Jaguars baseball splits double-header games with Maple Lake

Junior Brady Weller picked up the win in game one vs. Maple Lake, going the distance while scattering six hits and giving up one walk to go with six strikeouts.

In a home double-header at Elrosa tonight, the Jaguars baseball team went 1-1 against Maple Lake. In game one, the Jaguars won 5-2. The Irish (6-4, 5-2 CMC) won game two 1-0.

The Jaguars are now 4-7 overall and 3-4 in the CMC.

Coming into tonight's action, the Irish were only a one game out of a virtual first place tie with Central Minnesota Conference unbeaten Holdingford.

In a CMC double-header held in Maple Lake, the Jaguars fastpitch team lost twice by scores of 12-0 and 10-5. In the second game, the score stood at 5-5 after seven innings were completed. In the extra frame, the Irish scored five times in the top of the eighth and held the Jaguars scoreless in the bottom half. Kendra Braegelman, Raeann Sorenson and Michelle Sanders each had two hits for the Jaguars.

The Irish fastpitch team improved to 8-2 overall and 7-2 in the CMC.

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Action from the first game of today's baseball double-header...



Area baseball results on May 6:
Kimball Area 10, Pierz 2 (*CMC game)
Kimball Area 10, Pierz 9 (*CMC game)
Holdingford 5, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 1 (*CMC game)
Holdingford 7, HL-W-W 0 (*CMC game)
Minnewaska Area 5, Benson 2
St. John's Prep 8, Royalton 3
BOLD 5, Paynesville Area 0 (tough loss for the Bulldogs in conference play)
Browerville 10, Osakis 6
Albany 5, NL-S 0

Area fastpitch results on May 6:
Osakis 18, Upsala 1 (5 innings)
Browerville 8, Eagle Valley 7
Browerville 10, Eagle Valley 2
Osakis 11, Royalton 8
Albany 4, NL-S 0
Sauk Centre 12, Foley 0 (5 innings) the Streeters have won five games in a row, which marks the longest winning streak for Streeters fastpitch since 2006)

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