The Foley Lumberjacks posted back-to-back 5-run innings in the 2nd and 3rd to seize control of their game with the visiting Nisswa Lightning and that was enough to hold of Nisswa for a 14-9 win. Drew Beier and Joe Ziwicki belted Homers for Foley while Sam Peterson smashed 3 Home Runs for the Lightning.
Nisswa scored in the top of the 1st on a Jeremiah Piepkorn rbi single and a Foley error to go up 2-0.
In the bottom of the 2nd, Foley struck for 5 runs when they loaded the bases with no outs and Wyatt Ziwicki was hit by a pitch to force in a run. Lane Olson then singled to tie the game at 2-2 and a single and error by Drew Beier made it 4-2 and then a ground out got the 5th run of the inning home as Foley led 5-2 after 2.
Nisswa tied things up in the top of the 3rd when both Nate DeChaine and Jeremiah Piepkorn singled, followed by a 3-run blast from Sam Peterson to make it 5-5.
But the Lumberjacks put up another 5 runs in the bottom of the 3rd on 1-out singles from Mitch Keeler and Ean Von Wald, then Joe Ziwicki connected for a 3-run shot and Foley was up 8-5. After Lane Olson was hit by a pitch, Drew Beier drilled a 2-run Homer of his own to make it 10-5 after 3.
After a scoreless 4th, Sam Peterson connected for his 2nd Homer of the game in the 5th, a solo shot, to make it 10-6. Foley got that run back in their half of the 5th on a lead-off double from Joe Ziwicki and a 1-out rbi single by Drew Beier to make it 11-6 after 5 innings.
In the top of the 7th, it was Sam Peterson again as he cracked another solo Homer to make it 11-7.
In the top of the 8th, Nisswa crept closer, getting an rbi double from Matt Casperson and a Foley error to score 2 and make it 11-9.
In the bottom of the 8th, Foley closed out the scoring with a 3-run inning as walks to Noah Winkelman and Dan Marod started the inning. A 1-out walk to Mitch Keeler loaded the bases, then a 2-out rbi single by Lucas Olson made it 12-9. Joe Ziwicki then capped his big day with a 2-run single to make it 14-9 after 8 innings.
Nisswa got a baserunner on to start the 9th, but a fly out to right and a game-ending double play finished off the Foley 14-9 victory.
Nisswa 9 9 1 – 9
Foley 14 15 3 – 14
WP: Michael Moulzolf 4IP 2 runs 3 hits 5k 0bb
SP: Trey Emmerich 3IP 5 runs 4 hits 4k 1bb 2hp
Drew Beier 2IP 2 runs 2 hits 2k 1bb 1hp
LP: Ben Dornseif 3IP 10 runs 8 hits 2k 3bb 2hp
Nick Ackerman 4IP 1 run 5 hits 2k 0bb
Sam Jensen 1IP 3 runs 2 hits 1k 3bb
Lumberjacks:
Lane Olson 1-5 hp, rbi, 2 runs
Drew Beier 3-5 Hr, 4 rbi, run
Noah Winkelman 2-3 2bb, rbi
– Hunter Hamers 0-0 run
Dan Marod 0-4 bb
– Mike Beier 0-0 run
Alex Foss 1-5 run
Mitch Keeler 1-3 2bb, 3 runs
Ean Von Wald 3-4 2B, bb, 2 runs
Wyatt Ziwicki 0-2 hp, rbi, run
– Lucas Olson 1-2 rbi
Joe Ziwicki 3-5 Hr, 2B, 5 rbi, 2 runs
Lightning:
Kody Ruedisili 1-4 hp, run
Nate DeChaine 1-4 hp, 2 runs
Jeremiah Piepkorn 2-4 hp, rbi, run
Sam Peterson 3-5 Hr(3), 5 rbi, 3 runs
Aaron Jenkins 1-4 bb
Drew Boland 0-4
Chris Pederson 0-3 bb, run
Brody Piepkorn 0-4
Matt Casperson 1-4 2B, rbi, run
