LITTLE FALLS-Thomas Miller's double to the gap in left-center in the bottom of the seventh drove in the winning run to give the No. 1 Little Falls Flyers a 4-3 victory over the No. 5 Sartell Sabres in Wednesday's Section 8-3A tournament winners bracket game.
Class 3A's seventh-ranked Flyers trailed 3-0 after two innings before rallying for one in the fourth and two in the sixth.
The Flyers' Daniel Marod finished 2-3 with an RBI. Chris Reller picked up the win throwing the final two innings in relief and had the only other Little Falls hit.
Sartell 3 5 4
Little Falls 4 4 3
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WP: Chris Reller. LP: Jonah Nebosis. 2B: LF-Thomas Miller. Overall: LF 16-5. Next: No. 1 Little Falls vs. Albany/Bemidji winner in Section 8-3A tournament winners bracket at Little Falls 4 p.m. Thursday.
Aitkin drops second game
PROCTOR-Drew Nordean doubled for one of Aitkin's four hits during the No. 2-seeded Gobblers' 5-2 loss to the No. 3 Mora Mustangs in the Section 7-2A tournament winners bracket Wednesday.
The loss snapped Aitkin's 11-game winning streak.
In Game One, Drew Nordean was 2-for-4 with two RBIs during the Gobblers' 8-1 win over the No. 7 seeded Pine City Dragons. Wyatt Sanford was 2-for-4 with one RBI. Jack Kuppich pitched a complete game with three strikeouts and six walks allowing one earned run and three hits.
Game One
Pine City 1 3 7
Aitkin 8 8 1
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WP: Jack Kuppich. LP: Nick Hansmann. 3B: A-Caleb Curtiss.
Game Two
Mora 5 5 2
Aitkin 2 4 2
WP: Bryce Norby. LP: Jeb Sanford. 2B: A-Drew Nordean. Overall: A 18-3. Next: Aitkin in Section 7-2A losers bracket game at Wade Stadium, Duluth, 7 p.m. Thursday.
Mora 11, Crosby-Ironton 1
PROCTOR-Ben Jordan's double drove in the Rangers' only run in No. 6 Crosby-Ironton's five-inning 11-1 loss to No. 3 Mora in Wednesday's Subsection 1, Section 7-2A tournament game.
Eli Winegarner had the only other hit for the Rangers who finish the season 5-16.
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Crosby-Ironton 1 2 3
Mora 11 8 2
WP: Johnson. LP: Ben Jordan. 2B: CI-Jordan. Overall: C-I finishes 5-16.
Menahga 6, Pillager 4
DEER CREEK-Chris Ringler finished 2-for-4 with an RBI and a double during the No. 7-seeded Pillager Huskies' 6-4 loss to the No. 4 Menahga Braves in a Section 5-1A losers bracket game Wednesday. The Huskies end their season 3-19.
Pillager 4 5 5
Menahga 6 6 5
WP: Charles Haataja. LP: Josh Doss. 2B: P-Braeden Wangsness, Chris Ringler. Overall: Pillager finishes 3-19.
