Amateur baseball: Marshall A's knock off New London-Spicer Twins in region play

Tom Elliott, West Central Tribune, Willmar, Minn.
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Aug. 5—MARSHALL — The Marshall A's opened Region 4C play Wednesday with a 7-3 victory over the New London-Spicer Twins.

Marshall, the fifth seed from the Corn Belt League, scored three runs in the first and three more in the second to get a big early lead.

New London-Spicer, the fourth seed from the County Line League, managed three hits off A's starter Mason Penske, who went seven innings.

Marshall advances from the play-in game to face the Bird Island Bullfrogs at 5:30 p.m. Saturday in Marshall. Bird Island is the top seed from the Corn Belt.

At stake in Region 4C are two berths in the state Class C tournament. This year's tournament is Aug. 20-Sept. 4 in Waconia, Chaska and Hamburg.

Other games Saturday in Marshall include: Willmar vs. Regal at 10 a.m.; Atwater vs. the Milroy Yankees at 12:30 p.m. and Paynesville vs. Raymond at 3 p.m. Play continues in the double-elimination portion of the tournament Sunday and concludes Aug. 15.

Marshall 7, NLS Twins 3

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Hitting — NLS: Jake Rambow 1-2 r-2 2b hbp-2, Ben Kulset 0-2 r sac, Scott Rambow 0-4 rbi-2 sf, Mike Danielson 1-5 rbi, Derek Dolezal 1-3 hbp ... Marshall: Matt Hmielewski 2-4 r, Doug Mead 1-3 r-2 hbp sb-2, Mason Penske 3-5 r rbi 2b, Zach Olson 0-3 r, Joe Rock 3-4 r rbi-3, Logan Tomasek 2-5 r rbi-2 2b, Ryan Schwegel 0-4 sac, Ryan Van Moer 1-4 rbi, Alex Thompson 0-3 hbp

Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — NLS: Ethan Haugen (L) 1 2/3 -3-6-6-4-2, Kulset 6 1/3-9-1-1-1-2 ... Marshall: Penske (W) 7-3-2-2-5-7, Hmielewski 2-0-1-0-1-3