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Playing on Kruse control

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MARSHALL — Coming off a dominant junior season, Marshall’s Liam Kruse continued to showcase his abilities as one of the premier prep pitchers in southwest Minnesota in his senior season. He limited opposing teams to a total of two earned runs over the course of the entire season while on ...

Marshall Black splits pair of tournament games in Alexandria

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Marshall Black 8, Chisago Lakes 0 ALEXANDRIA — The Marshall Junior Legion Black baseball team opened play at the Alexandria tournament on Friday with an 8-0 win over Chisago Lakes. Leading the way, Tyler Kraft threw a complete-game shutout and drove in a pair of runs to set the tone in ...

Mensink leads VFW to pair of tournament wins 

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BROOKINGS — Carson Mensink helped lead the Marshall VFW Orange 15U baseball team to a pair of wins on the first day of a weekend tournament in Brookings, S.D., behind a strong batting performance in the first game followed up with competitive pitching the second game. Marshall won the first ...

Neubeck, Schwagel’s HRs propel A’s comeback over Buttermakers

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An updated version of this story with quotes will be available in Tuesday's edition of the Independent EDIT: Marshall’s next game will be played at Willmar on Sunday, July 13 at 1:30 pm HADLEY — Connor Neubeck and Ryan Schwagel each hit home runs in the eighth inning of the Marshall A’s ...

Mudcats split doubleheader in Watertown

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Watertown 6, Marshall 2 WATERTOWN, S.D. — Four first-inning runs allowed gave the Watertown Arrows too large of a lead for the Marshall Mudcats to overcome in an American Legion baseball game on Thursday. The Mudcats limited the Arrows to two runs for the remainder of the game, but also ...