Skip to main content

Dragons place fourth at weekend event in Windom

By John RittenhouseThe Adrian baseball team went 1-2 and placed fourth at the Windom Tournament over the weekend.The Dragons won the opener against Windom on Friday before losing a contest against Murray County Central later that day.Adrian met Jackson County Central in the third- and fourth-place game Saturday, losing a two-run decision.The tournament started in a positive way as the Dragons notched a 13-6 win against the host school.Adrian outscored Windom 10-4 in the first four innings and went on to notch a 13-6 victory.John Archer tossed the first five innings to get the win. He allowed 13 hits and five runs. David Hoffer pitched two innings of one-run, one-hit ball in relief of Archer.Adrian, which compiled 21 hits in the game, received key offensive performances from Glen Kruger (three hits and five RBIs), Levi Bullerman (four hits and three RBIs) and Nick Weidert (two hits and two RBIs) against the Eagles. Cody Kontz, Hoffer and Will Lutmer added three hits each to Adrian’s effort.The Dragons compiled 20 hits during the game against MCC Friday, but nine errors in the field allowed the Rebels to pull out a 17-15 win.Trailing 13-8 after four innings of play, Adrian rallied to take a 15-13 lead after scoring seven runs in the fifth and sixth innings. MCC tied the game at 15 in the bottom of the sixth before winning it with two runs in the bottom of the seventh.Kontz tossed two and one-third innings of 12-run ball without gaining a decision. Brandon Diekmann pitched the final four and two-thirds frames and took the loss after surrendering five runs.Kruger (four hits and four RBIs), Bullerman (three hits and four RBIs) and Lutmer (two hits and two RBIs) led AHS at the plate. Joel Hoffman slapped three hits, while Kontz, Diekmann and Brent Tjepkes added two hits each.The Dragons let a 6-0 lead slip away during an 11-9 loss to JCC in Saturday’s third-place game.Adrian outscored the Huskies 6-0 in the first three innings, but JCC outscored the Dragons 11-3 the rest of the way to win by two.Lutmer pitched all seven innings for the Dragons. He allowed 11 runs, but nine were unearned as Adrian was charged with eight defensive errors in the contest.Bullerman drove in three runs with two hits against the Huskies. Kontz slapped four hits.Bullerman (nine hits and 10 RBIs) and Kruger (eight hits and 11 RBIs) made the all-tournament team for AHS.

You must log in to continue reading. Log in or subscribe today.