Eagles open playoffs at home

By news@perhamfocus.com

May 29, 2007 at 11:00 PM

By John George

The New York Mills baseball team finished the season on a high note, winning four straight. Their reward was a No. 3 seed in the 6A East Sub-Section Tournament. The Eagles (11-7) were set to take on No. 6 Verndale (6-14) Tuesday at Smith Field, but the game was rained out. It was rescheduled for Wednesday, May 30 at 3 p.m.

Mills split with Verndale on May 8, winning the first game 13-12, before losing the second, 13-3.

The winner would go on to play in the Sub-Section semifinals Today (May 31) at Verndale at 2:30 p.m. The East Championship would follow about 30 minutes after the end of the game at approximately 5 p.m. (see bracket).

Shutout over Braves

The Eagles closed out their Park Region Conference schedule last Thursday with a 13-0 win over Menahga. Mills struck early and often, scoring five in the first and seven more in the second.

Designated hitter David Resch went 2-for-2 with a double, a walk, two runs scored and three RBI. Jason Burg was 2-for-4 with a pair of runs driven in.

Mike Baune allowed just three hits without a walk in picking up his fourth win of the season on the mound.

Shootout over C-G-B

Mills had to hold off a late rally Friday as they closed out their regular season with a 10-9 win over Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley.

C-G-B was first on the board, scoring four times in the top of the first. They went scoreless over the next four innings before mounting a late inning comeback.

The Eagles, meanwhile, took a 5-4 lead with a second inning rally. Consecutive hits by Wade Salo, Resch and Cavin Berube were followed by two walks and a sacrifice fly.

Mills scored two more in the fifth for a 7-4 lead when C-G-B struck back. They scored two times on one hit in the sixth, only to see the Eagles take them back with two of their own in the bottom of the sixth.

Undaunted, C-G-B scored three more in the top of the seventh to tie the game, 9-9.

Mills pulled out the win with a RBI single by Drew Schultz in the bottom of the seventh, scoring Alex Helmeke with the game-winner.

Thursday, May 24

New York Mills 13, Menahga 0

R- H- E

Menahga 0-0-0-0-0-- 0- 3- 4

NYM 5-7-1-0-x--13-7- 1

Eagles-- Jason Burg 2-4, SB, 2 R, 2 RBI; Alex Helmeke 0-1, HBP, 2 BB, 2 R, RBI; Jeremy Hagen 1-4, 2 R, RBI; Drew Schultz 2-4, 2B, 2 R, RBI; Mike Baune 0-3, BB< R, RBI; David Resch 2-2, BB, 2 R, 3 RBI; Wade Salo 0-2, HBP, R; Jordan Vaughan 0-0 2 BB, R ,2 RBI.

Pitching IP R ER H SO BB

Baune (4-2) 5 0 0 3 3 0

Friday, May 25

NYM 10, Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley 9

R- H- E

C-G-B 4-0-0-0-0-2-3-- 9- 9- 0

NYM 0-5-0-0-2-2-1--10-13-2

Eagles-- Burg 1-2, Sac, BB, 2 RBI; Helmeke 1-3, 2 BB, R; Hagen 1-3, HBP, BB, R, RBI; Schultz 1-3, 2B, R; Andy Hendrickx 2-2, R, RBI; Salo 3-3, HBP, 2 R, RBI; Resch 2-3, 2B, R; Baune 1-1, RBI; Cavin Berube 1-3, R, RBI; Matthew Knight 0-1, BB, R; Tyler Wegscheid 0-0, Sac, BB, RBI; Vaughan 0-2, 2 BB, R, RBI.

Pitching IP R ER H SO BB

Salo 5 6 4 6 3 3

Vaughan 1.2 3 3 3 0 2

Frost (3-1) .1 0 0 0 0 1

Tuesday, May 29

Sub-Section 6A Playoffs

Verndale at New York Mills

Postponed. Will be played May 30.

Park Region Conf. All

Bertha-Hewitt 12-2 15-5

Sebeka 11-3 14-6

New York Mills 9-5 11-7