Takes runner-up in tournament play
The Garretson 8U baseball team played in a Flandreau baseball tournament this past weekend. In the first game we battled out a low scoring game with a 1 loss Flandreau Purple team. After struggling early to get the bat on the ball, we were able to get a few runs late to pull away and won that game 5-2.Â
In game 2, we played a really good Bruce Stingers team. They were 16-0 heading into that game, and we were 7-0. Bruce scored 5 runs in the top of the 5th inning and really had us on our heels. We scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 1st in our own right to bring the score closer. The 2nd and 3rd innings went scoreless for both teams. After we held them scoreless in the 4th inning with a couple of great plays in the infield from Alex Olson and Weston Schroeder, including a double play from Schroeder to Lewis Schrank, we scored 5 runs in the bottom of the 4th to bring the score to 8-5. In the top of the 5th inning, we were able to keep them off the board for the 4th straight inning to take the game 8-5.
Our last game in pool play was against Elkton. Defensively, we weren’t at our best, but a few strikeouts from Elkton helped us to hold them scoreless. We had a few runs in the first inning and added 4 more in the 4th inning to win the game 8-0 and move on to the semifinals.
In the semifinals, we matched up with a really good Dell Rapids team. Both teams brought their A-game early on the defensive side. Dell Rapids looked to score early, and had the bases loaded, but a fly out to right fielder Hudson Oakland that turned into a double play at first base got us out of the inning. The game went back and forth, we scored 1 run I the 3rd inning that had us down 2-1, 1 run the 4th inning to be down 4-2. In the last inning we went into the bottom of the 5th down 4-2, were able to get our leadoff batter on and scored them to be down 1. With 2 outs and a guy in scoring posting, the Dell Rapids defense stepped up again. They had two players that ran into each other on a pop fly, but were able to hang on for the last out. We were defeated by a score of 3-4.Â
Our record for the season is 9-1. We have a doubleheader tomorrow night (Thursday June 12) in town starting at 6:30.
