The Sacred Heart Eagle Baseball team scored five runs in the sixth inning to come from behind to beat the Lyle/Pacelli Athletics 7-4 in the first round of the State Class A Baseball Tournament at Joe Faber Field in St. Cloud.
Sacred Heart was able to force Lyle/Pacelli pitcher Hunter VaDeer out of the game after three batters in the sixth inning. VaDeer has committed to pitch at Division 1 Creighton after he graduates from high school.
FIRST INNING
Sacred Heart’s Elliot Arntson led off the game with a walk before he was caught stealing at second base. The next two batters were retired.
Lyle/Pacelli started off the bottom of the inning inning with a walk. The next batter tried to bunt and popped out to the pitcher. Hunter VaDeer hit a chopper that took a tough hop, and the Eagle shortstop couldn’t field it cleanly, and runners were at first and second base. The next batter hit a deep fly to right field to score a run for a 1-0 lead.
SECOND INNING
Sacred Heart’s Ben Wharam recorded the first hit of the game with a single and advanced to second base on a passed ball. The next batter struck out before David Larson walked, but the next batter struck out.
Lyle/Pacelli was retired in 1-2-3 fashion.
THIRD INNING
Sacred Heart’s Arntson singled with one out. Josiah Sundby singled, and Parker Erickson walked to load the bases. The next batter struck out before Wharam walked to score a run. The Sacred Heart threat was over after another strikeout.
Sacred Heart’s Parker Erickson retired all three batters he faced by strikeouts for another 1-2-3 inning.
FOURTH INNING
The Eagles’ Isaac Sundby tripled with one out, but he was stranded there as the next two batters were retired.
Lyle/Pacelli’s Hunter VaDeer led off with a single. After an out, Dane Schara singled, and after a passed ball, the Athletics had runners on second and third base. A run scored on a wild pitch, and another run scored on an Isaac Small single for a 3-1 lead. The next batter, Dawson Jenkins, singled to score another run for a 4-1 lead.
FIFTH INNING
Sacred Heart responded with a run when Josiah Sundby led off with a walk and advanced to second base on a wild pitch. After a strikeout, Jake Satterlund doubled to score a run to get within a 4-2 deficit. The next two batters struck out, and the Eagle threat was over.
The first two Lyle/Pacelli batters were retired on a strike out and fly out before VaDeer walked. The next batter struck out, and the inning was over.
SIXTH INNING
Sacred Heart had a huge sixth inning as David Larson led off with a double, Isaac Sundby singled, and Mike Gapp walked to load the bases. After a strikeout, Josiah Sundby walked to score a run to get within a 4-3 deficit. After the next batter struck out for the second out of the inning, the Eagles went off!! Jake Satterlund doubled to score two runs for a 5-4 lead. Wharam followed with a double to score two more runs for a 7-4 lead. Nick Satterlund walked before the next batter struck out for the final out of the inning.
Sacred Heart’s Erickson came out and retired the Athletics in 1-2-3 fashion to take a 7-4 lead into the final inning.
SEVENTH INNING
Mike Gapp reached on a bunt before he was caught stealing for the second out. After an Arntson single for the 11th Sacred Heart hit of the game, the next batter grounded out.
Lyle/Pacelli’s Dawson Jenkins started the inning with a walk, and two balks later, he was at third base. Landon Meyer singled to score a run to get within a 7-5 deficit with one out. Logyn Brooks singled, and after the third balk of the inning, runners advanced to second and third with the tying run at second base. Sacred Heart’s Erickson got a huge strikeout for the second out of the inning. The next batter hit a ground ball to second base, and the Eagles’ Will Zavoral knocked down the ball and threw it to first to get the out, and Sacred Heart won the game 7-5.
Sacred Heart remains undefeated against Class A teams this season and improves to 20-3 on the year. The Eagles will take on #2 seed Parkers Prairie (24-1 on the year) after they beat Heritage Christian Academy 3-0 in the first round. The game will be at 11:00 a.m., and KROX will have the game with a RiverView Health pre-game show at 10:30 a.m.
Lyle/Pacelli drops to 22-3 on the year and will play Heritage Christian Academy in the consolation semi-finals on Friday.
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
| Sacred Heart | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 1 |
| Lyle/Pacelli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
| Pitching | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| Parker Erickson-SH (WP) | 7.0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| Hunter VaDeer – LP (LP) | 5.0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| Isaac Nelson – LP Dane Shara – LP |
1.0 1.0 |
2 2 |
2 0 |
2 0 |
2 0 |
3 0 |
Sacred Heart leaders-
Ben Wharam – 2 for 3, 3 rbi, walk
Elliot Arntson – 2 for 4, run, walk
Jacob Satterlund – 2 for 4, 3 rbi, run
Isaac Sundby – 2 for 4, run
Lyle/Pacelli leaders-
Six players had one hit each.
