Austin baseball team tops Faribault

Published 9:29 pm Monday, May 14, 2018

The Austin baseball team picked up a win over Faribault by a score of 6-1 on the road Monday.

Riley Wempner knocked in two runs and Jack Dankert struck out nine in six innings of work to get the win for the Packers (9-4 overall).

Kayden Kneeskern had his first varsity hit for Austin and Hunter Guyette, who has been recovering from an injury, went two-for-two in his first at-bats of the season.

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Austin pitching: Jack Dankert (W) 6 IP, 6 H, 1 BB, 1 ER, 9 K; Jaxon Bell, 1 IP, 0 R, 2 K

Austin hitting: Riley Wempner, 2-for-3, 2 RBIs, 2 R; Jack Dankert 1-for-3, RBI; Phillip Zynda, 1-for-3, RBI; Ross Young, R, BB; Josi Bothun, 1-for-3, RBI; Hunter Guyette, 2-for-2, R, BB; Pete Conner, 1-for-2, RBI, R; Kadin Kneeskern, 1-for-1; Michael O’Connor, 1-for-1, R