Region baseball finals

At the Region 15C amateur baseball tournament in Farming, the Richmond Royals beat Elrosa 7-2 in the championship game. The Royals led 3-0 after the first inning and 4-0 after the third inning. The Saints scored their runs in the fourth and ninth innings.

Earlier in the day, Richmond beat Lake Henry 13-8 in a seeding game.

Richmond wins the Region 15C title and gets a first-weekend bye in the Class C state tournament. Elrosa will be the No. 2 seed from our region at state, and they will open up on the weekend of August 17-19.

Next: the Saints (16-8) face Sleepy Eye at noon on Sunday, August 19 in New Prague to open up the Class C state tournament. During the regular season, Sleepy Eye took seventh out of 12 teams in the Tomahawk East League this summer. The Indians went 3-2 in Region 2C to place third out of six teams. They are joined at state by Region 2C runners-up Lamberton and Region 2C champion Hanska.

Lake Henry begins state on Saturday, August 18 at 1:30 p.m. in Shakopee when they'll face the Jackson Bulls.

State draft update:
Elrosa drafts Brad Mergen of Farming and Ty Reller of New Munich for state. Richmond drafts Ben Schroeder and Matt Imdieke, while Lake Henry takes Kyle Zierden and Brian Schlangen.