Area Baseball Roundup: ACGC's bats blast BOLD
Apr. 17—BIRD ISLAND — With four players scoring multiple runs and strong middle-of-the-order efforts from Zach Bagley and Jaxon Behm, Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City defeated BOLD 14-7 in a non-conference baseball game Friday afternoon.
Bagley was 3-for-3 with three RBIs, three stolen bases and two runs scored. Behm was 2-for-5 with a pair of RBIs while also getting the win on the mound after tossing five innings.
Hunter Bjur scored four times for the Falcons, followed by three runs from Josh Kingery and a pair from Bagley and Jack Peterson.
For the Warriors, Aiden Elfering hit two home runs — a two-run shot in the third and a solo homer in the sixth — for three RBIs and two runs. Tate Sheehan belted a triple while Avery Herdina, Eli Walton and Zeke Walton each banged out doubles.
Zeke took the loss for BOLD after going the first three innings.
The Falcons travel to Eden Valley-Watkins for their Central Minnesota Conference opener on Tuesday. The Warriors have their West Central Conference opener at home Tuesday with a doubleheader against Montevideo.
ACGC 14, BOLD 7
ACGC 102 343 1-14 10 1
BOLD 002 131 0- 7 10 4
Hitting — ACGC: Josh Kingery 1-5 r-3 rbi, Logan Straumann 1-3 rbi, Jack Peterson 1-3 r-2, Jaxon Behm 2-5 rbi-2, Zach Bagley 3-3 r-2 rbi-3 sb-3, Masson Hiltner 1-3 rbi, Malcolm Ludwig 1-3 r sb, Hayden Straumann 0-4 rbi, Zach Schultz 0-1 r sb, Keegan Kessler-Gross 0-2 r, Hunter Bjur 0-0 r-4 ... BOLD: Aidan Elfering 2-4 hr-2 r-2 rbi-3, Avery Herdina 1-3 2b r, Zeke Walton 1-3 2b r, Eli Walton 1-1 2b, Kaden Fischer 1-3, Xavier Basadula 1-2 rbi, Tate Sheehan 1-3 3b rbi, Ryan King 1-4, Tim Peppel 0-3 r, Carson Edwards 0-3 r-2.
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — ACGC: Behm (W) 5-9-6-5-3-5, Bagley 2-1-1-1-2-2 ... BOLD: Z. Walton (L) 3-8-6-5-4-3, Peppel 2-2-4-3-3-2, King 2-0-4-0-6-1.
Morris/CA 6,
NLS 3
With Brandon Jergenson keeping New London-Spicer's offense at bay, Morris/Chokio-Alberta was able to hang on for a non-conference win at Green Lake Diamonds in Spicer.
Jergenson picked up the win after striking out eight with two runs (both unearned) allowed on two hits and two walks.
The Tigers were led by Zach Bruns, who was 4-for-4 with two triples, two stolen bases, a run and an RBI.
Matt Kaemer finished 2-for-3 with a double and two RBIs for the Wildcats. Hayden Christopherson was hit with the loss following four innings of work.
Morris/CA 001 230 0-6 11 2
NLS 000 002 1-3 2 1
Hitting — Morris/CA: Brandon Jergenson 1-4 r, Zach Bruns 4-4 3b-2 r rbi sb-2, Sam Kleinwolterink 1-3 2b, Will Breuer 1-4 r rbi, Dylan Rose 1-4 r, Tristan Raths 1-4 3b r rbi, Durgin Decker 1-3 rbi, Riley Reimers 1-2 rbi, Flynn McNally 0-0 r ... NLS: Matt Kraemer 2-3 2b rbi-2, Gavin Degner 0-3 r, Mason Toutges 0-1 r, Brody Lien 0-2 r.
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — Morris/CA: Jergenson (W) 6-2-2-0-2-8, Parker Bartels 1-0-1-1-1-1 ... NLS: Hayden Christopherson (L) 4-6-3-2-2-1, Degner 3-5-3-3-0-2.
Benson 6, LQPV 5
Sam Lenarz's RBI single with one out in the bottom of the seventh inning enabled Benson to earn a walk-off win over visiting Lac qui Parle Valley.
LQPV took a 5-3 lead in the top of the sixth on Carter Amland's bases-clearing double.
Benson then scored four in the bottom of the seventh.
Lenarz's hit brought home Dylan Ascheman, who had an RBI single to cut the deficit to 5-4. Isaac Minchow's RBI fielder's choice tied it up. Then came Lenarz's hard-hit ball, which bounced off the shortstop, who dove for the ball.
LQPV 101 003 0-5 9 2
Benson 001 100 4-6 10 1
Hitting — LQPV: L. Schirm 1-3 R-2 BB SB, K. Fernholz 1-4 R, Carter Amland 3-4 R RBI-3 2B, B. Wollschlager 0-2 BB, Avery Wittnebel 1-4 RBI, D. Mortenson 1-4, K. Allpress 2-3 R BB ... Benson: Pat Michow 1-3 R RBI BB-2, Sam Lenarz 2-4 RBI BB 2B, Matt Laumeyer 2-3 BB SB, Josh Norby 1-4 R, Kellen Schmidt 2-3 R-2 2B HBP SB, Isaac Minchow 1-3 R RBI BB, Dylan Ascheman 1-4 R RBI.
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — LQPV: B. Wollschlager 4-6-2-1-3-5, L. Schirm (L) 2.1-3-4-3-3-1, K. Fernholz 0-1-0-0-0-0 ... Benson: M. Laumeyer 5-8-2-1-0-6, I. Minchow (W) 2-1-3-3-5-0.
Paynesville 13,
Montevideo 0 (5)
Paynesville made short work of Montevideo for a five-inning victory in Paynesville.
Eli Nelson got the victory for the Bulldogs after throwing a one-hitter over five innings. He struck out six with just one walk issued.
Abe Bullard was 2-for-2 with a double, three runs and two RBIs while Cooper Bast was 2-for-2 with two doubles, two runs and two RBIs for Paynesville. Chase Bayer drove in a pair of runs and Grayson Fuchs hit a two-out solo home run in the second.
Kaiden Boike got the Thunder Hawks' lone hit with a one-out single in the fifth.
Montevideo 000 00- 0 1 0
Paynesville 144 4x-13 9 1
Hitting — Montevideo: Kaden Boike 1-2 ... Paynesville: Grayson Fuchs 1-2 hr r-2 rbi-2 sb, Eli Nelson 2-3 r-2 rbi sb, Ryan Messer 1-3 2b r rbi, Abe Bullard 2-2 2b r-3 rbi-2, Cooper Bast 2-2 2b-2 r-2 rbi-2, Chase Bayer 1-2 rbi-2, Drew Tangen 0-2 r, Tanner Stanley 0-2 r, Tori Olmscheid 0-1 r, Jevon Terres 0-1 rbi, Bennett Evans 0-1 rbi.
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — Montevideo: Brady Snell (L) 3-8-9-9-2-1, Dylan Spray 1-1-4-4-4-1 ... Paynesville: Nelson (W) 5-1-0-0-1-6.
KMS 7,
Border West 2
Alex Call had a big night both on the mound and at the plate to help give Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg the non-conference victory against Border West in Sunburg.
Call was the winning pitcher after striking out nine and allowing just one hit and two walks over four scoreless innings. On offense, he was 2-for-4 with two runs, two RBIs and two stolen bases.
Isaac Rudningen was 1-for-1 with two runs and two stolen bases while Brody Forsell added a two-run home run in the fifth inning for the Fighting Saints.
Border West 000 020 0-2 3 2
KMS 102 121 x-7 8 2
Hitting — Border West: Jakob Adelman 1-2 sb, Volker 1-1, Bryant Callenius 1-2 2b, Brayden Hofer 0-1 r, Logan Bock 0-1 r, Caden Spilde 0-2 rbi-2 ... KMS: Wylee Lottman 1-4 2b sb, Isaac Call 1-4 r rbi sb, Alex Call 2-4 r-2 rbi-2 sb-2, Brody Forsell 1-3 hr r rbi-2, Devon Swanson 1-3 2b rbi, Isaac Rudningen 1-1 r-2 sb-2, Chase Magaard 1-3, Hunter Wilts 0-1 r rbi
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — Border West: Isaac Hennen (L) 3-5-3-1-1-5, Nate Moberg 1 2/3-2-3-2-1-0, Volker 1 1/3-1-1-1-2-1 ... KMS: A. Call (W) 4-1-0-0-2-9, Jaiden Henjum 2-1-2-2-2-2, I. Call 1-1-0-0-1-1
YME 13, Ortonville 4
Already up 7-4, Yellow Medicine East put up six runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to lock up a non-conference win against Ortonville in Granite Falls.
Cody Dahlager paced the Sting's offense, going 2-for-3 with a double, three runs scored and a stolen base. Nickson Knapper and Ty Schulte were both 2-for-4, with Knapper scoring twice and driving in a run.
Hunter Wilke got the win after tossing two innings of relief.
Andrew Strong was 2-for-2 with a double, two RBIs and a run for the Trojans.
Ortonville 011 200 0- 4 5 6
YME 024 106 x-13 6 2
Hitting — Ortonville: Deavan Boots 1-4 r, Andrew Strong 2-2 2b r rbi-2, Carter Powell 1-4 r, Dru Boots 1-3 rbi, Josh Mueller 0-1 r ... YME: Nickson Knapper 2-4 r-2 rbi, Ty Schulte 2-4 2b r, Cody Dahlager 2-3 2b r-3 sb, Isaac Jimenez 0-1 r, Cole Fischer 0-3 r, Nolan Hildahl 0-2 r-3 sb, Bryce Sneller 0-3 r, Caleb Jans 0-3 rbi, Judson Martin 0-1 r sb.
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — Ortonville: Boots (L) 2 1/3-2-6-3-3-3, Mueller 3 1/3-3-6-4-2-3, Powell 1/3-1-1-0-1-1 ... YME: Jans 3-3-2-1-2-2, Hunter Wilke (W) 2-2-2-2-0-0, Knapper 1-0-0-0-0-1, Schulte 1-0-0-0-1-2.
Camden
R-T-R 1, CMCS 0
Cody Wichmann struck out 16 and drove in the lone run of the game for Russell-Tyler-Ruthton in a Camden Conference win against Central Minnesota Christian in Prinsburg.
Corbyn Sitzmann added a hit, a run and three stolen bases for the Knights.
Skyler Zwart and Case Mulder both had hits for the Bluejays. Trevor Post took the loss on the mound after tossing six innings for CMCS.
R-T-R 001 000 0-1 5 0
CMCS 000 000 0-0 2 0
Hitting — R-T-R: Corbyn Sitzmann 1-2 r sb-3, Jack Christianson 1-3, Cody Wichmann 2-3 2b rbi, Aiden Wichmann 1-3 2b ... CMCS: Skyler Zwart 1-2, Case Mulder 1-3.
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — R-T-R: C. Wichmann (W) 6 2/3-2-0-0-3-16, Sam Nibbe 1/3-0-0-0-1-0 ... CMCS: Trevor Post (L) 6-4-1-1-3-2, Max Muzik 1-1-0-0-0-1.
Late Thursday
Litchfield 3,
Dassel-Cokato 2
Litchfield scored with a walk-off RBI single with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning to beat Dassel-Cokato late Thursday at Litchfield.
Dassel-Cokato 000 200 0-2 7 0
Litchfield 100 010 1-3 6 1
Hitting — D-C: N. Nikolai 2-4, L. Grayson 1-3 SB, M. Zack 1-3 R, H. Grant 2-3 R 2B, C. Tobais 1-3 RBI... Litchfield: Lecher 1-3 R BB, Wahl 2-4 RBI-2, Alsleben 1-2 BB, Kelsey 1-2 R-2 BB, Taber 1-2 RBI
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) — D-C: (L) N. Jacob 6.2-6-3-2-3-12 ... Litchfield: Liestman (W) 7-7-2-0-1-5
