Riverland baseball team closes tournament with two wins

Published 9:15 pm Sunday, April 8, 2012

The Riverland baseball team closed out its Crossover Tournament with two lopsided wins as it beat Hibbing 12-2 in six innings and topped Fon Du Lac 12-1 in five innings in Dick Seltz Field Saturday.

The Blue Devils (15-6 overall) out-hit their opponents 23-5 on the day.

Southland grad Chris May went 3-for-3 with a double, two RBIs and three runs on the day, Hayfield grad Tyler Krekling went 2-for-3 with a triple and two RBIs, and Lyle-Pacelli’s Carter Guthmiller had 2 RBIs.

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Hibbing 1 0 0 0 1 0 — 2 4 4

RCC 1 1 5 0 1 4 — 12 9 1

RCC pitching: Kyle Gorsuch (W), 4 1/3 IP, 3 H, 3 BB, 2 R, 1 ER, 7 K; Connor Hurst, 1 2/3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 3 K

RCC hitting: Donte Bledsoe, 0-for-3, BB; Tyler Krekling, 1-for-2, 3 R, SB, 2 BB; Matt Boswell, 3-for-4, 2 doubles, 2 R; Kenny Stelter, 0-for-2, RBI, R, BB; Aaron Palmer, 0-for-2, BB; Michael Knutson, 1-for-3, RBI, R; Victor Claudio, R, BB; Chris May, 1-for-1, RBI, 3 R, SB, 2 BB; Quinn Yocom, RBI, R, BB; Jason Kezman, 1-for-3, double, 2 RBIs; Andrew Schunck, RBI, BB; Jamie Adams, 1-for-3, 3 RBIs; Carter Guthmiller, 0-for-1, 2 RBIs

Fon Du Lac 0 0 0 0 1 — 1 1 3

RCC 8 4 0 0 X — 12 12 0

RCC pitching: Joseph Wagner (W), 4 IP, 1 H, 3 BB, 0 R, 8 K; Nick Djorgonoski, 0 IP, 3 BB, 1 R; Jon Mittag, 1 IP, 0 R

RCC hitting: Bledsoe, 2-for-2, double, 2 RBIs, 2 R; Krekling, 1-for-1, triple, 2 RBIs, R, HBP; Mike Tindal, 0-for-1, BB; Boswell, 0-for-1, R, HBP; Claudio, 1-for-1, double, BB; Braeden Hunkins, 1-for-2, double, RBI, R; Schunck, 0-for-1, HBP; Palmer, 0-for-1, RBI, R; Joel Hollow, 0-for-3, RBI, R; Knutson, 1-for-1, double, 3 RBIs, R; May, 2-for-2, double, RBI, 2 R; Yocom, 1-for-1; Ben Schaben, 2-for-3, R; Adams, 1-for-2, RBI, R, BB