The Fort Ripley Rebels shut out the Foley Lumberjacks 8-0 on Saturday, marking the 2nd time this year that the Rebels have blanked Foley, having beaten them 4-0 in Foley on Memorial Day.
Tyler Gruye scattered 10 hits in a Complete Game effort, striking out 6 for the Win. The Rebels offense was led by Wyatt Gabrielson’s 3 hits, including a pair of triples and 4 rbi’s.
The game was relatively close, with the Rebels leading 3-0 until breaking it open with a 5-run bottom of the 8th.
The first run of the game came in the bottom of the 2nd when Riley Derosier led off by getting hit by a Drew Beier pitch. Brett Kramer then reached on an error with Derosier advancing to 2nd. Chris Smolke then loaded the bases with a single to left. Foley got a force out at the plate when Eli Sundquist grounded to 3rd baseman Brett Leabch. Tyler Gruye then grounded out to 2nd, with Brett Kramer coming in to score and putting the Rebels ahead 1-0 after 2 innings.
Foley had a good chance to score in the top of the 4th, when both Charles Hackett and Lukas Olson singled with 2 outs and Trey Emmerich reached on an error to load the bases. But Tyler Gruye got Mitch Keeler to pop out to shortstop Alex Haapajoki to leave the bases loaded.
In the bottom of the 4th, Fort Ripley added another run when Brett Kramer led off with a single to center, then advanced to 2nd and 3rd on a pair of groundouts. After Tyler Gruye walked, Eli Roberts singled to center to score Kramer and make it 2-0 after 4 innings.
Foley threatened again in the 5th, once more loading the bases with 2 outs on singles from Drew Beier amd Joe Ziwicki and a walk to Brett Leabch, but again Tyler Gruye kept the Lumberjacks off the board with a Chuck Hackett pop up to Alex Haapajoki at shortstop.
The Rebels made it 3-0 in the bottom of the 7th when Eli Roberts singled with 1 out, but was forced out on a ground ball from Alex Haapajoki. Wyatt Gabrielson then tripled to right, scoring Haapajoki from 1st to make it 3-0 after 7 innings.
In the top of the 8th, Foley got a single from Brett Leabch and a 2-out double from Trey Emmerich, but once more, Tyler Gruye got out of trouble, this time with a strikeout of Mitch Keeler to leave men at 2nd and 3rd.
In the bottom of the 8th, the Rebels got a lead-off single from Riley Derosier and then a single from Brett Kramer. Chris Smolke then reached on an error to fill the bases with no outs. Eli Sundquiist then singled to drive in Derosier and make it 4-0. Eli Roberts then singled with 1 out to plate Brett Kramer and make it a 5-0 lead for the Rebels. With 2 outs, Wyatt Gabrielson laced his 2nd triple of the game, clearing the bases and putting the Rebels ahead 8-0.
Tyler Gruye then came out in the top of the 9th and finished off his Complete Game , giving up a 1-out single to Hunter Hamers but getting Drew Beier to line out to center and Joe Ziwicki flew out to center as well to end the game with Fort Ripley’s 8-0 win.
Foley 0 10 3 – 0
Fort Ripley 8 12 1 – 8
WP: Tyler Gruye 9.0 IP 0 runs 10 hits 6k 1bb
LP: Drew Beier 4.0 IP 2 runs 4 hits 1k 1bb 2hp
Michael Moulzolf 4.0 IP 6 runs 8 hits 6k 0bb
Rebels:
Eli Roberts 3-5 2 rbi, run
Alex Haapajoki 0-5 run
Wyatt Gabrielson 3-4 3B(2), hp, 4 rbi
Hakon Haapajoki 0-5
Riley Derosier 2-3 hp, run
Brett Kramer 2-4 3 runs
Chris Smolke 1-4 run
Eli Sundquist 1-4 rbi, run
Tyler Gruye 0-3 bb, rbi
Lumberjacks:
Drew Beier 2-5
Joe Ziwicki 1-5
Brett Leabch 1-3 bb
Charles Hackett 1-4
Lukas Olson 2-4
– Mike Beier 0-0
Trey Emmerich 2-4 2B
Mitch Keeler 0-4
Wyatt Ziwicki 0-4
Alex Foss 0-3
– Hunter Hamers 1-1
