Hopp got the win for New Ulm, now 14-9 Hopp went the first 4 1/3 innings and allowed seven hits. Castleman finished with 2 2/3 innings of one-hit ball and fanned three.

Alex Korir took the season-ending loss for the Saints (12-10). He went the distance and allowed six hits.

Levi Hopp had two hits for the Eagles, with Zach Hubbard adding a triple,

The Eagles now play Mankato East — a 7-5 winner over Albert Lea on Saturday — Tuesday at 5 p.m, at Mueller Park in a win-or-go-home contest.

Staff photo by Travis Rosenau New Ulm’s Kyle Albrecht celebrates after tagging a Marshall runner out at second during a Section 2AAA Baseball Tournament quarterfinals game at Johnson Park on Saturday in New Ulm.

“Mitch did a great job for us today,” New Ulm head coach Jeff Ferrell said. “He threw inside-outside really well — he did a really good job of getting his curveball over for strikes when he needed it. He got out of a couple of jams to.

“And Owen was outstanding. I tell you what — that is the best that he has looked in a month — he was in command of all three of his pitches.”

And both pitchers were backed by solid defense by the Eagles, who turned two great plays in the game.

In the second inning, the Saints threatened when Lathe Bly singled with two outs and took second on a wild pitch.

Ryan Moelter followed with a single but Bly was throw out at home.

Staff photo by Travis Rosenau New Ulm’s Levi Hopp runs to step on first for an out during a Section 2AAA Baseball Tournament quarterfinals game at Johnson Park on Saturday in New Ulm.

And in the fourth the Saints had back-to-back singles before New Ulm second baseman Ryan Rathmann turned an inning-ending double play.

“Kyle [Albrecht, Eagles shortstop] and Ryan did a great job for us and Dirk [Haynes, Eagles third baseman] had some plays,” Ferrell said.

And the Eagles were able to manufacture just enough offense.

In the first, a Hubbard leadoff triple and an Albrecht sacrifice fly made it 1-0.

In the sixth the Eagles got a big insurance run.

Tanner Backer led off with a walk.

Pinch runner Carson Boe was sacrificed to second by Levi Hopp and that bunt paid dividends as Haynes followed with an RBI single.

“We were able to put the ball in play and get the bunt down when we needed to,” Ferrell said

St. Peter did not go quietly in the top of the seventh when they put two runners on base on a pair of two-out walks.

A balk put runners on second and third.

But Castleman ended the game when he got the final out on a groundout.

“Owen was tough,” Ferrell said.

The Eagles had dropped to the elimination bracket earlier in the day as Marshall scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth — two of them unearned — to tie the game at 4-all. The Tigers then won the game on walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the seventh from Eli Weedman for a 5-4 win.

Collin Forstner took the loss for New Ulm.

Zach Hubbard and Dirk Haynes each had two hits for New Ulm in that game, with Owen Castleman adding a solo home run to left that put the Eagles up 4-1 in the sixth.

In the bottom of the sixth, the Tigers used three hits and a costly infield error to tie the game before winning it in the seventh.

Ferrell said that he was concerned on how his team would come out against St. Peter after the tough loss to the Tigers.

“It was a tough game to lose,” he said. “But this team never stops surprising me — they do a great job of flushing things and they play for the moment. We did a nice job of coming back and playing well. We will be ready to go Tuesday.”