Elrosa Saints win playoff opener vs. Greenwald 9-4

Randy Duevel cracks out a single to left field in the bottom of the third inning.

The Saints built an early 6-0 lead after three innings, with the Cubs coming back to make it 6-3 in the top of the 7th. The Saints answered with three runs of their own in the bottom of the 7th, leading 9-3 before the Cubs scored once in the 9th.

More photos from the Elrosa vs. Greenwald playoff game have been posted at the Sauk Centre Herald's online gallery: http://saukherald.mycapture.com

(Below) A couple video clips from the game on Wednesday night. It was a nice, cool evening with a crowd of about 200 fans taking in the 3-hour long game.

Elrosa travels to Spring Hill on Sunday to face the regular-season champion Chargers in the first game of the double-elimination Stearns County League-North division tournament.

Click on the following link to find another link that will download a PDF file to your computer that details the SCL-North tournament format: http://www.leaguelineup.com/welcome.asp?url=shchargers

Here's a story on the incredible damage done to Green Lake Diamonds in Spicer from the Tuesday tornado...from the West Central Tribune: http://www.wctrib.com/event/article/id/54702/

Thank goodness the ballpark was insured for that type of damage!

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