Austin Post 1216 baseball team drops first Sub-District tournament game

Published 2:13 pm Saturday, July 18, 2015

Austin's Jake Lunt pitches against Winona in the VFW baseball Sub-District tournament in Marcusen Park Saturday. Rocky Hulne/sports@austindailyherald.com

Austin’s Jake Lunt pitches against Winona in the VFW baseball Sub-District tournament in Marcusen Park Saturday. Rocky Hulne/sports@austindailyherald.com

The Austin Post 1216 VFW baseball team dropped its first Sub-District tournament game 5-4 to Winona in Marcusen Park Saturday.

Austin's Forrest Lewis makes the throw from shortstop for the Austin VFW Post 1216 baseball team in Marcusen Park Saturday. Rocky Hulne/sports@austindailyherald.com

Austin’s Forrest Lewis makes the throw from shortstop for the Austin VFW Post 1216 baseball team in Marcusen Park Saturday. Rocky Hulne/sports@austindailyherald.com

Tanner Steene knocked in a run with two outs in the seventh inning for Austin, but Post 1216 couldn’t complete the rally.

Winona scored four runs in the first two innings to take control early.

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Winona 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 — 5 12 1

Austin 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 — 4 8 1

Austin pitching: Garett Ruroden (L) 3 IP, 8 H, 1 BB, 4 R, 2 ER, 1 K; Jake Lunt, 4 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 K

Austin hitting: Forrest Lewis, 1-for-2, BB; Jack Dankert, 1-for-2, HBP, BB; Phillip Zynda, 0-for-2, R, BB; Peter Conner, 1-for-3, BB; Tanner Steene, 1-for-2, RBI, 2 R, SB, 2 HBP; Evan Horstmann, 1-for-4, double; Evan McAlister, 2-for-3, double, RBI, R; Josiah Bothun, 1-for-3, 2 RBIs; Jakob Crouch, 0-for-2; Matt Nelson, 0-for-1; Hunter Johnson, 0-for-1