Amateur Baseball

The Minneota Mudhens rapped out 16 hits en route to a 13-3 rout of the Cottonwood Cardinals Friday night at K.P. Kompelien Field in Minneota.
The Mudhens (7-2 in the Land O'Ducks) invoked the 10-run rule with a lone run in the eighth inning.
The first three batters in the Mudhens' lineup, Austin DeVlaeminck, Alex Pohlen and Austin Buysse combined to go 8-for-11, scored nine runs and drove in three runs.
DeVlaeminck and Pohlen had three hits apiece., whie Austin Buysse had two hits and three RBI.
Peyton Gillund had two hits, scored three times and drove in two runs. AJ Myhre also had two hits and knocked in a run. Danny Hennen had a run-scoring double.
Danny Hennen started and worked the first seven innings for the win, giving up seven hits and three runs, while walking one and striking out two. Jacob Hennen pitched a scoreless inning of relief.
The Mudhens scored three times in the first inning, highlighted by run-scoring singles from Buysse and Gillund.
Minneota added four more runs in the fifth inning, led by a two-run single from Austin Buysse, and then plated five more runs in the sixth inning with Buysse, Gillund and Myhre driving in a run each.
Danny Hennen, Tate Walerius and Brock Buysse had one hit apiece for Minneota.
Minneota 13, Cottonwood 3
Cottonwood............................002 001 00 - 3 7 2
Minneota................................300 045 01 - 13 16 0

Minneota hitting: Austin DeVlaeminck 3-for-4, 3 runs, bb, hbp; Alex Pohlen 3-for-3, 3 runs, bb, hbp; Austin Buysse 2-for-4, bb, 3 rbi; Danny Hennen 1-for-5, 2b, 2 rbi; Jacob Hennen 0-for-0; Peyton Gillund 2-for-4, 3 runs, bb, 2 rbi; AJ Myhre 2-for-5, rbi; Ben Skorczewski 0-for-4; Josh Schuelke 0-for-0; Tate Walerius 1-for-3, 2b; Cooper VanOverbeke 0-for-1; Brock Buysse 1-for-4; Isaac Pohlen 0-for-0
Minneota pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so): Danny Hennen (W) 7-7-3-3-1-2, Jacob Hennen 1-1-0-0-0-0