Rost’s one-hitter bumps Dumont from state
New Market’s Nate Rost was nearly unhittable Sunday in a 4-0 victory over Dumont in Hamburg in the Class C State Amateur Baseball Tournament. Rost allowed just one hit and struck out 10 in a complete-game victory to send the Muskies on to the second weekend.
Rost faced the minimum through six innings. Just three Saints hitters reached base against Rost, who was roasting through the Dumont lineup. New Market took advantage of five Saints errors in the game, four of which came in the third inning.
The Muskies grabbed a 3-0 lead in the third after David Stewart, Kyle Henkenmeyer and Scott Lyden scored. Lyden had an RBI in the inning and finished 2-for-4 with two runs and two RBI.
New Market wasn’t overpowering on offense, finishing with just four hits. But the Muskies proved opportunistic by drawing four walks, getting hit by a pitch and swiping two bases. Eldon Evans, a draftee from Montevideo, started for Dumont and went five innings. He allowed four runs on three hits and struck out five.
James Paul had the lone hit for the Saints. New Market will face Kimball next Sunday. DESPITE A slow start, The Milroy Irish powered its way past upset specialists Henderson Sunday, 11-1 in seven innings at Hamburg.
Tigers starter Matt Lewis threw four shutout innings before the Irish solved him during a six-rung fifth inning. Milroy went on to add three in the sixth and two in the seventh but it took some small ball to get it done. The Irish strung together two bunt singles and clutch hits from Dominic Dolan, who drove in two with a single and Parker Lanoue, who added an RBI single.
Derek Riley added an RBI single and Isaac Dolan hit a double to score another run to give Milroy a 6-1 lead. The Irish started to flash some power in the sixth when Lucas Dolan hit a lead-off solo home run.
Lanoue and Tyler Peterson added RBI with sacrifice flies. Lanoue went 1-for-2 with two RBI.
Dominic Dolan finished 2-for-3 with three RBI and two runs for Milroy while Luke Dolan went 2-for-4 and Tyler Patterson went 2-for-3 with two runs. Isaac Dolan finished 2-for-4 with an RBI.
Cody Mather overcame a shaky start to turn in 6 ⅔ innings of solid pitching. He allowed one run on five hits, walked one and struck out six. He also hit three batters in the first two innings.
Henderson, which made its first state tournament appearance in 85 years after winning three consecutive extra inning games, took a 1-0 lead in the second inning after Lewis reached on a one-out single. James VanBuskirk and Cody Boelter each got hit by a pitch to load the bases and Clayton Meyer hit a sacrifice fly to score Lewis.
John Parker finished 2-for-3 for the Tigers while Lewis, Boelter and Philip Champagne each had hits. Lewis ended up allowing seven runs, six earned, on nine hits with three walks in five innings. He struck out six. Milroy moves on to face Union Hill next Saturday in Hamburg DEFENDING state champion Raymond used the five-hit pitching of Alex Lothammer to defeat Mora, 10-1. Kyle Knott socked a home run and double and knocked in four runs for the Rockets.
Justin Koenen was 3-5 with three runs batted in with a pair of doubles. Raymond plays Buckman at 11 a.m. Saturday at Hamburg. Springfield lost to Sobieski, 4-1. The Tigers, who got just five hits, were led by Decker Scheffler with a pair of hits.
The Hadley Buttermakers defeated the Cannon Falls Bears, 3-2 with a run in the 10th inning. They led 2-1 in the ninth but the Bears scored to send it into extra innings. Nick Bruning was 3-5 to lead the Buttermakers, while Kellan Johnson, Chris Halbur and Derek Liester each had two hits.
Sam Erickson had a pair of hits and got the win on the mound with relief help from Lucas Henning of Worthington. Hadley will play Fergus Falls Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at Green Isle.
DIVISION 9C Champion Chokio will take on New Prague at noon on Sunday at Norwood. Fairmont plays Buffalo at 5 p.m. Friday at Norwood and Lamberton will play Green Isle at noon Sunday at Hamburg.