BP bats come alive in win

Published 8:13 pm Thursday, May 12, 2011

The Blooming Prairie baseball team has struggled at the plate for most of the season, but that all changed when the Awesome Blossoms racked up 12 hits in a 6-5 win over New Richland/H/E/G (5-8 overall) in BP Thursday.

BP’s Isaiah Toquam singled in a run with one out tie to the game in the bottom of the seventh and Ryan McCabe came through with a walk-off RBI single to end the game.

Cooper Nelson gave BP (3-9 overall) some early offense as he drilled his first homerun of the year with a two-run shot in the first inning.

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“Tonight was fun,” BP head coach Chris Staloch said. “Hopefully we can get a little momentum and get going now. I thought we faced a pretty decent pitcher and we swung the bats well.”

BP eighth grader John Rumpza picked up his third win of the season on the mound.

BP pitching: John Rumpza (W), 7 IP, 8 H, 1 BB, 5 ER, 4 K

BP hitting: Luke Hueman, 2-for-3, 3 R, BB; Cooper Nelson, 2-for-4, RBI; Luc Zellmer, 1-for-3, R; Rumpza, 1-for-3