Area Baseball: PRB no hits Laporte for win

PINE RIVER — Irvin Tulenchik tossed a six-inning no-hitter as he struck out 11 while only allowing one base-runner as the Pine River-Backus Tigers beat the Laporte Wildcats 10-0 in a Northland Conference game Tuesday, May 10.

Tulenchik also led the Tigers at the plate as he went 3-for-4 with a double and two RBIs.

Ryder Compton doubled for PR-B and Ethan Rugroden had two RBIs as the Tigers improved to 10-0 this season.

PILLAGER — Tytan Skeesick was given the loss as he pitched 2.2 innings while striking out three as the New York Mills beat the Pillager Huskies 10-0 in a Park Region Conference game Tuesday, May 10.

CROSBY — Pequot Lakes’ Clay Erickson struck out eight in five innings and contributed a double for the Patriots as they crushed the Crosby-Ironton Rangers 16-3 in Game One of a Mid-State Conference doubleheader Tuesday, May 10.

Caden Nelson went 3-5 with three runs scored and three RBIs for the Patriots while Crosby-Ironton’s Clayton Lingen scored two runs and Ky Gressman Tallied two RBIs for the Rangers.

In Game Two the Patriots defeated the Rangers 7-4 with Conner Quale, Andrew Villareal and Caden Nelson all recording doubles for the Patriots.

Brayden Holmvig tallied a double for the Rangers in Game Two.

DETROIT LAKES — Zach Ehnstrom went 1-for-3 with a home run in Game One as the Aitkin Gobblers won 2-1 but lost Game Two 11-3 in a Mid-State Conference doubleheader with Detroit Lakes Tuesday, May 10.

Landon Janzen went 4-4 in Game One and ripped a double as a part of the Game Two loss.

Jesse Goettig got the win with two strikeouts for the Gobblers.

Zack MacDonald had a Game Two double as a part of his two-hit game. Ehnstrom also had two hits in Game Two.

ZIMMERMAN — Matt Filippi went 5-for-8 with a home run, two doubles and four RBIs over two games and got the win in the Game One with seven strikeouts as the Little Falls Flyers swept Zimmerman 11-1 and 12-1 in a Granite Ridge Conference doubleheader Tuesday, May 10

Filippi went 4-4 in Game One and tallied a home run and double.

George Moore also had a double in Game One.

In Game Two, Beau Thoma got the win with three strikeouts. Thoma also had two hits at the plate and Owen Bode did as well.

PIERZ — Jeremy Bingesser hit a two-run home run and pitched a complete game victory with five strikeouts in Game One as the Pierz Pioneers swept the St. Cloud Cathedral Crusaders 6-2 and 8-3 in a Granite Ridge Conference doubleheader Tuesday, May 10.

Ben Virnig was 5-for-8 over the two games to go along with four RBIs for the Pierz Pioneers.

Andy Winscher picked up the win on the mound for Pierz as he pitched 6.2 innings and gave up three runs on six hits and struck out eight.

VERNDALE — Payton Rondestvedt went 2-for-3 with a home run, three RBIs, and two runs scored as the Wadena-Deer Creek Wolverines beat the Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale Raiders 10-0 in a Park Region Conference game Tuesday, May 10.

Tyson Barthel got the win on the mound for W-DC as he pitched six shutout innings, striking out seven and allowing four hits while also doubling and driving in two runs at the plate.

Josh Dykhoff doubled and tripled for the Wolverines and scored two runs to go along with an RBI.

Kole Weishalla went 3-3 with a double for BHV while Shawn Schmitz got the loss on the mound as he went 4.1 innings and struck out two.