Saints win 10-inning thriller

The Elrosa Saints amateur baseball team won a thriller on Friday night by a 5-4 score in 10 innings against visiting New Munich. The Stearns County League North win all but locks up at least a No. 2 seed for the upcoming division playoffs. Riley Meyer was the winning pitcher while throwing in the final inning. He gave up no hits with one walk and one strikeout.

In the top of the 10th, the Silverstreaks started off on the right foot with Brandon Holm earning a walk. He was left stranded, however, on a ground ball, a fly out and a strikeout. In the bottom of the 10th, Luke Illies drew a walk on one outs. He advanced on a walk earned by Aiden Mueller and later scored the game-winning run on a wild pitch.

Each team committed one defensive error, and the Saints were out-hit by an 8-to-5 margin. Aiden Mueller started and pitched 5 1/3 innings (4 hits, 2 runs, 1 earned run, 3 walks, 8 strikeouts). Ashton Dingmann relieved Mueller and went 3 2/3 innings (4 hits, 2 runs, 2 earned runs, 1 walk, 4 strikeouts).

More to come.