The Win-E-Mac American Legion Baseball team had solid pitching and scored five runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to beat Stephen-Argyle 11-1 in six innings in the first round and came up short in an 8-3 loss to Red Lake County and were eliminated in the District 9 Sub-district American Legion Baseball tournament in Roseau.
GAME ONE – VS WIN-E-MAC
After a scoreless first inning, it looked like Stephen-Argyle was going to score some runs when Demitri Oberg led off with a single, Jackson Woinarowicz was hit by a pitch and Ty Winge had a bunt single to load the bases with nobody out. The next two batters hit into fielder’s choices with the outs at home and the next batter struck out and Win-E-Mac got out of a big-time jam without giving up a run.
Win-E-Mac’s Remy Goodwin started the inning with a single, advanced to second on a passed ball, and advanced to third base on another passed ball. After a strikeout and a hit batter, Bryer Strom hit a hard ground ball to third base and it got past the third baseman and two runs scored to give Win-E-Mac a 2-0 lead.
Win-E-Mac added two more runs in the third inning when Gavin Walker singled and stole second base. Brandon Van Den Einde singled to score a run and Mathew Sykes singled to score another run for a 4-0 lead.
Stephen-Argyle had a threat in the fourth inning with Ty Winge getting hit by a pitch, Brody Pietruzewski singled, and after the second out of the inning Will McGlynn walked to load the bases. The next batter grounded out to the second baseman and Stephen-Argyle’s threat was over.
Stephen-Argyle scored their only run of the game in the fifth inning when Jason Lindgren singled to left-centerfield and scored on a Mike Jacobson single to get within a 4-1 deficit.
Win-E-Mac added two more runs in the fifth inning. Goodwin singled and stole second base, Van Den Einde reached on an error and a run scored on a Sykes sacrifice fly. After a Bryer Strom walk, Gavin Haskett singled to score a run and Win-E-Mac led 6-1.
Win-E-Mac won the game in the bottom of the sixth inning when Kobe Hamre reached on a hit by pitch, Jonas Spry walked and Gavin Walker blasted the ball over the left-centerfield fence for a three-run home run to take a 9-1 lead. After a strikeout, Van Den Einde singles, Sykes walked and a run scored on a Strom single for a 10-1 lead. Hasket followed with his third straight single to score another run for an 11-1 victory in six innings.
Stephen-Argyle will play the loser of Red Lake Falls vs Roseau in a loser-out game at 5:00 p.m. You can hear the game on KROX.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | R | H | E | |
| Stephen-Argyle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
| Win-E-Mac | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 2 |
| Pitching | IP | H | R | ER | K | BB |
| Jason Lindgren – SA | 1.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| J. Woinarowicz – SA | 3.1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Aiden Anderson – SA | 0.1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Remy Goodwin-WEM | 5.1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| Mathew Sykes – WEM | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
FOR Stephen-Argyle-
Jason Lindgren – 2 for 3, run
Mike Jacobson – 1 for 3, rbi
FOR Win-E-Mac –
Gavin Haskett – 3 for 3, rbi, walk
Gavin Walker – 2 for 4, home run, 3 rbi, 2 runs
Remy Goodwin – 2 for 4, 2 runs
Brandon Van Den Einde – 2 for 4, 3 runs, 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.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
| Red Lake County | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 1 |
| Stephen-Argyle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Pitching | IP | H | R | ER | K | BB |
| Zak Kennet – RLC | 5.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Ty Kennet – RLC | 1.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Demitri Oberg – SA | 5.0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Jacobson – SA | 2.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
FOR RED LAKE COUNTY –
Peyton Fish – 3 for 4, 2 runs, rbi
Brady Luettner – 3 for 4, rbi, run
Ty Kennet – 2 for 4, double
FOR STEPHEN-ARGYLE –
Jason Lindgren, Dimitri Oberg, Colin McGregor, and Dusty Morely had one hit apiece.
