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The Lakers rallied from a 1-0 deficit by scoring four runs in the bottom of the fifth against Spring Hill on Sunday. They added two runs in the bottom of the seventh, building a 6-1 lead.

Ryan Wuertz pitched seven strong innings, allowing only one run, for the victory.

Spring Hill added two runs in the top of the eighth but lost 6-3.

On Friday, Elrosa built a 9-0 lead against the Lakers, capitalizing on six Laker errrors. The Lakers scored a run in the top of the sixth, but Elrosa answered with two runs in the bottom of the inning and won 11-1.

The Lakers (4-2 in the Stearns County South and 4-4 overall) will play at Meire Grove on Sunday.

Sunday

Spring Hill--	001	000	020	- 3	7	4
Paynesville--	000	040	20x	- 6	6	0

Spring Hill - Batting: Jamie Terres 2-2 2B; Shawn Schoenburg 1-2 2B; Ryan Barten 1-1 RBI-2; Nathan Terres 1-4 2B; Pitching: (ip-h-r-er-bb-k) Schoenburg (L) (4.1-4-4-1-4-2); Chris Spanier (3.2-2-2-1-1-3).

Lake Henry - Batting: Doug Fuchs 4-4 RBI-2; Josh Kampsen 1-4 R-2; Jon Lieser 1-3; Pitching: (ip-h-r-er-bb-k) Ryan Wuertz (W) (7-5-1-1-1-5); Lieser (2-2-2-2-0-2).

Friday

Lake Henry--	000	001	000	- 1	7	6
Elrosa--	203	402	00x	- 11	11	2

Lake Henry - Batting: Ryan Wuertz 2-3; Adam Kampsen 2-4; Doug Fuchs 1-3; Jesse Lieser 1-3; Josh Kampsen 1-4; Pitching: (ip-h-r-er-bb-k) Fuchs (L) (3-8-9-5-1-1); Adam Kampsen (3-2-2-2-2-6); Pat Mohs (2-1-0-0-1-1).

Elrosa - Batting: Randy Deuval 2-4 3B; Dustin Breitbach 2-5 2B 3B; Matt Middendorf 2-5; Steve Mueller 2-5 2B; Pitching: (ip-h-r-er-bb-k) Aaron Vogt (W) (7-6-1-1-1-4); Breitbach (2-1-0-0-1-1).

Pirates top Granite Falls
The Paynesville Pirates earned their first win in the Cornbelt League on Sunday, dumping state power Granite Falls 12-7 on the road.

The Pirates broke a 3-3 tie with a run in the top of the sixth and then exploded for seven runs in the top of the seventh, taking a 11-3 lead before Granite Falls rallied, making the final score 12-7.

Adam Hemmesch earned the pitching victory by throwing seven innings in relief.

On Friday night, the Pirates were beaten at home by Bird Island 7-3. Bird Island took a 4-0 lead with four runs in the top of the fourth. The Pirates answered with three runs in the bottom of the inning, but Bird Island responded with three more runs in the top of the fifth.

After this flurry of offense, neither team scored again.

This week, the Pirates (1-3) will host Greenwald in an exhibition game on Friday night at 8:30 p.m.

Sunday

Paynesville--	003	001	710	- 12	13	4
Granite Falls--	102	000	301	- 7	9	6

Paynesville - Batting: Jamie Paul 3-5; Jordan Haag 3-6 2B-2; Justin Butkofski 2-6 2B; Shannon Olmscheid 2-5 2B; Adam Miller 1-4 2B; Pitching: (ip-h-r-er-bb-k) Olmscheid (2-2-1-1-1-4); Adam Hemmesch (W) (7-7-4-3-4-5).

Granite Falls - Batting: Craig Listal 3-4 2B; Mike Hanhoff 2-5; Pitching: (ip-h-r-er-bb-k) Josh Neu (L) (7-10-11-7-3-1); Michael Arneson (2-2-1-1-0-2).

Friday

Bird Island--	000	430	000	- 7	5	2
Paynesville--	000	300	0	- 3	9	3

Bird Island - Pitching: (ip-h-r-er-bb-k) Greg Helin (9-9-3-3-4-9).

Paynesville - Batting: Ryan Hess 2-4; Jordan Haag 1-3; Shannon Olmscheid 1-3; Pitching: (ip-h-r-er-bb-k) Justin Butkofski (L) (4.1-3-7-7-7-2).

Regal tops Granite, too
The Regal Eagles scored four runs in the top of the tenth inning to rally and beat state power Granite Falls 11-7 in a Cornbelt League game in Granite on Friday.

Regal trailed 6-3 before scoring two runs in the seventh and two runs in the top of the ninth to take a 7-6 lead. Chris Rohe singled in the ninth to tie the game at 6-6, and Shane Rademacher singled to put Regal ahead 7-6. But Granite Falls scored a run in the bottom of the ninth to tie the game at 7-7.

Regal scored four runs in the tenth on an RBI triple by Chris Beier followed by three walks with three runs scoring on passed balls.

Regal, however, gave 12 unanswered runs to Starbuck on Sunday, losing 16-5 in eight innings by the ten-run rule. Regal led briefly 5-4 after scoring four runs in the bottom of the third, but Starbuck scored three runs in the fourth, sixth in the fifth, and three more in the eighth to win 16-5, overcoming eight errors.

This week, Regal (5-3 overall, 2-3 in league) will host Roscoe on Friday at 6:15 p.m. in an exhibition game. They will play at New London-Spicer on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. and at Bird Island on Sunday, also at 1:30 p.m.

Friday

Regal--	020	010	202	0	- 11	13	4
Granite Falls--	002	004	001	0	- 7	8	4

Regal - Batting: A.J. Hadley 3-4 R-2 RBI; Chris Beier 2-5 2B 3B R-3 RBI-2; Mike Mueller 2-5 RBI-3 R-2; Shane Rademacher 2-5 SB-4; Chris Rohe 1-4 RBI R; Brandon Berg 1-3 R-2; Steve Gerding 1-2; Pitching: (ip-h-r-er-bb-k) Beier (6-7-6-4-2-3); Jeremy Fuchs (W) (4-1-1-1-1-6).

Granite Falls - Batting: Josh Neu 2-4 R-2; Mike Arnerson 2-4 R-2; Pitching: Chad Listul (L).

Sunday

Starbuck--	022	360	03x	- 16	9	8
Regal--	104	000	00x	- 5	4	4

Starbuck - Batting: Mike Andreas 3-5 2B 3B R-2 RBI-4; Adam Slatten 3-4 R-2; Pitching: Joe Hiedelberger (W).

Regal - Batting: Mile Mueller 2-4 2B RBI-2; Chris Beier 1-4 R-2; Shane Rademacher 1-1; Pitching: (ip) Josh Eckstein (1.1); Rademacher (3.1) (L); Josh Krupke (3.1).

Martins split two games
St. Martin lost a back-and-forth, high-scoring contest at Spring Hill on Saturday, scoring one run in the tenth inning to take a brief lead but seeing Spring Hill score two runs in the bottom of the tenth to win 13-12. The Chargers scored the winning run in the tenth inning on a suicide squeeze by Dave Stalboerger.

The game featured seven lead changes and two ties.

Spring Hill overcame four homers by the Martins: Jim Arceneau, Ken Arceneau, Steve Lieser, and Jesse Thelen.

The Martins kept their bats hot on Sunday, pounding 15 hits and scoring 15 runs to beat Greenwald 15-1. The Martins scored six runs in the second inning and six more in the sixth inning in St. Martin.

Scott Schlangen pitched six shutout innings to earn the victory on Sunday against Greenwald.

The Martings (6-4 overall, 4-2 in the Stearns County South) will play at Watkins on Wednesday and will play at New Munich on Sunday at 1:30 p.m.

Saturday

St. Martin--	210	314	000	1	- 12	13	2
Spring Hill--	400	304	000	2	- 13	14	3

St. Martin - Batting: Josh Harrison 4-6; Steve Lieser 2-3 HR; Kenny Arceneau 2-5 HR; Jim Arceneau 2-6 HR 2B; Jesse Thelen 1-5 HR; Pitching: Harrison, Kenny Arceneau, Nathan Schlangen (L).

Spring Hill - Batting: Jonathan Nietfeld 3-5; Jamie Terres 2-3 2B HR RBI-4; Mike Terres 2-5 2B; Nathan Terres 2-4; Chris Spanier 1-2 HR; Pitching: (ip-h-r-er-bb-k) Aaron Welle (3.1-6-6-5-3-3); Rick Lieser (W) (6.2-7-6-5-4-3).

Sunday

Greenwald--	000	000	001	- 1	8	0
St. Martin--	060	106	20x	- 15	15	0

Greenwald - Pitching: (ip-h-r-er-bb-k) Tim Hopfer (L) (1.2-4-6-6-3-0); Doug Welle (4.1-3-1-1-0-0); Brandon Worms (1-5-6-6-0-0); Todd Frieler (2-3-2-2-1-0).

St. Martin - Batting: Josh Harrison 2-2; Scott Schlangen 2-2; Ryan Nett 2-4 2B; Nathan Schlangen 2-3 2B; Luke Rothstein 2-4; Jesse Thelen 1-3 HR; Pitching: (ip-h-r-er-bb-k) Scott Schlangen (W) (6-5-0-0-1-1); Rothstein (S) (3-3-1-1-2-2).

Roscoe drops two
The Roscoe Rangers (1-5 in the Stearns County South) lost two league games over the weekend: 14-4 at New Munich on Saturday (wth Chad Funk hitting two grand slams) and 22-3 at home against Meire Grove on Sunday (with the Grovers getting 21 hits).

Saturday

Roscoe--	001	010	020	- 4	9	1
New Munich--	501	040	04x	- 14	12	1

Roscoe - Batting: Bret Aagesen 3-3 HR 2B; Russ Leyendecker 1-3 2B R; Rick Mackedanz 1-1 R; Pitching: (ip-h-r-er-bb-k) Russ Leyen-decker (L) (3-8-6-6-5-0); Justin Mackedanz (3-2-4-4-5-1); Zach Schmitz (2-2-4-4-3-1).

Sunday

Meire Grove--	027	040	441	- 22	21	1
Roscoe--	020	000	001	- 3	7	5

Roscoe - Batting: Bret Aagesen 3-4 2B-2 RBI-2; Pitching: (ip-h-r-er-bb-k) Brent Heinen (L) (2.1-7-9-7-2-0); Mackedanz (2-2-3-2-1-0); Ben Moser (2.2-5-5-5-2-0); Schmitz (2-3-5-5-2-0).