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RED LAKE COUNTY LEGION BASEBALL SHUTOUT BY ROSEAU, BOUNCE BACK TO BEAT STEPHEN-ARGYLE

July 17, 2021

Roseau scored four runs in the first inning and coasted to an 11-0 victory in five innings over Red Lake County in the first round of the District 9 sub-district American Legion Baseball tournament in Roseau.

In the top of the first inning, Ty Kennet walked and Eric Geiseke singled with one out, but the next two batters were retired and the Red Lake County threat was over.
In the bottom of the first inning, the leadoff batter grounded out and Zach Janicke singled, Aaron Wensloff doubled, and Isaac Moser singled in two runs for a 2-0 lead. Gavin Gunderson singled and Gavin Helgeland was hit by a pitch before Cooper Flaig singled in two more runs for a 4-0 lead.

In the second inning, Red Lake County had back-to-back singles from Isaiah Aquino and Brady Leuthner with two outs, but the next batter was retired.
In the bottom of the second, Roseau’s leadoff batter lined out to right field, but Aaron Wensloff tripled and scored a run on a wild pitch. Isaac Moser reached on an error, Gavin Gunderson singled and Gavin Helgeland was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Brock Monsrud knocked in a run with a sacrifice fly to give Roseau a 6-0 lead.

In the third inning, Rosea’s Cooper Flaig started the inning with a double and scored on an error. Isaac Wensloff reached on an error and later scored on a wild pitch. Zach Janicke walked and later scored on a wild pitch for an 9-0 lead. Aaron Wensloff and Isaac Moser walked and both runners scored for an 11-0 lead.

Neither team scored in the fourth inning and Red Lak County wasn’t able to score in the top of the fifth inning and Roseau won the game 11-0 in five innings.

	1	2	3	4	5	R	H	E
Red Lake County	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4
Roseau	4	2	5	0	–	11	10	0

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	K	BB
Ty Kennet – RLC	0.2	5	4	4	0	2
Andrew Johnson-RLC	1.2	4	6	2	0	6
Blake Breiland – RLC	1.2	1	0	0	2	0
Randy Demars – Ros	5.0	5	0	0	7	1

FOR Red Lake County-
Eric Geiseke – 2 for 2
Peyton Fish, Isaiah Aquino, and Brady Leuthner had one hit each

FOR Roseau –
Gavin Gunderson – 3 for 3, run
Aaron Wensloff – 2 for 2, 3 runs, walk
Cooper Flaig – 2 for 3, 2 rbi

GAME TWO – VS STEPHEN-ARGYLE

After two scoreless innings, Red Lake County got on the board in the third inning. Peyton Fish singled, stole second base, advanced to third on a wild pitch, and scored on an Andrew Johnson ground out for a 1-0 lead.

Neither team scored in the fourth and fifth innings, but Red Lake County opened the game up in the top of the sixth inning. Zak Kennet led off with a walk, followed by back-to-back-to-back singles from Bailey Hince, Isaiah Aquino, and Brady Leuthner to score a run. Carter Williams followed with an rbi single to give Red Lake County a 3-0 lead. Petyon Fish kept the Red Lake County hit parade going with an rbi single. Andrew Johnson recorded the sixth straight Red Lake County hit with a two-rbi singled for a 7-0 lead. Zak Kennet drove in the seventh run of the inning with a ground out for a 8-0 lead.
In the bottom of the inning, Stephen-Argyle was finally able to get on the board when Jackson Kekke reached on an error and Jason Lindgren singled. After a strikeout, Dimitri Oberg blasted a double to the left-centerfield gap to score two runs to get within an 8-2 deficit.

In the bottom of the seventh inning, Colin McGregor started things off with a leadoff single, stole second base, and scored on a Dusty Morely single to get within an 8-3 deficit, but that is as close as they would get as Red Lake County held on for the 8-3 victory.

Red Lake County advances to play Fosston at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday in another loser-out game. The winner of that game would play at 4:00 p.m. and be guaranteed a trip to the district tournament in Red Lake Falls next week.
Stephen-Argyle’s season comes to an end with the loss.