The Harris-Lake Park baseball team trailed 8-7, last night, heading into the bottom of the seventh inning, when Colin Brons led things off with a double. Eli Ihnen followed that up with a base hit. Brons would score, and then Ihnen scored the winning run on a sacrifice fly from Kade Heikens. Wolves win, 9-8.
Brons went 2 for 3 with a double, Tanner Green was also 2 for 3. Heikens and Ihnen each went 2 for 4.
The Wolves will be back in action, Friday, on the road against West Lyon.
Emmetsburg jumped out to an early 3 – 0 lead after the first inning and held on for the 12 – 2 victory in 6 innings on Tuesday night over Newell Fonda. The Mustangs would get 2 runs in the 2nd inning and the score would remain 3 – 2 until the 5th inning when Emmetsburg tacked on 3 more runs. In the bottom of the 6 inning, lightening delayed the game 30 minutes. When play resumed, the E’hawks scored 6 runs on 6 hits and closed out the game in 6 innings.
Everyone in Emmetsburg’s starting lineup had at least one hit. They were led by Joe Jackson as he went 3 – 4 with 3 RBI’s. The E’hawks scored 12 Runs on 12 Hits. Newell Fonda had 2 Runs on 5 Hits and five different players each had a single. The winning pitcher was Jake Jackson as he pitched 6 innings and gave up 2 Runs (1 Earned), 5 Hits and struck out 7 batters. The losing pitcher was Dillon Anderson as he went 5 innings and gave up 7 Runs (6 Earned), 7 Hits, 5 strike outs and 4 walks.
Emmetsburg has now won 4 in a row and improve to 6 – 4 and will host Storm Lake on Wednesday. Newell Fonda has now lost 6 in a row and fall to 2 – 8 and will be at Pocahontas on Wednesday.
Also last night GT/RA beat Sioux Central 9 – 7.
The Okoboji and Spirit Lake baseball teams are both back in action tonight. Each team is coming off of a win on Monday.
The Pioneers registered a 12-0 shut out of Sibley-Ocheydan. Spirit Lake edged Storm Lake, 7-6, where they got what turned out to be the game winning run from Nick Amundson, who helped cause a balk by the Storm Lake pitcher when he attempted to steal home.
Schneider talks about Amundson’s run
That’s Indians’ coach Jason Schneider, whose team is on the road tonight against Western Christian. The Pioneers pay a visit to Sioux Center.
