Amateur Baseball: Fort Ripley collects 2 wins

FORT RIPLEY — Riley DeRosier tallied four hits including the walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the 12th inning to give the Fort Ripley Rebels a 4-3 win over the Avon Lakers Saturday, June 11.

Bryce Flanagan also had two hits for the Rebels.

Brett Kramer picked up the win and pitched five innings and struck out eight. He also had a triple.

Ethan Branum got the start and pitched seven innings and struck out six.

Jack Schafer’s lone hit was a double for the Rebels.

FORT RIPLEY — Bryce Flanagan struck out 13 and tallied two hits in the Fort Ripley Rebels 8-2 win over the Aitkin Steam Sunday, June 12.

Nick Jelacie went 3-for-4 and Bill Sather had two hits including a double in the win over the Rebels.

OPOLE — Jon Blanchette went 3-for-4 with a double for the Aitkin Steam in their 6-2 win over the Opole Bears Sunday, June 12.

Nathan Enstrom and Landon Janzen also ripped doubles for the Steam in the win.

The Steam combined for a one-hitter with Kyle Cluff starting and striking out three over six innings.

Jeremy Janzen picked up a three-inning save with three strikeouts.

Jake Ince had two hits as well for the Steam.

PIERZ — Joe Ziwicki blasted two home runs including a grand slam and three-run shot to finish with seven RBIs for the Foley Lumberjacks in their 8-6 win over the Pierz Brewers Friday, June 10.

The Brewers trailed 8-0 until a six-run sixth inning put them within a run. In the inning, the Brewers were aided by four walks and an error. Ryan Stuckmayer had an RBI-single and Jonah Prokott a sacrifice fly.

Kaden Kruschek capped the inning for the Brewers with a two-run single.

Alex Foss got the win and pitched 6.2 innings and struck out three. Mike Beier retired five batters in a row to get the save.

PIERZ — Hunter Wicklund tripled and Konnor Wiclund had two hits for the St. Mathias Devils in their 3-2 win over the Pierz Bulldogs Saturday, June 11.

Kvan Woitalla led the Pierz Bulldogs with two hits including a double.

Connor Knettel picked up the win and picked a complete game and struck out six.

RANDALL — Ryan Snyder ripped the go-ahead RBI single in the ninth inning for the Royalton Riverdogs in their 3-2 win over the Randall Cubs Saturday, June 11.

The Riverdogs plated two runs in the top of the ninth to take a one-run lead. Nathan Psyck earned the save and Zach Leibold got the win after pitching eight innings with seven strikeouts.

Leibold also scored the go-ahead run on Snyder’s base hit. The Riverdogs tied the game on a Drew Yourczek single.

PIERZ — The Pierz Lakers banged out eight hits in their 5-4 win over the Royalton Riverdogs Sunday, June 12.

The Riverdogs recorded 10 hits in their loss.

SOBIESKI — Dusty Parker went 2-for-3 with a double and a home run for the Sobieski Skis in their 5-2 win over the Avon Lakers Sunday, June 12.

Joey Hanowski went 2-4 with a RBI.

Scott Litchy got the win and pitched a complete game with eight strikeouts.

SOBIESKI — The Sobieski Skis fell to the Cold Springs Springers 9-3 Saturday, June 11.

NISSWA — The Nisswa Lightning defeated the Buckman Billygoats 15-3 Sunday, June 12.

NISSWA — The Nisswa Lightning fell to the St. Clair Wood Ducks 2-0 Friday, June 10.