Fall League Major League Updates

Minor League Division

10:00am games

* Twins 6 vs. Hutch 4: Player of the game Drew Fearing 2-2 and 2 scoreless innings from Twins

* Huskies 4 vs. Tigers 2: Player of game Grant Dullinger 2-4 with 2 SB from Huskies-"It was a blast and good competition,” stated Grant Dullinger."

* Yankees 11 vs. Spartans 0: Player of game Alec Griffith 3-4 from Yankees

* Red Sox 12 vs. D.C. 2: Player of game Bryan Benson 2-4 3 runs scored from Red Sox

* Minnesota Flying Squirrels 7 vs. Blue Sox 4: Player of game Alex Thome 2-4 from Squirrels with TJ Frericks pitching 4 scoreless innings for Blue Sox. Thome stated, "I like hitting with wood bats, you can really tell if you hit one well."

Noon games

* Minnesota Flying Squirrels 9 vs. Hutch. 6: Player of game Steve Neutzling 1-2 SB, Neutzling went on to state, "I loved hitting with wood bats it made the game seem more real."

* Twins vs. Huskies-scrimmaged with3 groups, so no score was kept

* Yankees 13 vs. Tigers 0: Player of game Josh Wenzel 3-4 from Yankees

* D.C. 6 vs. Spartans 1: Player of game Ryan Kaiser 2-3 with a 2B D.C.

* Blue Sox 4 vs. Red Sox 3: Player of game Jessie Lavoi 2-2 and TJ Frericks 2-3 from Blue Sox. Lavoi stated,

"We couldn't ask for better weather later in theday.  The fall is baseball season."

Major League Division

Sauk Rapids vs. NLS/STMA

* First game; Sauk Rapids 3, NLS/STMA    0

Tyler Christen threw a seven inning shutout. Christen allowed only 1 hit while striking out 16 batters. Christen, Andy Mauren, and Tyler Stein scored the Sauk Rapid's runs.

* Game 2: Sauk Rapids 12, NLS/STMA    2

In the second game of the day Jason Hoppe struck out 11 batters in controlling the NLS/STMA offense. Tyler Christen had a big game at the plate as he banged out 3 hits and drove in four runs. Derek Johnson scored 3 runs for the winners,as he drew four base on balls.

Sauk Rapid's Adam Wippler commented that, "It is lots of fun to be in a fall wood bat league."

Site director, Coach Picha quoted, “I was very impressed by the hustle and enthusiasm of both teams.  It is going to be a very positive experience for all involved in the fall league.”

St Cloud Apollo/Alex vs. St Cloud Tech @ Cold Spring

Game Notes: St Cloud Apollo/Alex and St Cloud Tech split a doubleheader today at the Cold Spring Ballpark with the scores of 5-3 and 11-8. There were many stolen bases for both teams, as both teams were very fast an  aggressive on the base paths.

Apollo/Alex Junior Matt Korte threw 4 solid innings allowing just one unearned run. Apollo/Alex shotstop/ptcher Cody Larson closed the game throwing 2 innings and giving up just one earned run. Apollo/Alex lead off hitter Reece Hass lead the offense reaching base safely in three out of his 4 at bats.

Personal game highlights game 2 Apollo/Alex Vs Tech: Game 2 was a slug fest with many lead changes. Tech pitchers were able to hold off the Apollo/Alex hitters securing a 12-8 final score. Apollo/Alex Cody Larson finished the game 2 for 3 with 2 singles

"What a great ballpark and a perfect day for or a double header. --quote heard from several St Cloud Apollo/Alex players

"Both teams today played the game the right way. It is obvious that these players joined this league to work hard and to improve their baseball skills." -St Cloud State Asst. Coach Luke MacLea

Games @ Laker Field in Avon: Cloquet/Becker vs. Cathedral and @ Watkins Clipper Ballpark

Game Note With several players playing in the Saturday football scrimmages, 15 players grinded it outand played some hard-nosed baseball at both sites.  All hitters had 10 plus  at bats and all pitchers threw 2 or 3 innings.   And that’s really what the fall league is all about.  Players need to get quality at bats and as much playing time as possible

"Where do you want me to play coach, I am just happy to get back out on the field and play ball. -quote heard from several players from each team

"The highlight of both games today at Avon were the amount of strikes thrown by the pitchers. Pitchers threw the ball over the plate all day long, which is the name." -St Cloud State Asst. Coach Luke MacLean

Cold Spring vs. Brainerd @ Cold Spring

Game #1: Cold Spring  10, Brainerd 9

-C.S. wins in the bottom of the 7th on a walk off base hit by Cole Schoberg

• Travis Whirley 3-3 rbi and Adam Tautges 2 run double for Brainerd
• Blaine Athman 3-3 2 rbi and Eric Loxtercamp 2-4 2 runs scored for CS

Game #2: Brainerd    4    , Cold Spring  1

- Brainerd capitalized on 4 CS errors and held them to 3 hits to get the win

• Tom Fairbanks, Brett Jenkins, Joel Martin had Brainerds 3 hits
• Mitch Schramel went 2-4 scoring cs only run

Brainerd quotes: “This was a fun day playing on a beautiful field”

        -   Travis Whirley, Cold Spring

“It was fun to get back out on the field, play some competitive baseball and get these extra at bats and ground balls in instead of having to wait the winter out, to do it again.”

Melrose vs. Little Falls/Litchfield @ The Black Sox Field in Freeport

The highlight of the day was the pitching performances of the pitchers from Little Falls and Litchfield.  Logan Kalis threw five shutout innings with 7 strikeouts in a 10-0 first game win.

The young  junior pitcher from Litchfield started off the second game by throwing his first 12 pitches for strikes and getting out of the second inning by using only four pitches. He also anchored the batting order by hitting in the four hole driving in some key runs.

The team from Melrose had some solid pitching performances but could only hold off the offense of LFLP for so long.

The second game of the doubleheader was much closer going into extra innings but LFLP was able to pull off a late inning victory 5-2.

Great baseball was played all day with few errors and solid pitching.

“One thing I stressed to the players was being smart base runners and the value of being a good bunter even if you have average speed. This is a great group of kids and they were very open to constructive criticism” said coach  Nate Hammes.

Free E-Mail Updates

If you would like FREE e-mail updates about SCSU athletics, visit our Husky Sports Updates page for information on how to sign up to be on the listserv.