. Larson: 1-4, RBI, 2BB; R. Gruwell: 0-3, 2R, RBI, 2BB; E. Ibarra: 1-2, 2R, RBI, BB.

DAWSON-BOYD PITCHING

A. Dahl: 2.1 IP, 3 SO, 2H, 6R, 2BB; A. Larson: 0.1 IP, 5BB, 2R; K. Sather: 6.1 IP, 8 SO, 2BB.

MCC 16, RRC/WWG 1

LAMBERTON — Teague Meyer struck out 11 batters and scored a pair of runs on Monday night, leading the Murray County Central baseball team to a 16-1 win over Red Rock Central/Westbrook-Walnut Grove in five innings in Red Rock Conference play.

Meyer pitched all five innings for MCC, limiting the Falcons to one earned run on one hit. He was efficient with his pitches as well, throwing just 61 over the course of the game.

MCC came out the gates swinging. Meyer hit a lead off double, and Cayden Veldhuisen reached on an error to put runners on the corners. With one out, Krew Schneider hit a two-run double to put MCC on the board, Gabe Tentinger was hit by a pitch to put two runners on again, and a Carson Lewis single and a Danny Larson ground out made the score 4-1.

In the bottom of the frame, Jordan Therkilson was hit by a pitch, stole his way to third and scored on a Jackson Jenniges sacrifice fly.

MCC’s pitching and defense stood tall from there, however, retiring six straight Falcons and 13 of the next 14 to close out the game. Meyer struck out each of the final four batters.

Veldhuisen led the MCC offense with a triple, two RBIs, a walk and three runs. Schneider also drove in three runs on a pair of singles and Carson Lewis reached base with a double and a single, netting a pair of RBIs.

Jake Erickson took the loss for RRC/WWG, giving up seven earned runs on eight hits and four walks over four innings. In relief, Jonah Skarupa surrendered a pair of earned runs on three hits and a pair of walks over the final frame.

Therkilsen was the lone batter to record a hit for RRC/WWG, and no Falcons drew a walk on the day.

MCC scored a pair of runs in the second and fourth innings to bring the lead to 8-1. The Rebels closed in on the mercy rule with an eight-run inning in the fifth.

A pair of errors allowed Tristan Behrends and Carter Hanson to reach base to start the frame and Meyer was hit by a pitch to load the bases with no outs. A walk to Veldhuisen pushed across one run, prompting the RRC/WWG pitching change, and a Dugan Kluis sacrifice fly and a Schneider single brought the gap to 11 runs, putting the mercy rule in play.

Still, MCC wasn’t done scoring yet. Walks to Tentinger and Levi Kopperud pushed across a run, making the score 12-1 with two outs. Another walk to Finn Schneider made the score 13-1 and a passed ball and a two-run error during a Noah Frisk at-bat made the score 16-1.

MCC improves to 4-0 and hosts Mountain Lake Area-Comfrey Tuesday at 4:30 p.m., and RRC/WWG falls to 2-2 and also next takes on MLAC on Thursday at 4:30 p.m. MCC’s Tuesday night game was still in progress at the time of print.

BOX SCORE

BATTING

T. Meyer: 1-2 (2B), 2 R, HBP; C. Veldhuisen: 2-3 (3B), 2 RBI, BB, 2 SB, 3 R; D. Kluis: 1-3 (2B), 2 RBI, SF, SO; K. Schneider: 2-4, 3 RBI, 2 R, SO; G. Tentinger: 1-1 (2B), 2 BB, HBP, 2 RBI, 3 R; C. Lewis: 2-3 (2B), 2 RBI, SB, SO; J. Kline: 0-1, R; D. Larson: 0-3, RBI, SO; L. Kopp: 0-0, BB, RBI, R; T. Behrends: 0-3, SB, R; F. Schneider: 0-0, BB, RBI, R; C. Hanson: 0-1, 2 BB, 2 R, SB; A. Heard: 1-1.

PITCHING

T. Meyer: W, 5 IP, H, R, ER, 11 SO, HBP.

RRC/WWG

BATTING

J. Therkilsen: 1-1, HBP, R, 2 SB; J. Jenniges: 0-1, RBI, SF.

PITCHING

J. Erickson: L, 4 IP, 8 H, 12 R, 7 ER, 4 BB, 4 SO, 2 HBP; J. Skarupa: IP, 2 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, SO.