The Foley Lumberjacks jumped out to a 7-0 lead in the first 2 innings and used that early momentum to beat the Nisswa Lightning 10-3 on Sunday at City Park in Nisswa.
Lane Olson got the game started with a double to left off Nisswa starter Nick Ackerman, followed by a fly out to center by Drew Beier. Noah Winkelman then singled, chasing Olson to 3rd. As Foley attempted a double steal, Winkelman was thrown out but Lane Olson stole home to make it 1-0. Dan Marod then singled, followed by Charles Hackett blasting a 2-run Homer to center to put the Lumberjacks ahead 3-0.
In the top of the 2nd, Foley added another 4 runs when Joe Ziwicki led off with a single, followed by a Lane Olson single that moved Ziwicki to 3rd. Drew Beier then walked to load the bases with no outs, and Noah Winkelman grounded out to 2nd baseman Jeremiah Piepkorn to score Ziwicki and make it 4-0. Dan Marod then singled to drive in Olson with Beier advancing to 3rd. Nisswa then made a pitching change, bringing in Ben Dornseif. A wild pitch from Dornseif allowed Beier to score to make it 6-0, and then a Josiah Peterson rbi single brought home Marod to give Foley a 7-0 lead going to the bottom of the 2nd.
Nisswa loaded the bases in the bottom of the 2nd on a Chris Pederson single and walks to Tyler Wittwer and Matt Casperson. but Josiah Peterson struck out Kody Ruedisili and and got Jeremiah Piepkorn to fly out to center fielder Joe Ziwicki to leave the bases loaded.
The Lightning did get on the board an inning later when Nate DeChaine walked, Sam Peterson doubled and Brett Jenkins drove in DeChaine with a ground out to make it 7-1 after 3 innings.
In the top of the 5th, Foley got a walk from Joe Ziwicki and a 1-out error to put runners at the corners. Nisswa then brought in Blaine Hardy to face Noah Winkelman. A wild pitch allowed Ziwicki to score to make it 8-1, with Drew Beier advancing to 3rd. After hardy fanned Winkelman, Drew Beier stole home to put the Lumberjacks ahead 9-1.
In the bottom of the 5th, Drew Boland singled with 2 outs and went to 2nd on a wild pitch. Brett Jenkins then doubled to left to drive in Boland and make it 9-2. Chris Pederson then made it back-to-back rbi doubles, bringing in Jenkins to make it 9-3 after 5 innings.
The final run of the game came in the top of the 7th when the Lumberjacks when Lukas Olson was hit by a pitch, then Lane Olson reached base on a 1-out error, with Lukas Olson moving to 3rd. Drew Beier then hit into a fielders choice, scoring Lukas Olson, to make it 10-3.
Foley 10 12 0 – 10
Nisswa 3 10 3 – 3
WP: Josiah Peterson 5.0IP 3 runs 9 hits 3k 4bb 1hp
Drew Beier 3.0IP 0 runs 1 hit 5k 3bb
Hunter Hamers 1.0IP 0 runs 0 hits 0k 0bb
LP: Nick Ackerman 1.1IP 7 runs 8 hits 0k 2bb
Ben Dornseif 3.0IP 2 runs 2 hits 1k 1bb 3hp
Blaine Hardy 2.2IP 1 run 0 hits 4k 0bb 1hp
Keaton Lingenfelter 2.0IP 0 runs 2 hits 1k 1bb
Lumberjacks:
Lane Olson 2-4 2B, hp, sb, 2 runs
– Mitch Keeler 0-1
Drew Beier 1-4 bb, sb, rbi, 2 runs
Noah Winkelman 1-4 rbi
– Brett Leabch 0-2
Dan Marod 2-4 sb, rbi, 2 runs
– Wyatt Ziwicki 0-1
– Sam Keeler 0-0 bb
Charles Hackett 1-3 Hr, hp, 2 rbi, run
Josiah Peterson 2-5 rbi
Ean Von Wald 0-3 bb
– Alex Foss 0-1
Lukas Olson 1-3 hp, run
– Trey Emmerich 0-1
Joe Ziwicki 2-4 bb, 2 runs
– Mike Beier 0-0
Lightning:
Kody Ruedisili 1-4 bb
Jeremiah Piepkorn 1-4 bb
Nate DeChaine 1-4 bb, run
Sam Peterson 1-4 2B, bb
Drew Boland 1-3 run
– Aaron Jenkins 0-2
Brett Jenkins 1-5 2B, 2 rbi, run
Chris Pederson 2-3 2B, bb, rbi
Tyler Wittwer 1-2 bb, hp
Matt Casperson 1-3 bb
