NISSWA-Drew Sannes went 3-4 with five RBIs and Luke Schumer finished
3-5 with a pair of doubles for the Nisswa Lightning, who beat the Cuyuna
Ranger Miners 10-0 in eight innings Sunday.
Kyle Schaible allowed two hits over seven innings before giving the mound to Luke Messner for the final inning.
Jason Roepke and Aaron Jenkins also contributed doubles for the 9-1 Lightning.
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It was the fourth straight game Nisswa has ended early due to the 10-run rule and sixth time overall.
Cuyuna Range 0 3 2
Nisswa 10 11 0
WP: Kyle Schaible. LP: Luke Zontelli. 2B: N-Jason Roepke, Luke Schumer 2,
Aaron Jenkins. Overall: N 9-1. Next: St. Stephen at Cuyuna Range 1:30 p.m.
Sunday. Fort Ripley at Nisswa 8 p.m. Friday; St. Mathias at Nisswa 1:30
p.m. Saturday.
St. Mathias 4, Cuyuna Range 3
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ST. MATHIAS-Matt Tautges pitched eight innings for the St. Mathias Devils in their 4-3 win over the Cuyuna Range Miners Sunday in a key game for fourth place in the North Division.
Tautges scattered seven hits, while striking out five before giving way to David Skiba for the ninth.
Matt Woitalla had two hits, including a double, for St. Mathias.
Reed Olander and Luke Patron had two hits apiece for Cuyuna Range.
The result leaves both teams with 3-9 records, tied for fourth place with one regular season game remaining.
If the two teams are tied after next weekend, they will play a one-game playoff to determine the fourth and final seed in the upcoming North playoffs.
Cuyuna Range 3 7 0
St. Mathias 4 6 0
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WP: Matt Tautges. LP: Jake Zontelli. 2B: SM-Matt Woitalla. Overall: CR
3-9, SM 3-9. Next: St. Mathias at Nisswa 1:30 p.m. Saturday. St. Stephen
at Cuyuna Range 1:30 p.m. Sunday.
Fort Ripley 8, St. Mathias 1
ST. MATHIAS-Jack Hegarty pitched a complete-game four-hitter with 14
strikeouts for the Fort Ripley Rebels in an 8-1 win over the St. Mathias
Devils Sunday.
Nick Jelacie had two hits, including a double, for the Rebels.
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Josh Boser contributed two hits and Matt Tautges a double for the Devils.
Fort Ripley 8 5 0
St. Mathias 1 4 0
WP: Jack Hegarty. LP: Justin Eischenbacher. 2B: FR-Nick Jelacie, SM-Matt
Tautges. Overall: FR 10-1. Next: Fort Ripley at Nisswa 8 p.m. Friday;
Aitkin at Fort Ripley 1:30 p.m. Sunday. St. Mathias at Nisswa 1:30 p.m.
Saturday.
Buckman 11, Brewers 10
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BUCKMAN-Noah Boser's 11th inning walk-off single drove in the winning run for the Buckman Billygoats in an 11-10 victory over the Pierz Brewers Sunday.
Boser finished 3-6 with a home run, while Lane Girtz, Joe Kahl and Zach
Lanners each doubled.
Matt Kummet was 4-6 with a home run for Pierz and Chuck Boser also homered,
while going 2-5. Greg Pohlkamp was 3-5 and Eric Boser and Cody Meyer
contributed doubles.
Brewers 10 19 2
Buckman 11 14 0
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WP: Ben Boser. LP: Matt Kummet. 2B: B-Lane Girtz, Joe Kahl, Zach Lanners;
P-Eric Boser, Cody Meyer. HR: B-Noah Boser; P-Chuck Boser, Matt Kummet.
Overall: Buckman 9-2, Pierz 6-6. Next: Buckman at Royalton 6 p.m.
Wednesday.
Buckman 12, Sobieski 9
BUCKMAN-Mark Kahl went 4-5 with a double and Zach Lanners ripped three
doubles for the Buckman Billygoats who rallied from a 9-3 deficit to beat the Sobieski Skis 12-9 Sunday.
Travis Kahl and Ben Boser also hit doubles for the Billygoats, who snapped Sobieski's nine-game winning streak.
Noah Boser finished 3-5 with two RBIs and Lane Girtz had two hits for Buckman.
Sobieski 9 10 1
Buckman 12 17 2
WP: Mark Kahl. LP: Tyler Jendro. 2B: B-Travis Kahl, Ben Boser, Mark Kahl,
Zach Lanners 3.
Brewers 10, Bulldogs 5
PIERZ-Aaron Weber had the hot bat for the Pierz Brewers going 4-5 with
a pair of doubles, two RBIs and three runs in a 10-5 victory over the
Pierz Bulldogs Sunday.
Greg Pohlkamp, Mike Weber and Breck Weber also doubled for the Brewers.
Logan Meyer and Drew Elness both finished 3-4 for the Bulldogs. Elness and
Ryan Foreman each had a double.
Bulldogs 5 12 6
Brewers 10 16 1
WP: Mike Poser. LP: Aaron Schultz. 2B: Brew-Aaron Weber 2, Greg Pohlkamp,
Mike Weber, Breck Weber; Bull-Ryan Foreman, Drew Elness. Overall: Bulldogs
1-9 Next: Bulldogs at Lastrup 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Lastrup at Bulldogs 8
p.m. Friday.
Lastrup 6, Randall 3
PIERZ-All nine batters had at least one hit for the Lastrup Lakers, who
maintained their hold on first place in the East with a 6-3 win over the
Randall Cubs Sunday.
The bottom three in the lineup, Scott Janson, Nate Janson and Brandon
Lochner, all went 2-3. Both Jansons had doubles as did Brad Meyer.
Randall 3 11 3
Lastrup 6 14 3
WP: Chad Weiss. LP: Pete Herman. 2B: L-Brad Meyer, Scott Janson, Nate
Janson; R-Kyle Peterschick. Overall: L 9-1. Next: Bulldogs at Lastrup 7:30
p.m. Wednesday, Lastrup at Bulldogs 8 p.m. Friday.