Minnesota Amateur Baseball Thrillers Abound

The Minnesota Baseball Association Class, A, B, and C Tournaments have nine more games today to determine who plays on the final weekend.

There are three games in each class today including the Waterville Indians playing against the Regal Eagles, Dundas Dukes tangle with the Plymoouth HitDawgs, and Jordan Brewers try to chop down the Foley Lumberjacks.

Miesville blanked Waconia Friday 5-0 in Gaylord in Class A action.  Three pitchers combined to secure the shutout with Blake Ritzer going the first 6 innngs alowing 3 hits with 6 walks and 4 strikeouts while throwing 93 pitches , 54 strikes.

Riley Ahern worked 2 innings with 1 hit, 1 walk, 3 strikeouts, tossing 36 pitches 24 strikes.  Brady Illa threw in the 9th inning with 1 hit allowed and 1 strikeout while throwing 15 pitches, 12 strikeouts.  He did have a wild pitch recorded.

Ronnie Sweeney and Evan Nelson each homered, Sweeney with 3 hits, Nelson 2 hits, both had 2 RBI. Brock Rinehart also clubbed an RBI hit for the Mudhens who play Friday, August 29, 2025 against Forest Lake 7:30 p.m. in Gaylord.

Elsewhere in Class A, Forest Lake Brewers got by the St. Anthony Hogs 3-1.  Dundas plays 4:00 p.m. Sunday, August 24, 2025 against Plymouth, Shakopee goes up against Champlin Park 1:30 p.m. and Sartell competes with Chaska 11:00 A.M. in Gaylord.

Lyon's Pub, Air Freight Unlimited and North St. Paul garnered wins in Class A Saturday to advance.

In Class B. the three games today (Sunday, August 24, 2025) in Brownton feature Jordan against Foley 11:00 a.m.  Maple Lake plays against Young America 1:30 p.m. and at 4:00 p.m. it's the Princeton Panthers and New Ulm Brewers going toe-to-toe.

The Red Wing Aces fell to the Cold Spring Springers 3-1 in 10 innings in Hutchinson Saturday.  Both teams scored a run in the 8th inning of the pitcher's duel.  Phil Bray, draftee from Isanti threw the first 8 innings for Cold Spring allowing 4 hits with 1 walk and 10 strikeouts.  He threw 124 pitches, 82 strikes.  Eli Emerson earned the victory with a scoreless 2 innings of ho-hit ball, 1 walk, 2 strikeouts, 31 pitches, 20 strikes.

The Aces Andrew Ball started on the mound going 5 2/3 innings with 2 hits, 0 runs, 1 walk, 6 strikeouts, 116 pitches, 74 strikes.  Aaron Johnson suffered the loss while throwing 1 1./3 innings, 8 hits, 4 runs, 3 strikeouts, 59 pitches, 49 strikes.

Brady Schaefer of Cold Spring cracked two home runs with 3 RBI and a stolen base, Drew Bulson stroked a RBI double.

Hutchinson scored a walk-off win against Bird Island 5-4 to keep their dream of a title on their home field alive.  They will host Delano 11:00 a.m. Saturday, August 30, 2025.  Delano scored a 7-2 win over Hinckley Saturday, August 23, 2025.

Raymond defeated St. Stephen 6-2.   The Nisswa Lightning struck Fergus Falls 8-2 to advance.

Class C games today include Waterville at 1:30 p.m. against Regal in Brownton, winner gets LeSueur Saturday, August 30, 2025, 1:30 p.m. in Hutchinson.  Howard Lake and Windom take the field 4:00 p,m, in Brownton.  Pierz faces Courtland at 11:00 a.m. with the winner going up against the winner of the 4:00 p.m. game.

The LeSueur Braves survived a 1-0 thriller against the Leavenworth Orioles Saturday in Brownton.  Each team had 3 hits.

Logan Feeney threw 7 innings with 3 hits allowed, 4 walks, 12 strikeouts, 107 pitches, 63 strikes, 2 wild pitches.

Ethan Hoffman earned a save with two innings of no-hit ball, 1 walk, 4 strikeouts, 32 pitchers, 19 strikes.

LeSueur scored their run in the 3rd inning when Ethan Hathaway scored on a wild pitch.  Bryce Novak and Cole Pengilly earned their other hits.