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Dragons rout Minneota after falling twice

By John RittenhouseThe Adrian baseball team went 1-2 during a three-game stretch that began last Thursday.The Dragons lost home games to Mountain Lake-Butterfield-Odin and Pipestone Thursday and Monday respectively before winning a 12-run decision in Minneota Tuesday.Adrian, 8-5 overall, plays in Edgerton today and takes on Red Rock Central-Westbrook-Walnut Grove in Lamberton Tuesday.Adrian 14, Minneota 2The Dragons scored 14 runs in the first three innings and coasted to a 12-run victory in a five-inning game played in Minneota Tuesday.Adrian scored three runs in the first and second innings before icing the contest with an eight-run third frame.The Dragons loaded the bases in the first with Tyler Wolf slapping a single, Brandon Wolf drawing a walk and Glen Kruger reaching base on an error. Will Lutmer delivered a three-run triple to give AHS an early lead.Adrian’s Levi Bullerman belted an RBI single and Brandon Wolf added a two-run double to give the Dragons a 6-0 cushion in the third.Brandon Diekmann doubled home two runs, David Hoffer and Brandon Wolf added two-run singles, and Tyler Wolf and Bullerman drew bases-loaded walks to account for Adrian’s eight runs in the third.Minneota scored a pair of unearned runs in the bottom of the fourth, but it did little to influence the outcome of the game.Tyler Wolf, who led AHS with three hits, tossed all five innings to pick up the win. He allowed four hits and three walks during a five-strikeout performance.Hoffer and Brandon Wolf added two hits each.Pipestone 10, Adrian 8A two-homer, five-RBI effort from senior Tyler Wolf wasn’t enough to lift the Dragons to a home victory over the Arrows.Wolf belted two- and three-run homers in the first two innings of the game, but the Arrows scored seven runs in the second inning to set the stage for a two-run win over the Dragons.Wolf gave the Dragons a 2-0 lead with a two-run clout in the home half of the first inning before Pipestone moved in front 7-2 in the top of the second.Adrian rallied to tie the game at seven in the bottom of the second, but the Arrows outscored the hosts 3-1 the rest of the way to prevail by two.Lutmer walked and David Hoffer singled to get things rolling for AHS in the second. Diekmann slapped a two-run double to make the difference 7-4. Kontz singled to put runners on first and third for Wolf, who knotted the score at seven with a three-run blast.Pipestone regained the lead by scoring two runs in the fourth inning and one in the fifth.Adrian scored its final run in the bottom of the fifth. Brandon Wolf singled and scored on a fielder’s choice by Lutmer.Tyler Wolf, who now has a pair of two-homer games this season, led the Dragons with three hits. Kontz, Bullerman, Hoffer and Brandon Wolf slapped two hits each.Brandon Wolf tossed the first inning and two-thirds for AHS without gaining a decision. Kontz pitched the next three and two-thirds innings and took the loss. Hoffer worked the final inning and two-thirds.ML-B-O 9, Adrian 4The Dragons lost an opportunity to move into a first-place tie in the Red Rock Conference when they dropped a five-run decision to the Wolverines in Adrian Thursday.ML-B-O, which took a 4-0 league record into the clash against the 4-1 Dragons, plated six unearned runs to set the stage for a victory that gave it a two-game lead in the conference.The game was tied at three after three innings of play, but the Wolverines outscored AHS 6-1 the rest of the way to win handily.ML-B-O led 3-0 before the Dragons battled back to knot the score with a three-run third inning.Brandon Wolf and Kruger singled home runs for Adrian in the third. Tyler Wolf picked up an RBI for a fielder’s choice that tied the game.ML-B-O, however, regained control of the game by scoring four runs in the fourth inning and two in the fifth to open a 9-3 cushion.Bullerman, who had two hits in the game along with teammates Brent Tjepkes and Brandon Wolf, singled and scored a run for Adrian in the seventh inning when Tyler Wolf lifted a sacrifice fly to center field.Hoffer started the game on the hill and took the loss. He allowed seven runs, seven hits and three walks in three and one-third innings. Kontz tossed the final three and two-thirds frames. He surrendered five hits and two runs.

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