To cap a long and exciting weekend of baseball, the Elrosa Saints earned the Elite 8 tournament title with a convincing 11-4 win over the New London-Spicer Twins tonight. Elrosa held a 6-4 lead after two innings. The offense was aided by three home runs, a three-run shot by Jackson Peter and solo home runs by Kevin Kuefler and Andrew Weller. In addition to the home runs, Jackson Peter had two doubles, and Derek Wiener and Gavin Kampsen also doubled.
Ashton Dingmann started and pitched four innings for the win, and Wyatt Steffensen closed to earn the save in three scoreless innings. The Twins tallied 7 hits, while the Saints had a 13-hit attack.
This marks the third straight year that the Saints have won the Elite 8 title.
Here's a video from the bottom of the third inning against NL-S:
Here's a video starting when Jackson Peter rounded the bases after hitting a 3-run home run:
The Saints now have four straight wins to their credit and improve to 6-7 overall. Next: the Saints host Richmond on Friday, June 28 in a Stearns County League game which will begin in the fourth inning and Elrosa holding a 3-2 lead. This resumes action from May 24, which was halted due to the weather.
This blog post will be updated in the morning.
