By John George
The Eagle baseball team put together some timely hitting to punish Otter Tail Central for their mistakes in a 6-1 win April 26 at Russ Jacobson Field.
A walk to Jeremy Hagen in the second inning started the Eagles' first rally. Drew Schultz followed with a bloop single. Both scored as an OTC error and hit batter kept the inning alive.
Schultz began the fourth inning rally by getting hit by a pitch. Mike Baune doubled and Cavin Berube loaded the bases with a walk. Tyler Wegscheid drove in Schultz and Baune with a single and Berube scored when the catcher missed home plate on a force play after a ground ball to third off the bat of Jordan Vaughan. A RBI single by Alex Helmeke gave the Eagles a 6-0 lead.
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Meanwhile, Baune was cruising on the mound. He allowed one run in the fifth with two walks and a hit batter. He scattered five hits through seven innings and struck out nine to pick up his second win of the season.
Good test
Mills put up a good fight in a close 9-6 loss at No. 6-A Bertha-Hewitt on April 24. The Eagles fell behind 5-2 before scoring two runs each in the fourth and fifth innings.
Jason Burg was 3-for-4 with two RBI in the loss. Vaughan was 2-for-4. Brendan Frost took the loss, allowing five runs in 2 1/3 innings.
Big week
NY Mills has a very big week ahead of them. They make-up two games from earlier this season as doubleheaders and mix in a top-10 team on the road. They start today (May 3) with a doubleheader at Jacobson Field at 4:30 p.m. against Parkers Prairie. The second game with the Panthers (2-2, 2-2 Park Region) is a make-up from April 10.
The Eagles will hit the road on May 4 to take on No. 8-A Wheaton/Herman-Norcross. The Warriors (8-1) had won five-straight heading into Tuesday's game at Chokio-Alberta. W/H-N elimnated Mills 14-9 in the 6A semifinals last season.
Mills follows that up with another Park Region doubleheader at Jacobson Field on May 8, this time against Verndale (1-6, 1-4 Park Region). The Eagles won both meetings last season with the Pirates.
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Tuesday, April 24
B-H 9, New York Mills 6
R- H- E
NYM 1-0-1-2-2-0-0-- 6- 8- 0
B-H 0-1-4-4-0-0-0-- 9-10-0
Eagles--Jordan Vaughan 2-4, SB, R, RBI; Mike Baune 1-4, BB, R, RBI; Jason Burg 3-4, 2 2B, 2 RBI; Tyler Wegscheid 1-3, BB, 2 R; Cavin Berube 1-1; Wade Salo 1-2; Cory Perala 1-3, R, RBI.
Pitching IP R ER H SO BB
B. Frost (0-1) 2.1 5 4 6 4 1
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Salo 3.2 4 4 4 3 1
Thursday, April 26
New York Mills 6, Otter Tail Central 1
R- H- E
OTC 0-0-0-0-1-0-0-- 1- 5- 2
NYM 0-0-0-4-0-0-x-- 6- 3- 0
Eagles--Helmeke 1-3, BB, RBI; Hagen 0-2, BB, R; Drew Schultz 1-2, HBP, 2 R; Baune 0-2, SAC, R; Berube 0-1, 2 BB, R; Wegscheid 1-3, R, 2 RBI; Perala 0-1, HBP, BB.
Pitching IP R ER H SO BB
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Baune (2-0) 7 1 1 5 9 3
Park Region Conf. All
Sebeka 5-0 6-3
Bertha-Hewitt 5-1 5-2
Pillager 2-2 2-2
Parkers Prairie 2-2 2-4
New York Mills 1-3 2-3
Menahga 2-2 2-5
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Otter Tail Central 1-3 1-5
Verndale 1-3 1-5
Tuesday Update
Mills boys beat Menahga
Alex Helmeke was 2-for-4 with three RBI as New York Mills beat Menahga, 9-2.
Drew Schultz was 2-for-4 with two RBI and Jason Burg picked up the win with 4 1/3 innings of one-hit ball.
New York Mills 9, Menahga 2
R- H- E
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NYM 1-0-3-0-1-4-0-- 9- 9- 1
Menahga 1-0-0-0-1-0-0-- 2- 6- 1
Eagles--Jason Burg 0-4, 2 BB, 2 R, RBI; Jeremy Hagen 2-4, 2 SB, RBI; Drew Schultz 2-4, 2 RBI; Alex Helmeke 2-4, 3 RBI; Mike Baune 1-4, 2B; Tyler Wegscheid 1-3, R; Wade Salo 1-3, 2 R.
Pitching IP R ER H SO BB
Burg (1-1) 4.1 2 1 1 2 7
Hagen 1.2 0 0 3 0 1
Burg (1-1) 1 0 0 2 0 0
