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Andover 6, Chisago Lakes 5 (11 innings)

In a non-league game, the Bulldogs lost to the Andover Huskies 6-5 in 11 innings.  The game was played Monday, June 19 at Oakey Park in Osceola.

The Bulldogs trailed 1-0 going into the bottom of the third.  With runners on first and second and two outs, Josh Von Feldt lined a ball over the head of the Huskie left fielder, and it bounce all the way to the 385 sign in deep left center.  Two runs scored as Von Feldt slid into third with a triple, and the Bulldogs led 2-1.  With the score unchanged, Jack Boeck singled to lead off the bottom of the fifth.  He got caught off first by a pickoff throw but beat the throw to second for a stolen base.  Reece Berner dropped down a bunt and beat it out as the throw sailed past first.  Boeck scored, and Berner went all the way to third.  He later scored on a sacrifice fly to left by Dusty Rhodes, and the Bulldogs led 4-1.

Andover scored two runs in the top of the seventh to cut the Bulldog lead to 4-3.  They scored again in the top of the ninth to tie the game at 4-4, sending the game into extra innings.  The Huskies added a run in the top of the tenth to go up 5-4.  Reed Marquardt walked to lead off the bottom of the tenth and went to second on a grounder back to the pitcher by Collin Hackl.  Marquardt scored on two straight wild pitches, tying the game at 5-5.  The Huskies scored on a sacrifice fly in the top of the eleventh to take a 6-5 lead.  The Bulldogs got a two-out single from Bailey Kasprowicz in the bottom of the eleventh.  Berner swung at the first pitch he saw and hit what looked like a harmless pop foul near the first base dugout.  But the Huskie pitcher raced toward the ball, dove flat out, and snared the ball to end the game.

Noah Couwenhoven started for the Bulldogs and went six innings.  He gave up three earned runs on seven hits, walked two and stuck out nine, including five in a row in the third through fifth innings.  Hunter Lindstrom pitched five innings of relief and took the loss.  He allowed three earned runs on eight hits, walked two and struck out four.

Chisago Lakes 8, Rum River 2

Reed Marquardt started and pitched eight innings and hit a three-run homer to lead the Bulldogs to an 8-2 win over the Rum River Bandits Sunday, June 25 at Larson Field in Cambridge.  With the game tied 1-1, Tyler Stilp lined a sharp single to left to lead off the top of the sixth, and Adam Brown reached on an error.  Both runners moved up on a wild pitch, and Stilp scored on Nate Zingerman’s groundout to give the Bulldogs a 2-1 lead.  Brown advanced to third on a Wild pitch.  Ryan Sanvik walked and stole second.  Pinch-hitter Jeremy Knutson lined a sharp single up the middle to score Brown.  Aaron Keeney lined a ball over the right fielder’s head for a double, driving in two runs to make it 5-1.

With the Bulldogs leading 5-2 in the top of the eighth, Lindstrom and Keeney hit back-to-back singles with one out.  On a 2-1 pitch, Marquardt blasted a ball high over the wall into the trees in straightaway right for a three-run homer, increasing the Bulldog lead to 8-2.  Steve Budke relieved Marquardt in the bottom the ninth and retired all three batters he faced on a total of six pitches to seal the win.

In eight innings, Marquardt allowed two earned runs on just four hits, walked three, struck out nine, and was able to overcome four wild pitches.

Chisago Lakes 11, East Bethel 2

Adam Brown threw six shutout innings and Ryan Sanvik drove in four runs, including an inside the park home run, as the Bulldogs crushed East Bethel 11-2 Monday, June 26 at Oakey Park in Osceola.

With the game still scoreless and two outs in the bottom of the second, Sanvik hit a fly ball to deep left center, over the left fielder’s head.  It would have gone over the fence at just about any  ballpark in Minnesota, but it hit about 20 feet short of the wall and rolled to the 385 sign.  The speedy Sanvik raced around the bases as the left fielder retrieved the ball.  As Sanvik rounded third and headed for home, it looked like the relay throw might have a chance to get him.  But the catcher had to come about 25 feet up the line to get the throw.  He missed the tag as Sanvik blazed past him, and Sanvik crossed the plate with his first career home run for the Bulldogs.

The Bulldogs scored four more runs in the bottom of the third.  Reed Marquardt singled and stole second with one out.  He went to third on Tyler Stilp’s single to right and scored when the right fielder’s throw skipped through the infield.  Adam Brown doubled to drive in a run, stole third, and scored on a sacrifice fly by Alex Wilkey.  Nate Zingerman lined a single to right center, stole second and scored on a single to left by Sanvik.  In the fifth, Wilkey drove in a run with a double and scored when Sanvik reached on an error.  In the sixth, Jack Boeck grounded the ball through the hole on the left side of the infield and hustled to second for a double.  He moved to third as the throw to second skipped past the second baseman and scored on a sacrifice fly by Stilp to make the score 8-0.  In the top of the eighth, two runs scored when Bailey Kasprowicz reached on a throwing error by the third baseman, and, after Zingerman singled, Kasprowicz scored on a single to right center by Sanvik to make the score 11-2.

In six efficient innings, Brown allowed no runs on two hits, walked two and stuck out six.  Kasprowicz picked up the save in three innings of relief.  He allowed two earned runs on four hits, walked none, and struck out four.

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