After beating the Pierz Lakers 8-2 on Saturday night in Nisswa, the Lightning turned around and won 7-4 in Fort Ripley on Sunday. Nate DeChaine had just 1 hit, but it was a big one. DeChaine came up in the top of the 5th with Nisswa leading 4-2 with the bases loaded. DeChaine cracked a bases-clearing triple to right to make it 7-2.
After a scoreless 1st inning, Nisswa put 2 runs on the board in the top of the 2nd. With 1 out, Keaton Lingenfelter singled and Bodie Piepkorn reached on an error. Then with 2 outs, Kody Ruedisili singled to center to drive in Lingenfelter and make it 1-0. Colbe Tappe then made it 2-0 with an rbi single to left as Bodie Piepkorn came home.
In the bottom of the 2nd, Wyatt Gabrielson led off with a solo Homer to make it 2-1. Bill Sather then doubled, but Lightning starter Dalton Maxwell got the next 3 hitters on a line drive to Drew Boland in left, a pop up to shortstop Sam Peterson and a fly out to center fielder Kody Ruedisili.
In the top of the 4th, Nisswa’s Kyle Kotaska doubled with 1 out, then scored on a 2-out error on a Colbe Tappe fly ball to make it 3-1.
In the bottom of the 4th, the Rebels got a lead-off double from Jack Tiemann and a single from Wyatt Gabrielson to put runners at the corners with no outs. Bill Sather then ground into a force out at 2nd with Tiemann remaining at 3rd. Riley Derosier brought in Tiemann with an rbi single to left to make it 3-2. The Rebels now had runners at 1st and 2nd with 1 out. After Dalton Maxwell fanned Brett Kramer, Atreyu Marcelo singled to load the bases with 2 outs. Maxwell kept his team in the lead however by getting Chris Smolke to fly out to left fielder Drew Boland to end the 4th.
In the top of the 5th, Nisswa’s Tyler Wittwer walked and Keaton Lingenfelter singled. Bodie Piepkorn’s ground ball was misplayed for an error, allowing Wittwer to score and make it 4-2. With 2 out,s Colbe Tappe walked to load the bases, bringing up Nate DeChaine, who drilled a 1-1 pitch from Jack Schafer for a triple to right, scoring Lingenfelter, Piepkorn and Tappe to make it 7-2.
In the bottom of the 5th, Fort Ripley got a lead-off walk to Eli Roberts, Alex Haapajoki then hit into a force play at 2nd and Jack Tiemann struck out. Wyatt Gabrielson then reached on a Lightning error and Bill Sather then drove in Haapajoki with an rbi single to right to make it 7-3 after 5 innings.
In the bottom of the 7th, Wyatt Gabrielson singled with 1 out and then advanced on a wild pitch. Bill Sather then added his 2nd rbi single of the game, scoring Gabrielson to make it 7-4 after 7 innings.
In the bottom of the 8th, Nick Jelacie doubled with 1 out but the Rebels got nothing off reliever Colbe Tappe.
In the bottom of the 9th , Bill Sather was hit by a pitch with 1 out but never advanced off 1st as Colbe Tappe got the 2nd out on a fly out to Tyler Wittwer in right and a game-ending strikeout as Nisswa prevailed 7-4.
Nisswa 7 12 2 – 7
Fort Ripley 4 10 4 – 4
WP: Dalton Maxwell 5.0 IP 3 runs 7 hits 3k 1bb
Kyle Kotaska 2.0 IP 1 run 2 hits 3k 2bb
Colbe Tappe 2.0 IP 0 runs 1 hit 3k 0bb 1hp
LP: Jack Schafer 5.0 IP 7 runs 9 hits 4k 4bb 1hp
Brett Kramer 3.0 IP 0 runs 1 hit 2k 0bb
Alex Haapajoki 1.0 IP 0 runs 2 hits 2k 1bb
Lightning:
Kody Ruedisili 2-6 sb, rbi
Colbe Tappe 1-5 bb, sb, rbi, run
Nate DeChaine 1-3 3B, 2bb, 3 rbi
Sam Peterson 1-4 hp
Drew Boland 1-5
Tyler Wittwer 1-4 bb, run
Keaton Lingenfelter 2-4 2 runs
– Paul Jenkins 0-0
– Jeremiah Piepkorn 0-1
Bodie Piepkorn 1-5 2 runs
Kyle Kotaska 2-4 2B, bb, run
Rebels:
Eli Roberts 0-2 2bb
– Nick Jelacie 1-1 2B
Alex Haapajoki 0-5 run
Jack Tiemann 1-5 2B, run
Wyatt Gabrielson 3-5 Hr, rbi, 2 runs
Bill Sather 3-4 2B, hp, 2 rbi
Riley Derosier 1-5 rbi
Brett Kramer 0-4 bb
Atreyu Marcelo 1-3
– Cooper Schenck 0-1
Chris Smolke 0-4
