PIERZ - Lane Girtz pitched a 4-hit complete game and drove in two runs during the Pierz Pioneers' 6-0 Central Minnesota Conference win over the Holdingford Huskers Monday.
Girtz walked two and struck out five for Pierz which leads the CMC and has won four straight. Noah Boser clubbed a 2-run homer for the Pioneers.
Holdingford 0 4 5
Pierz 6 5 0
WP: Lane Girtz. LP: Taylor Nitz. HR: P-Noah Boser. Conference: P 8-1. Overall: 9-4. Next: Pierz at Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 4 p.m. Thursday (2).
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Nevis 6, Pequot Lakes 3
NEVIS - Jared Sewall went 2-3 with a home run and double during the Pequot Lakes Patriots' 6-3 non-conference loss to the Nevis Tigers Monday.
Connor Davich also homered for the Patriots. Pequot pitcher Karl Satterlund struck out five and walked one.
Pequot Lakes 3 7 0
Nevis 6 11 0
WP: Gavin Becker. LP: Karl Satterlund. 2B: PL-Austin Mesenbrink, Jared Sewall. HR: PL-Connor Davich, Sewall. Overall: PL 8-2-1. Next: Pequot Lakes at Detroit Lakes 4 p.m. Tuesday (2).
New York Mills 5, Pillager 4
PILLAGER - Raymond Rohl went 3-4 with a 2-run homer and double for the Pillager Huskies as they were edged 5-4 by New York Mills in eight innings in the second game of a Park Region Conference doubleheader that was postponed by darkness April 28 and completed Monday.
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Ridge Hunstad was 2-3 with a double and Rider Hunstad doubled for the Huskies.
Zach Forsberg pitched the first six innings April 28 and pitched the only inning Monday. He finished with five strikeouts, six walks and allowed eight hits.
Pillager 4 9 3
New York Mills 5 9 2
8 innings
WP: Tucker Skoblik. LP: Zach Forsberg. Conference: P 4-2. Overall: P 6-4. Next: Pillager at Parkers Prairie 4 p.m. Tuesday (2).