Grant Eller, Chris Smolke and Reid Mimmack drove in runs to lead the Brainerd Bees to a 3-2 victory over Orthopedics Sunday.
Brainerd fell to St. Joseph 11-4 in the night cap.
Tim Martin allowed eight hits and one earned run over seven innings. He struck out six for the win. Blake Eller pitched the final two innings for the save. He struck out four, walked two and allowed one hit and one earned run. He also hit a triple.
Six Brainerd errors led to Eller picking up the game two loss.
Grant Eller was 2-4. Joel Martin finished 2-3 with an RBI. Darren Goltz hit a two-run single, Tom Fairbanks hit an RBI double and Kyle Crocker hit a double.
Brainerd moves to 8-9 and travels July 16 to Cold Spring.
Game one
Bees 3 5 0
Orthopedics 2 9 2
Game two
St. Joseph 11 9 1
Bees 4 9 6
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