By John George
After a 1-4 start, the New York Mills baseball team started getting hot about the same time the weather did. A doubleheader sweep over Parkers Prairie at Jacobson Field last Thursday gave the Eagles a four-game winning streak.
As the visiting team in game one (a make-up from a April 10 rain-out), Mills jumped on the board right away in the top of the first. An RBI single by Jeremy Hagen and two-run hit by David Resch gave the Eagles a 3-0 lead.
Mills went on to score in every inning, getting two in the second, two in the third, one each in the fifth and sixth and closing the game out with a four-run sixth to win, 13-5.
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Hagen finished the game 3-for-5 with a double and four RBI. Alex Helmeke, Drew Schultz and Mike Baune each drove in two runs.
Schultz went the first 5 1/3 innings on the mound to pick up the win. Brendan Frost pitched the final 1 2/3 in relief.
The Eagles also got out to an early lead in a 7-3 win in game two.
Already ahead 1-0, Baune led off the second getting hit by the pitch and moved to second on a passed ball before Cory Perala singled. After a strike out, Jordan Vaughan delivered a run-scoring double to make the score 2-0. Jason Burg then drove in Perala and Vaughan with a single to give Mills a 5-0 lead.
Parkers Prairie responded by scoring three runs on three hits off Eagle starter Baune in the top of the third. But that's all they would get off Baune, as he went the distance for his third win of the season. he allowed just two hits outside the third inning, striking out three and walking three over seven innings.
Mills picked up insurance runs in the fifth and sixth for the final 7-3 margin.
Baune and Vaughan each went 2-for-3 at the plate with a RBI each.
Rain-out
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The Eagles game against No. 1-A Wheaton/Herman-Norcross on May 4 was postponed because of rain. No make-up date has been set.
Mills can look forward to a week on the bus. They travel to Pillager today (May 10). The Huskies (3-4, 3-5 Park Region) beat NYM in the season opener on April 17, 12-9.
On May 11, the Eagles travel south to Ashby. Mills has beaten the Arrows (6-3, 6-3 Pheasant Conference) three straight years. The road schedule continues on May 14 at Browerville/Eagle Valley (4-2, 2-1 Prairie Conference).
NY Mills finally returns home on May 15 to host Sebeka (7-4, 6-1 Park Region). The Eagles lost a close 3-2 game against the Trojans on April 19.
Thursday, May 3
New York Mills 13, Parkers Prairie 5 (G-1)
R- H- E
P.P. 0-0-0-1-2-2-0-- 5-10- 0
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NYM 3-2-2-1-1-4-x--13-14-2
Eagles--Jason Burg 1-2, 4 BB, 2B, 2 SB, 2 R; Alex Helmeke 1-4, BB, R, 2 RBI; Jeremy Hagen 2-5, 2B, 2 SB, 3 R, 4 RBI; Drew Schultz 2-5, 2 RBI; David Resch 2-4, BB, R; Mike Baune 2-5, 2 SB, 2 R, 2 RBI; Tyler Wegscheid 1-5, SB, R; Cavin Berube 2-3, 2 BB, R; Jordan Vaughan 2-3, 2 BB ,2 SB, 2 R.
Pitching IP R ER H SO BB
Schultz (1-0) 5.1 5 3 8 5 1
Frost 1.2 0 0 2 1 3
New York Mills 7, Parkers Prairie 3 (G-2)
R- H- E
P.P. 0-0-3-0-0-0-0-- 3- 5- 2
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NYM 1-4-0-0-1-1-x-- 7- 8- 0
Eagles-- Burg 1-3, BB, SB, R, 2 RBI; Helmeke 0-2, BB, SAC; Hagen 1-3, 3B, R; Schultz 1-4, R; Wade Salo 0-2, BB, SB; Baune 2-2, HBP, SB, R, RBI; Cory Perala 1-3, 2 SB, R; Vaughan 2-3, 2B, SB, 2 R, RBI.
Pitching IP R ER H SO BB
Baune (3-0) 7 3 3 5 3 3
Friday, May 4
New York Mills at Wheaton/Herman-Norcross
Postponed due to weather.
No make-up date set.
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Park Region Conf. All
Bertha-Hewitt 8-1 9-2
Sebeka 6-1 7-4
New York Mills 5-4 6-4
Menahga 3-4 4-6
Parkers Prairie 3-5 3-5
Pillager 3-4 3-5
Verndale 2-7 3-9
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Otter Tail Central 1-6 1-8
TUESDAY UPDATE
Eagles boys split at Verndale
The New York Mills baseball team split a pair of games at Verndale Tuesday afternoon. The Eagles won the first game, 13-12. The Pirates evened things out with a 13-3 win in game two.
