We are one weekend closer to the Minnesota Baseball Association State Tournament! And some teams have already punched their ticket to the tourney. Let’s get caught up on all of the action from playoff baseball in Region 10C, 14C, and 16C.
Listen to the latest amateur Hour here!
Saturday, August 3
Nimrod – 5 vs. Henning – 0 (Played in Perham)
- Clay Erickson gets 9 Ks through 6 shutout innings on the mound to push the Gnats through
- Congratulations to the North Stars on their inaugural season!
Detroit Lakes – 6 vs. Bemidji Blue Ox – 4 (Played in Hibbing)
- Blaine Henderson leads the charge for the Ligers by collecting 2 hits, 2 RBI, and scored a run himself to advance through the 10C bracket
Clarissa – 1 vs. Sebeka – 0 (Played in Perham)
- Parker Duncan shoves for the Flyers, pitching a complete game shutout to keep the Flyers season alive. Kole Weishalla comes through with the go-ahead RBI for Clarissa.
- Congratulations to the Stingers on another great season!
New York Mills – 5 @ Perham- 3 (Played in Perham)
- Derin Gaudette goes yard for the Millers and Jonah Johnson gets the go-ahead RBI late to get one win away from a state tournament berth
- Perham goes to the elimination bracket
Midway – 6 vs. Deer Creek – 10 (Played in Perham)
- Nolan Coyle gets the win on the mound by going 6 innings allowing 3 runs with 4 strikeouts while Gannon George led the lineup with 3 hits
- Midway goes to the elimination bracket
Sauk Centre – 6 @ Urbank – 4
- Urbank will now have to earn the lone Region 16C bid to state through the elimination bracket
Sunday August 4
Detroit Lakes – 4 vs. Fergus Falls Hurricanes – 5
- Jacob Thomas totals 3 hits for Detroit Lakes, who come up just short against the Canes, DL now goes to the elimination bracket
Midway – 10 vs. Nimrod – 0 (7 innings) (Played in Sebeka)
- DJ Reichling goes the distance with a complete game shutout, allowing just one hit and adding 6 strikeouts to his ledger
- Congratulations to the Gnats on another great season!
Clarissa – 2 @ Perham – 5
- The Pirates advance to the next weekend of the region tournament
- Congratulations to the Flyers on their great season!
New York Mills – 6 vs. Deer Creek – 0
- Congratulations to the Millers, who are the first team in Region 14C to punch their ticket to the state tournament!
- Caden Roberts throws a complete game shutout for the Millers. But it was Logan Small with the bats who put the exclamation point on the game with a grand slam as he finished the day with 3 hits
- The Shockers go to the elimination bracket, but are still knocking on the door of the state tournament
Another intense weekend of amateur baseball in central Minnesota is around the corner and we’ll be back on Friday to break down the upcoming schedule on amateur Hour.
Amateur Hour, the bi-weekly town baseball segment covering all of the squads across central Minnesota hosted by CJ Baumgartner! We will put out the weekend’s schedule on Fridays and first thing Monday morning we will have a recap of the weekend’s action.
If you are a coach, player, or fan – we want your help! Call 218-631-1804 and leave a message on our voicemail with your team’s score and/or any notable achievements for a chance to be featured in the segment.