Saints survive the Rangers

The Saints win! Hooray!

On a cloudy, cool Father's Day afternoon, the Elrosa Saints amateur baseball team came away with a 4-3 extra-inning win at Roscoe.

It was a battle from start to finish, with Roscoe scoring 3 runs during the bottom of the first inning. The Saints scratched one across in the fourth inning before scoring once in both the eighth and ninth innings. In the top of the 10th inning, Luke Dingmann led off with a double and later scored the game-winning run on a successful suicide squeeze bunt by Will VanBeck. In the bottom of the 10th, Elrosa closer Ashton Dingmann got a ground ball and two strikeouts to close out the win.

Next: the Saints (8-5) host the Elite 8 tournament on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, June 20, 21 and 22. Elrosa's first game is Friday night at 6:30 p.m. against the Royalton Riverdogs. That evening's action at Saints Field concludes with the New London-Spicer Twins facing the Waterville Indians.

(VIDEO) Elrosa vs. Greenwald

In this video the Elrosa Saints baseball team is taking on Greenwald this past Friday night.


Action is from the bottom of the third inning when the Saints scored three runs to take a 4-2 lead over the Cubs.

Below, action from the bottom of the sixth inning on Friday night:


The Saints (9-2 overall) host Farming on Friday this week at 8 p.m. in the final Stearns County League game of the regular season. They also added an exhibition game at home against Becker that will be played on Saturday, July 25 at 7 p.m.

Elrosa has earned a trip to the Region 15C tournament, now it's just a matter of locking up the No. 1 seed if they beat the Flames.