Post 1216 keeps season alive, will play Sunday
Published 6:30 pm Saturday, July 18, 2015
![Evan McAlister of Austin Post 1216 slides past a tag at home plate against the Rochester Knights in Marcusen Park Saturday. Rocky Hulne/sports@austindailyherald.com](https://www.austindailyherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2015/07/AUSTINVFWBB4.jpg)
Evan McAlister of Austin Post 1216 slides past a tag at home plate against the Rochester Knights in Marcusen Park Saturday. Rocky Hulne/sports@austindailyherald.com
Evan Horstmann and Evan McAlister played a big role in keeping Austin’s season alive as Post 1216 beat the Rochester Knights 11-1 in five innings in a Sub-District elimination game in Marcusen Park Saturday.
Horstmann picked up the mound win and he went 3-for-3 with two doubles and an RBI and McAlister went 3-for-3 with three RBIs in the win. Austin trailed 1-0 after one inning, but it scored six runs in the bottom of the second to take over.
![Austin's Forrest Lewis awaits to tag Koltan Mullenbach of the Rochester Knights at second base in Marcusen Park Saturday. Rocky Hulne/sports@austindailyherald.com](https://www.austindailyherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2015/07/AUSTINBB-449x275.jpg)
Austin’s Forrest Lewis awaits to tag Koltan Mullenbach of the Rochester Knights at second base in Marcusen Park Saturday. Rocky Hulne/sports@austindailyherald.com
Austin must now win three games in a row to advance to the District tournament and it will play the loser of Winona and Owatonna 11 a.m. Sunday in Marcusen Park.
Knights 1 0 0 0 0 — 1 5 3
Austin 0 6 2 3 X — 11 12 1
Austin pitching: Evan Horstmann (W) 5 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 K
Austin hitting: Forrest Lewis, 2-for-3, R; Jack Dankert, 2-for-3, RBI, R, SB; Phillip Zynda, 0-for-3; Pete Conner, 2-for-3, double, RBI, R; Tanner Steene, 0-for-2, R, HBP; Horstmann, 3-for-3, 2 doubles, RBI, 2 R; Evan McAlister, 3-for-3, 3 RBIs, 2 R, SB; Hunter Johnson, 0-for-1, BB; Jake Lunt, 0-for-1, 2 RBIs, R, SB; Matt Nelson, R