Hayfield 2-0 in playoffs

Published 9:43 am Monday, May 25, 2009

Hayfield kept its season alive by beating Goodhue 4-3 and topping Randolph 10-0 at the Subsection 1A West Division baseball playoffs Saturday at Riverland.

The second-seeded Vikings (14-10 overall) will play the loser of the Blooming Prairie vs. Southland game Monday for a trip to the Section 1A tournament.

Hayfield’s Shayn Naylor ripped a one-out, two-run double in the sixth inning to give his team a 4-2 lead in the sixth inning and Naylor also got the win on the mound as he held No. 9 Goodhue to three hits.

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“Shayn pitched great and he threw a lot of strikes,” Hayfield head coach Craig Selk said. “It was a quick, well played game.”

In the second game, Hayfield came out strong as Tyler Nelson lifted a triple off the left field wall to open the game and the Vikings scored four in the first frame.

“After the Goodhue game I told them we’ve got to get the bats going or we’ll be done,” Selk said. “We came out and took the wind right out of them.”

Hayfield 4, Goodhue 3

Hayfield pitching: Naylor (W), 7 IP, 3 H, 2 BB, 3 ER

Hayfield hitting: Nelson, 1-for-3, double; Tyler Krekling, 2-for-3, RBI; Naylor, 1-for-3, double, 2 RBIs

Hayfield 10, Randolph 0

Hayfield pitching: Krekling (W), 5 IP, 3 H, 2 BB, 0 R, 2 K

Hayfield hitting: Nelson, 2-for-3, triple; Mark Evjen, 2-for-3, triple, 2 RBIs; Krekling, 2-for-3, RBI; Naylor, 2-for-3, 2 doubles