Jr. Vultures come back to beat Monte; win two games
The Junior Vultures opened the first of two games against Montevideo Wednesday by giving up a 4-1 lead in the second inning.
But they cut it to 4-2, then rallied for three runs in the sixth to beat Montevideo, 5-4 in the first game.
In the sixth, it started with a single by Jonah Gruenes. He ended up racing around the base patchs after Josh Schuelke was hit b a pitch and Ben Skorczewski reached on an error.
Cooper VanOverbeke delivered a single to bring home one of the runs. The rally was complete, 5-4.
Skorczewski and AJ Myhre each ripped a pair of hits for the winners while Kaden Lozinski and Josh Schuelke each added hits.
On the hill, Skorczewski pitched the entire seven innings, allowing no earned runs on seven hits, with four walks and seven strikeouts.
Minneota 5, Montevideo 4
MINNEOTA (AB-R-H-RBI) Ben Skorczewski, p 3 1 2 2; Cooper VanOverbeke, cf-lf 4 0 1 1 ; Carter Schuelke, c-ss 3 1 0 0; AJ Myhre, ss/c 3 0 2 0; Jackson Esping, lf-rf 3 0 0 0; Kade Lozinski, 3b 3 0 1 0; Trey Gronke, 3b 0 0 0 0; Thor Fischer, 1b 2 0 0 0; Kaden Culver, cr-ph 1 0 0 0; Jayden Gamrak, dh 0 0 0 0; Tyler Gronke, rf 0 0 0 0; Jonah Gruenes, cf 1 2 1 0; Troy Van Keulen, 2b 1 0 0 0; Josh Schuelke, 2b 1 1 1 0. Totals 25 5 8 4.
MONTEVIDEO: (Totals) 29 4 7 4.
Score by Innings
Montevideo 310 000 0 — 4 7 3
Minneota 100 103 x — 5 8 2
E-Minneota: Lozinski, Myhre; Montevideo 3. LOB-Minneota 9; Montevideo: 6. SB-Minneota: Skorczewski, C. Schuelke 2, Gamrak, J. Schuelke. Montevideo: 0. SAC: Montevideo 1. DP-Minneota 6-3 (3); 6-3 (5); Montevideo 9-4 (1). 2B-Minneota: Skorczewski.
Pitching IP R ER H BB K
Minneota
Skorczewski (W) 7 4 1 7 4 7
Montevideo
(Total of 2 pitchers) 6 5 2 8 3 8
HP-Montevideo 2; Minneota: J. Schuelke (by Montevideo). WP-Montevideo 2.
Minneota 14, Montevideo 3
MINNEOTA (AB-R-H-RBI) Ben Skorczewski 2 2 0 1; Josh Schuelke 3 0 0 1; Carter Schuelke, 3 1 0 1; AJ Myhre 4 1 3 0; Thor Fischer 0 0 0 0; Jayden Gamrak 3 2 1 0; Kaden Culver 0 3 0 0; Trey Gronke 3 2 0 1; Kaden Lozinski 0 0 0 1; Jackson Esping 1 1 0 0; Cooper VanOverbeke 4 2 2 3. Totals 23 14 3 8.
MONTEVIDEO (Totals) 20 3 3 0.
Score by Innings;
Minneota 214 70 — 14 3 0
Montevideo 210 00 — 3 3 3
LOB-Minneota 8; Montevideo 9. 2b-Minneota: Skorczewski; Montevideo: Gage Augeson.
PITCHING IP R ER H BB K
Minneota
VanOverbeke (W) 3 3 3 3 4 4
C. Schuelke 2 0 0 0 1 2
Montevideo
Augeson (L)