By From staff reports newsroom@dailystandard.com The Roughriders came back from a 4-0 deficit to beat Wapakoneta 7-5 in the opening game to advance to the winner's bracket final. In the nightcap, Minster scored three times in the top of the seventh to edge out New Bremen 4-3 to face the Roughriders today at 2:30 p.m. New Bremen and Wapak will play in a elimination game at Noon today.
Minster began its run in the seventh when Dan Mueller walked. Aaron Heitbrink got a single and Chris Stueve drew a walk to load the bases for Jake Luttmer. Luttmer walked to drive in Mueller. After a pitching change by New Bremen, Bob Inskeep tied the game by drawing a walk to score Heitbrink. The game-winner came up when Eric Bernhold fly out to left deep enough to score Stueve. Allan Heitbrink scattered six hits and a walk through seven innings to get the win, striking out five along the way. Brad Wendel allowed five walks and a hit batsman in picking up the loss for New Bremen. The Roughriders came back from a 4-0 deficit to beat Wapakoneta 7-5 in the opening game to advance to the winner's bracket final. In the nightcap, Minster scored three times in the top of the seventh to edge out New Bremen 4-3 to face the Roughriders today at 2:30 p.m. New Bremen and Wapak will play in a elimination game at Noon today. Minster began its run in the seventh when Dan Mueller walked. Aaron Heitbrink got a single and Chris Stueve drew a walk to load the bases for Jake Luttmer. Luttmer walked to drive in Mueller. After a pitching change by New Bremen, Bob Inskeep tied the game by drawing a walk to score Heitbrink. The game-winner came up when Eric Bernhold fly out to left deep enough to score Stueve. Allan Heitbrink scattered six hits and a walk through seven innings to get the win, striking out five along the way. Brad Wendel allowed five walks and a hit batsman in picking up the loss for New Bremen. Two games will be played on both Sunday and Monday as well, with the starting times being Noon and 2:30 p.m. |