The Maple Lake baseball team is now 8-1 after three more wins last week, two of them on the road.
The Irish kicked off the week with a five-inning, 13-1 win over Rockford, on Monday, April 27, then went on to beat Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa twice, Thursday, April 30, in a double header at B-B-E High School.
Maple Lake scored five runs in the third inning, Monday night at home against the Rockets, then tacked on a whopping eight more runs in the fourth to demolish the Central Minnesota Conference rival.
The Irish never trailed after scoring five runs in the third on two doubles and a two-run triple by Cal Redemske.
Rockford scored their one run earlier in that same inning.
Cal Redemske had a two-run single as part of Maple Lake’s fourth-inning scoring spree. Nate Maas contributed an RBI single, Nick Preisinger, Hunter Malachek and Tony Goelz all had RBI doubles and Dustin Strub had a two-run single to pull it off.
Overall, Redemske racked up four RBIs on two hits for the home team. On the mound, Malachek struck out seven, allowed one earned run, five hits and one walk.
Maple Lake jumped to an early 1-0 lead in the top of the first in that first game against B-B-E, going on to beat the Jaguars 7-5.
Redemske got things going with a double then was brought in by a Jack Seibert single.
B-B-E answered with two runs of its own in the first on errors. The Irish scored one more in the second and B-B-E answered in the third to keep a one-point lead. Maple Lake opened up the lead in the fifth inning with four runs thanks to a two-run double by Goelz.
The Irish scored one more run in the sixth, which B-B-E answered with two runs in the seventh, but their rally wasn’t enough to reclaim the lead and Maple Lake was able to hang on for the win.
Jack Seibert went a perfect 2-2 for the Irish with a single in the first and a triple in the third inning.
Goelz recorded the win for Maple Lake even though he allowed five runs over six innings. He struck out three, walked two and gave up five hits.
B-B-E and the Irish exchanged the lead in game two of Thursday’s double header, until Maple Lake was able to come out on top, 8-6, thanks in part to a strong fifth inning.
The Irish jumped to an early 1-0 lead, extending it to 3-0 by the third inning. The Jaguars scored four runs in the fourth to claim the lead, but Maple Lake answered with five of their own in the fifth on an RBI double by McRae Haney and a sacrifice fly by Preisinger. B-B-E scored two more runs in the seventh but couldn’t catch the Irish.
Strub had a productive day batting. He singled in the third inning and tripled in the first and fifth innings.
Preisinger allowed four runs over six innings, struck out nine, walked three and gave up six hits.
This week the Irish host five games. On Monday, April 4, Kimball was to take on the Irish. On Thursday, May 7, Maple Lake will host a double header against Eden Valley-Watkins. Games start at 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. On Friday, May 8, Paynesville comes to town for a 7 p.m. game. The Irish will cap off the week with a game against Litchfield on Saturday, May 9, at 12 p.m.
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