Amateur Baseball
Lamberton 7, Redwood Falls 5
Lamberton's Landon Erickson belted a grand slam in the top of the sixth inning, finishing with three hits and six RBIs in the Long Sox's 7-5 Tomahawk East League win over Redwood Falls Tuesday in Redwood Falls.
Jacob Jenniges got the win on the hill for Lamberton, with Tyler Reiner getting the save in three innings of work.
At 9-1 in the Tomahawk East and 13-3 overall, the Long Sox host Essig on Friday.
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L-Jacob Jenniges, Tyler Reiner (7); RF-John Jenniges. WP-Ja. Jenniges. LP-Jo. Jenniges. S-Reiner. HR: L-Landon Erickson; RF-Josh Junker.
Legion Baseball
Minneota 7, Sacred Heart 3
Minneota Legion improved to 2-0 for the summer after a 7-3 victory over Sacred Heart Monday night in Sacred Heart.
Minneota scored four of its seven runs in the top of the third to take a 4-2 lead. Sacred Heart got one run back in the bottom half of the inning, before the duo of Cal Swedzinski and Isaac Josephson silenced the Sacred Heart bats. Minneota added three more runs in the sixth inning to bring its lead to 7-3.
Swedzinski, who started and got the win for Minneota, pitched four innings, allowing three runs on seven hits with two strikeouts. Josephson pitched the last three innings for Minneota, allowing two hits and striking out four.
Dillon Guttormsson went 1-for-2 with two RBIs for Minneota. Josh Bednarek added a double for Minneota, along with a run scored and an RBI. Andrew Swanson scored two more runs for Minneota.
Chris Feldman and Ryan Fransen both went 2-for-4 for Sacred Heart. Fransen also was credited with the loss for Sacred Heart, giving up six earn runs over 5 1/3 innings pitched. He struck out nine Minneota batters in the game.
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M- Cal Swedzinski, Issac Josephson (5). SH- Ryan Fransen, Tyler Donner (6). WP- Swedzinski. LP- Fransen. 2B: M- Josh Bednarek.