Paynesville 6The Bulldogs defeated Pierz 6-1 on Thursday, in Paynesville, to move on in the sub-section tournament.
Brent Heinen started for Paynesville. Heinen went all seven innings, giving up one run on two hits while striking out 11 in the game. Greg Polkamp led off the game with a home run, but that was the only run Heinen allowed. Polkamp also got the only other hit for Pierz, then he was thrown out trying to steal.
Dustin Looman provided the offensive spark for Paynesville. Looman, left, hit his 10th homer of the season. This home run by Looman was a towering home run into left field. Adam Miller also had a two-run double in the game.
Looman's home run came in the first inning to give Paynesville a 2-1 lead.
The game stayed that way until the fourth when the Bulldogs were able to get four runs in the inning. Miller provided the offensive spark in the inning with a two-run double before he left with an injury. Paynesville was helped out by three Pioneer errors in the inning. That made the score 6-1, and the game stayed that way.
The Bulldogs played excellent defense not committing an error in the game.
The real story of the game was Heinen. He completely dominated the Pierz hittiers. Out of the 21 total outs, Heinen struck out 11 and didn't walk a single person.
Paynesville played last night (Tuesday) in Cold Spring against Melrose. If they win they will play on Thursday night in the 5A Sub-Section Championship game, also in Cold Spring. A full report of both games will be in next week's Press.
| Pierz-- | 100 | 000 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 4 |
| Paynesville-- | 200 | 400 | x | -6 | 6 | 0 |
Paynesville 15
BBE 3
Paynesville defeated BBE 15-3 on Tuesday night, May 18, in Elrosa.
Nathan Schutz started for the Bulldogs and went four innings earning the victory. Schutz gave up one earned run on five hits while he walked three and struck out four. Jon Lieser came in and closed the game.
Dustin Looman was the hitting leader. Looman went 2-4 with three runs scored, four RBIs and a home run in the game. Scott Braun hit well going 3-3 with two runs scored and three RBIs. Doug Fuchs also contributed going 3-3 with three RBIs and one run scored.
Paynesville was able to take an early 5-0 lead in the top of the first when Ben Bork led off with a single, then moved to second on an error by the first baseman that allowed Heinen to reach base. Looman then followed with his ninth home run of the season.
Tyler Wuertz then got one of his three hits, a double and was followed by hits from Braun and Fuchs.
The Jaguars came back with two in the bottom of the first to make the score 5-2. It didn't stay that way long because in the top of the second Paynesville added five more.
With one out Looman singled and stole second. Braun doubled and drove in Looman. Fuchs and Adam Miller followed with singles, Lieser walked, and Justin Mackedanz cleared the bases with a triple. That made the score 10-2, Bulldogs.
After that the Bulldogs were able to cruise to an easy victory.
| Paynesville-- | 552 | 30 | -15 | 16 | 4 | |
| BBE-- | 201 | 00 | -3 | 4 | 3 |
Cathedral 5
Paynesville 1
The Bulldogs were defeated by St. Cloud Cathedral 5-1, on Tuesday afternoon in Paynesville.
The game started off a busy day for the Bulldogs.
Tyler Wuertz started on the mound for Paynesville. Wuertz got the loss going all seven innings, giving up three earned runs on six hits while striking out four and walking three.
Dustin Looman led Paynesville in hitting again, going 2-3 with the only RBI. Brent Heinen and Scott Braun had the only other hits in the game for the Bulldogs.
The Crusaders got on the board first, scoring three runs in the top of the first inning. Two of the runs were earned, but Paynesville committed two fielding errors in the first inning.
The Bulldogs got their only run in the bottom of the first inning. Ben Bork walked, and Looman singled him in. That made the score 3-1, but that was the closest the Bulldogs would get.
The Crusaders were able to get two runs later in the game to make the final 5-1.
| Cathedral-- | 301 | 010 | 0 | -5 | 6 | 0 |
| Paynesville-- | 100 | 000 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 4 |