Knights use two-out rallies to top Indians
Sleepy Eye takes second game in DH
Staff photo by Ari Selvey Sleepy Eye’s Kayden Klein tags out Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s Merrick Mathiowetz while Sleepy Eye’s Jaxon Saenz (5) looks on during a Tomahawk Division baseball game on Thursday.
Staff photo by Ari Selvey Sleepy Eye St. Marys’ Merrick Mathiowetz dives home past Sleepy Eye’s Carson Uecker (11) as St. Marys’ Tyler Mathiowetz (2) looks on during a Tomahawk Division baseball game on Thursday.
Staff photo by Ari Selvey Sleepy Eye’s Kayden Klein tags out Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s Merrick Mathiowetz while Sleepy Eye’s Jaxon Saenz (5) looks on during a Tomahawk Division baseball game on Thursday.
Staff photo by Ari Selvey Sleepy Eye St. Marys’ Merrick Mathiowetz dives home past Sleepy Eye’s Carson Uecker (11) as St. Marys’ Tyler Mathiowetz (2) looks on during a Tomahawk Division baseball game on Thursday.
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SLEEPY EYE -- Sleepy Eye St. Mary's scored in just two innings during the first game of a Tomahawk Division baseball doubleheader against Sleepy Eye, and never scored a run with fewer than two outs in the inning. But the Knights were able to use those two-out rallies to put up nine runs to come away with a 9-2 victory.
Sleepy Eye bounced back in the second game, winning 12-7.
Landry Folkens had a strong start on the bump in Game 1, striking out 11 and allowing just one run on five hits in a six-inning win. At the plate for the Knights, Mason Mathiowetz was 3 for 4 with three RBIs, while Folkens was 2 for 4 with two RBIs. Michael Balko, Ethan Schwartz and Adam Braulick each had a hit and an RBI.
Chase Zufall took the loss for Sleepy Eye, striking out three and allowing seven earned runs on 11 hits in a complete game. At the plate, Jacob Fulmer was 2 for 2, while Jaxon Saenz was 2 for 3 with an RBI. Anden Braun added a hit and an RBI.
After a scoreless first inning, Mason Mathiowetz started the scoring with a two-RBI single that brought home Folkens and Kyle Nelson. Braulick made it a 3-0 game with a single to plate Mason Mathiowetz before a flyout finally ended the inning.
Saenz got a double with two outs in the bottom of the second for the Indians to try a two-out rally of their own, but Folkens coaxed a flyout to dash any hopes. After a scoreless third and fourth innings, St. Mary's did it again in the top of the fifth. With two outs, Tyler Mathiowetz hit a double, Merrick Mathiowetz drew a walk and both came home as Folkens doubled. Schwartz came home on another double from Balko, then Nelson and Balko came home as Mason Mathiowetz hit a double for a 9-0 advantage.
Sleepy Eye put up a run in the bottom of the sixth as Saenz hit his second double and came home on a single by Keeyan Netzke, and then one more in the bottom of the seventh as Fulmer and Kayden Klein each doubled. But it wasn't enough as a popup ended the game.
Klein earned the win in Game 2 for Sleepy Eye, striking out three and allowing seven runs, three earned, on nine hits in a complete game. At the plate, Carson Uecker was 2 for 5 with a triple, a double, two RBIs and three runs scored, while Netzke had a hit and an RBI. Klein was 1 for 4 with four RBIs.
Tyler Mathiowetz took the loss for the Knights, striking out one and allowing four runs on two hits in 1 1/3 innings. Eli Christensen made the start, striking out four and allowing six unearned runs on one hit and three walks in 3 2/3 innings. At the plate, Balko was 2 for 3 with two RBIs, while Braulick was 2 for 4.
Sleepy Eye (14-3, 11-3) hosts Mankato Loyola on Monday, while St. Mary's (8-9, 8-6) plays at Granada-Huntley-East Chain/Truman/Martin Luther on Monday.