The Crookston American Legion Post 20 Baseball team traveled north to Roseau on Thursday night and was swept by the District 9 Division 2 favorite 10-0 and 7-5. Hitting continues to plague Crookston as they only had seven hits in the two games, this after they only had three hits in two games last Thursday against Warroad.
GAME ONE –
After a scoreless first inning, Roseau took the lead with two singles to score a run in the second inning for a 1-0 lead.
Roseau added two more runs in the third inning after a leadoff double, they were able to get two singles. One run scored on an error and another run scored on a single for a 3-0 lead after three innings.
Roseau added three more runs in the bottom of the fourth inning behind a single, an error, and two more singles for a 6-0 lead.
Roseau added three more runs in the bottom of the fifth inning behind two singles, two walks, a hit batter, and a fielder’s choice for a 9-0 lead.
Roseau only needed one run to win the game in the sixth inning and Crookston gave them the run with a hit batter, a walk, and a single for a 10-0 victory in six innings.
Roseau’s Wensloff pitched a complete game and only gave up three hits to earn the win.
GAME 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | R | H | E |
Crookston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Roseau | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 1 |
Pitching | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K |
Blake Melsa – Crookston (LP) | 4.0 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
Carter Coauette – Crookston | 1.1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
Aaron Wensloff – Roseau (WP) | 6.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
For Crookston –
Alex Longoria, Jacob Miller, and Teagan Lubinski had one hit each
For Roseau –
B. Demars – 3 for 3, 2 runs, 2 rbi, walk
I. Wensloff – 3 for 4, 2 rbi, run
GAME TWO –
Crookston got things going in the top of the first inning when Teagan Lubinski was hit by a pitch and Alex Longoria walked. After the second out of the inning, Carter Coauette reached on an error that allowed two runs to score and Crookston took a 2-0 lead.
Roseau tied the game in the bottom of the second inning when O. Janenicke and E. Wensloff reached a hit by pitch and a walk. Both runners would score on wild pitches to tied the game at 2-2.
Crookston regained the lead in the top of the third inning. Longoria singled and Cade DeLeon reached on a single and advanced to second on an error. A run scored on a Carter Coauette ground out and another run scored on a passed ball to give Crookston a 4-2 lead.
Roseau didn’t waste any time with an answer. Roseau took advantage of a Crookston pitching change and started with a double, followed by three more hits. One run scored on the single and error, another run scored on a single, and two runs scored on an error for a 6-4 lead. After an out, the next batter reached on an error and scored on a single for a 7-4 lead going into the fifth and final inning.
Crookston tried to mount a comeback in the top of the fifth inning when Jacob Miller led off with a double. He advanced to second on a ground out and scored on a Longoria sacrifice fly to get within a 7-5 deficit, but that is as close as Crookston would get as Roseau held on for the 7-5 victory.
GAME 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | R | H | E |
Crookston | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
Roseau | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | – | 7 | 6 | 3 |
Pitching | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K |
Carter Coauette – Crookston | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Jacob Miller- Crookston (LP) | 2.0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
T. Bjerk – Roseau (WP) | 4.0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
J. Haugen – Roseau | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
For Crookston –
Alex Longoria 1 for 1, 2 runs, rbi, walk
Blake Melsa – 1 for 2
For Roseau –
G. Helgeland – 2 for 3, run