That ended up being the final score of the game as the TEL earned its seventh consecutive win in the All-Star Game.

“Every time we come here we want to win,” Knowles said. “It’s sweet to keep the streak going. We get really competitive, it doesn’t matter that we’re playing with a bunch of different teammates. It’s a lot of fun and we always want to come out here and win.

Knowles, a four-time TEL ALl-Star, was named the game’s MVP, going 2 for 4 with three RBIs.

“It’s sweet,” he said. “Just to be able to contribute in any way possible. It’s awesome. It was a lot of fun with a lot of great guys in this dugout, so it was great to be able to contribute to another TEL win.”

Staff photo by Ari Selvey Hanka's Chris Knowles slides into home plate during the Tomahawk East League-Corn Belt League Amateur Baseball All-Star Game Saturday at Veteran's Park in St. James.

Jordan Milbrath of Springfield earned the win on the mound, striking out one and allowing one hit and no runs in 1 1/3 innings, coming in to pitch in the eighth inning and closing in the ninth. Courtland’s Nolan Drill pitched two innings, striking out three and allowing no runs, while Mark Anderson of Leavenworth made the start, striking out one and allowing one hit in one inning. At the plate for the TEL, Drill was 3 for 4 with an RBI and two runs scored, while Essig’s Winsten Nienhaus had a home run and Leavenworth’s Jackson Huiras had a double.

Bird Island’s Dylan Gass took the loss, allowing one run on two hits in 2/3 of an inning. Nathan Deutz of the Milroy Yankees made the start, striking out one and allowing two runs, one earned, on three hits in two innings. At the plate, Joe Liebl and Branden Flock, both of Milroy, hitting a two-RBI home run, while Milroy’s Brock Schultz had a hit and an RBI.

The TEL scored the first run of the game, with Drill and Knowles starting a two-out rally with singles, then advancing a base on a wild pitch. Finally, Lamberton’s Hudson Jenniges put an error into play that scored Drill for a 1-0 lead. The CBL came back in the second, with Liebl hitting a two-run homer to take the lead. Nienhaus tied the game in the bottom of the second with his solo home run, his first of his amateur baseball career, going to center field.

The game stayed tied for the next four innings, but the CBL broke the tie in the seventh, with Schultz earning an RBI single. Milroy continued to show out for the CBL as Flock hit another two-run homer in the eighth inning for a 6-2 lead, with an error bringing home one more run to put the CBL up 7-2.

Needing some offense in the bottom of the eighth, Huiras got the bats going with a double, took to third on a single by Milbrath, then stole home on a throw that didn’t make it back to the pitcher. The TEL managed to load the bases with New Ulm’s Cole Ranweiler getting a single and Stark’s Zach Haala drawing a walk. Drill plated one run with a single to make it 6-4 before Knowles took to the batter’s box.

“I knew it was big moment, but I just needed to stay simple and stick to my approach,” Knowles said. “He gave me a pitch I could hit, and I was able to do something with it. Credit to all the guys who got on base before me too.”