Hayfield Heat split a doubleheader with Caledonia

Published 6:48 pm Tuesday, June 1, 2010

The Hayfield Heat split an amateur baseball double dip at Caledonia Monday.

Hayfield won the first game 5-1, before suffering their first loss of the year 8-5 in extra innings in the nightcap.

In the first game, Hayfield (3-1 overall) trailed 1-0 entering the fifth inning and that is when it got rolling.

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With one out, Shane Barry singled and Mark Evjen was hit by a pitch to put runners on first and second. Tyler Krekling ripped a double to left center, scoring both runner on base.

Kasey Krekling drew a walk and the Krekling brothers moved to second and third on a groundout by Shawn Palmer and scored when Travis Kauffman hti a two0out single up the middle.

Hayfield took the lead 4-3 in the fourth inning of the second game when Shawn Palmer was hit by a pitch and Travis Kauffman and Josh Toquam followed with back to back hits.

Caledonia took the lead back 5-4 with two runs of their own in the top half of fifth.

The Heat scored one run in the sixth inning to tie it up when Chris Pack laid down a suicide squeeze to score Mark Evjen.

The game went to extra innings where it saw Caledonia score three runs in the top half of the eighth.

Hayfield beat Wanamingo 14-0 over the weekend.

Hayfield 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 — 5 5 4

Caledonia 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 — 1 6 0

Hayfield pitching: Kasey Krekling (W, 2-0), 7 IP, 6 H, 2 BB, 1 R, 0 ER, 10 K

Hayfield hitting: Tyler Krekling 1-for-4, double, 2 RBIs, R, SB; Kasey Krekling 0-for-3, BB, R; Shawn Palmer 0-for-3, HBP, SB; Travis Kauffman 2-for-4, RBI; Ben Pollock 0-for-1, 3 BBs; Josh Toquam 0-for-4; Brennen Toquam 0-for-3; Shane Barry 1-for-2, BB, 2 R; Mark Evjen 1-for-2, HBP, R.

Caledonia 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 — 8 7 0

Hayfield 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 — 5 8 2

Hayfield pitching: Palmer, 6 IP, 6 H, 1 BB, 5 R, 3 ER, 8 K, HBP; Josh Toquam (L, 0-1), 2 IP, 2 H, 2 BB 3 R, 3 ER, 1 K

Hayfield hitting: Tyler Krekling 2-for-3, double, BB, R; Barry 1-for-3, HBP, R, SB; Palmer 0-for-3, HBP, R, 2 SB; Kauffman 3-for-3, BB, 2 R RBI; Josh Toquam 2-for-4; Chris Pack 0-for-2, RBI; Adam McDaniel 0-for-3; Ben Pollock 0-for-1; Brad Evans 0-for-2; Evjen 0-for-1; Derek Petersen 0-for-3.

Wanamingo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 4 3

Hayfield 3 1 1 1 7 1 X — 14 12 0

Hafyield pitching: Pollock (W), 6 IP, 4 H 0 R, 9 K, 1 HBP; Petersen, 1 IP, 0 R, 2 K.

Hayfield hitting: Tyler Krekling 1-for-5, 2 R, SB; Kasey Krekling 2-for-3, 2 RBIs, BB, 2 R, 3 SB; Palmer 2-for-2, BB, HBP, 3 R, 2 RBIs; Kauffman 1-for-4, RBI, 2 R, BB; Pollock 2-for-3, 2 RBI, 2 R, 2 BB; Evjen 2-for-2, RBI, 3 BB; Pack 1-for-2, RBI, 2 BB, SB, R; Brad Evans 0-for-5; Petersen 1-for-3, RBI, 2 BB, 2 R.