The second day of the Elite 8 amateur baseball tournament got underway by mid-afternoon after another round of rainfall passed over the Bonanza Valley area earlier today.
Elrosa's game tonight should get going by around 8:30 p.m. They face the winner of Royalton vs. Veseli, which started at 3 p.m. Additional game notes from the Spring Hill win last night were added to my previous blog post.
Elite 8 tournament opening-round scores:
Fergus Falls defeated Raymond 10-6.
Elrosa 4, Spring Hill 2 (last night)
New London-Spicer 1, Luxemborg 0 (last night)
Veseli 12, Royalton 1
Elite 8 round two updates...
Fergus Falls faces NL-S in one of the championship semifinals tonight.
Update...in the top of the seventh, NL-S took a 17-10 lead over Fergus Falls. The Twins won by a 17-11 final score to advance to the championship. The nightcap features Elrosa vs. Veseli in the other championship semifinal. First pitch was set for about 8:50 p.m.
Final score: Elrosa 1, Veseli 0! What a game! Ashton Dingmann drove in the game-winning run in the bottom of the sixth inning. Ethan Vogt pitched a complete game for the win while giving up just four hits with one walk and six strikeouts. Veseli's Jackson Jirk also pitched a great game but took the loss while giving up four hits and four walks with three strikeouts. Earning one hit each for Elrosa were Kevin Kuefler, Blaine Fischer, Ashton Dingmann and Luke Illies.
In the bottom of the sixth, Jackson Peter advanced on an error and stole second base before scoring on Dingmann's base hit. Vogt then earned two strikeouts to go with one grounder to end the game after the top of the seventh. The Saints (5-7 overall) will face New London-Spicer in the championship on Sunday.
Sunday's schedule in Elrosa:
10 a.m. - Spring Hill vs. Royalton
12 p.m. - Luxemborg vs. Raymond
2 p.m. - Veseli vs. Fergus Falls (third place)
4 p.m. - Elrosa vs. NL-S (championship)
