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Three St. Martin pitchers - Ken Arceneau, Luke Rothstein, and Tim Schaefer - combined to shut out Roscoe on six hits.

The Martins finished the regular season league schedule with a record of 11-2, best in the league. The loss dropped Roscoe, which started 6-0 in league, to 7-6, third in the South Division of the Stearns County League.

Richmond, which beat Farming 9-4 on Sunday, improved to 8-5 and took second in the South Division. Farming, 6-7, took fourth.

The playoffs start next week, with St. Martin facing Farming in a best two-out-of-three series and Roscoe facing Richmond.

St. Martin will play an exhibition game at Sartell on Friday at 7:30 p.m., and then they will open the playoffs against Farming on Sunday at 1:30 p.m. in St. Martin.

Roscoe will play at Richmond on Sunday at 1:30 p.m.

St. Martin improved to 17-8 overall, while Roscoe fell to 9-10.

Roscoe--	000	000	000	- 0	6	0
St. Martin--	220	000	000	- 4	8	3

Roscoe - Batting: Rick Mackedanz 1-1; Dale Mackedanz 1-1; Curt Christian 1-3; Chris VanderBeek 1-3; Pitching: (ip-h-r-er-bb-k) Tony Orbeck (L) (4-7-4-4-1-1); Greg Heinen (1-0-0-0-0-2); Justin Mackedanz (1-1-0-0-0-0); VanderBeek (1-0-0-0-1-1); Brent Heinen (1-0-0-0-0-0).
St. Martin - Batting: Jake Thelen 2-3; Carl Lieser 2-2; Sam Rothstein 1-3 HR RBI-2; Jesse Thelen 1-2 HR RBI-2; Pitching: (ip-h-r-er-bb-k) Ken Arceneau (3-2-0-0-0-5); Luke Rothstein (W) (5-1-0-0-2-5); Tim Schaefer (2-3-0-0-0-1).

Norway Lake 8, Paynesville 4
Norway Lake scored three runs in both the first and second innings, getting a three-run homer from Paul Gjerde, and beat Paynesville 8-4 in a Cornbelt League game on Sunday in Norway Lake.

The Pirates finished their league schedule with a record of 4-6. They will start the playoffs next week with a rematch against Norway Lake on Sunday at 1:30 p.m.

Jason Roepke pitched eight innings for Norway Lake, striking out ten. Nate Schutz pitched four innings of relief for the Pirates, yielding only one run.

Paynesville--	120	000	001	- 4	10	4
Norway Lake--	330	100	10x	- 8	10	2

Paynesville - Batting: Darrin Michaelis 3-4; Shannon Olmscheid 2-4; Pat Mohs 2-5; Pitching: (ip-h-r-er-bb-k) Jason Schlecht (L) (4-7-7-7-3-5); Nate Schutz (4-3-1-1-1-0).
Norway Lake - Batting: James Cortez 2-5; Chris Searcy 2-3; Paul Gjerde 1-3 HR RBI-3; Pitching: (ip-h-r-er-bb-k) Jason Roepke (W) (8-8-3-3-1-10); Jason Sutter (1-2-1-1-2-2).

Lake Henry 3, Greenwald 2
The Lakers completed their season with a 3-2 victory over Greenwald on Sunday in Lake Henry.

Scott Klaphake hit a bases-loaded single in the bottom of the eighth to score Herb Weidner, who led off the inning with a double, with the winning run.

Greenwald took a 2-0 lead in the second inning on a two-run single by Craig Schaefer. The Lakers tied the score at 2-2 with a run in the fifth and another in the sixth, which came via a solo homerun by Ryan Wuertz.

Doug Fuchs earned the pitching victory for Lake Henry with four innings of shutout relief of starter Mike Stalboerger.

The Lakers finished the season 8-10 overall and 5-8 in the Stearns County League. They finished one game behind Farming (6-7) in the South Division standings and missed the playoffs.

Greenwald--	020	000	000	- 2	7	3
Lake Henry--	000	011	01x	- 3	6	0

Greenwald - Batting: Craig Schaefer 1-3 RBI-2; Troy Frieler 1-3; Brandon Worms 1-3 2B; Pitching: (ip-h-r-er-bb-k) Tim Hopfer (5-4-2-1-0-4); Doug Welle (L) (3-2-1-1-1-2).
Lake Henry - Batting: Ryan Wuertz 2-3 2B HR; Jon Lieser 1-3 2B; Herb Weidner 1-1 2B R; Scott Klaphake 1-1 RBI; Mike Stalboerger 1-3; Pitching: (ip-h-r-er-bb-k) Stalboerger (5-3-2-2-2-2); Doug Fuchs (W) (4-3-0-0-0-2).