Elrosa Saints stung in 9th inning at Regal

A late 7-6 lead in the 9th inning could not hold up for the Elrosa Saints amateur baseball team on Friday night. Under the lights of Buddy Beier stadium in Regal, the host Eagles plated 2 runs in the bottom of the 9th for a walk-off 8-7 exhibition win. Pitching for Elrosa were Riley Meyer (starter), Torii Johnson and Luke Dingmann. The Saints out-hit the Eagles 8 to 7. Casey Lenarz was 2-for-4 for Elrosa, and Will VanBeck was 1-for-5 with 2 RBI.

The Saints (5-3 overall) jump back into Stearns County League action with a North division contest at New Munich on Sunday, June 1. First pitch is at 1:30 p.m. This game will be broadcast online at http://www.midmnsports.com.

Sunday afternoon update: the New Munich Silverstreaks led 3-0 after two innings. Through 4 1/2 innings, the score is 3-0. Both teams have 4 hits so far. Elrosa's starter is Will VanBeck.

In the top of the 7th inning, Elrosa came up empty on a bases loaded rally and still trail 3-0.

Final score: New Munich 3, Elrosa 0. Next: the Saints (5-4 overall) travel to Paynesville this week Wednesday (June 3) for an exhibition game against the Pirates, a County Line League team. First pitch is at 7 p.m. After that, their next game is an SCL game on Friday, June 6 at 8 p.m. on the home diamond against St. Martin.

In high school baseball news...
On Saturday in Marshall, the Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta Tigers baseball team suffered their first loss of the season. In the Section 3AA winner's bracket, the Tigers were manhandled by Luverne in a 16-5 loss. Now 21-1 overall, they are in the elimination bracket and face long-time rival New London-Spicer on Monday, June 2. The game site is to-be-determined, and first pitch between the Wildcats and Tigers is set for 5 p.m. UPDATE: the Region 3A officials need to be highly commended for their efforts at securing a game site much closer than Marshall for the MA/CA vs. NL-S game. While it could almost be considered a home game for NL-S, the game on Monday is at Paynesville's diamond at their high school. This is a far better drive for MA/CA fans than hauling down to Marshall!

NL-S is 14-8 overall. They went 11-4 in the Wright County West Conference, which was good for a tie for second place with Glencoe-Silver Lake. Rockford (18-4, 13-2) was the WC-West champion this spring. G-SL is in the Section 5AA winner's bracket final (the 5AA semifinal), and they face No. 1-seeded Providence Academy (16-1) on Monday in Litchfield.

For the B-B-E Jaguars baseball team, they travel to Chizek Field in Morris on Monday, June 2 to battle in the Section 6A elimination bracket. They play at 11 a.m. against Breckenridge. If the Jaguars win, they play again in Morris at 4 p.m. that same day.