high school baseball

Thanks to the pitch count rule, Medford freshman pitcher Willie Von Ruden did not get the opportunity to no-hit the Faribault Bethlehem Academy Cardinals on Tuesday night at Bell Field. The Tigers scored six runs in the seventh to defeat the Cardinals 14-3 and Von Ruden had to be pulled in the bottom of the seventh after reaching 104 pitches with nobody out...

On a dream night for baseball, fans in Pine Island were treated to a 3-2 nine inning Panther win over Kenyon-Wanamingo on Friday night. The game had everything. A dramatic home run by Pine Island junior shortstop Joe Bauer to send it into extra innings...

The Cannon Falls Bombers dropped from fourth to ninth in the Class 2A Minnesota High School Baseball rankings provided by Let's Play Baseball. Cannon Falls dropped games last Thursday and Saturday before the new ratings came out Wednesday. Belle Plaine is still atop the Class 2A poll with Caledonia 11th, Rochester Lourdes 15th, Pine Island 16th and Kenyon-Wanamingo 19th...

The Faribault Falcons traveled to Red Wing on Tuesday and had a long bus ride home after a 9-0 loss on a gorgeous evening for baseball. The Red Wing Athletic Field is a beautiful complex and now has a new scoreboard. One of the field caretakers told me the Red Wing Aces amateur baseball team approached the city council and said a new scoreboard was needed...

The Park Center Pirates baseball team defeated Cannon Falls 6-1 on Saturday at John Burch Park in Cannon Falls. The Bombers came into the game ranked fourth in the Class 2A Let's Play Baseball Minnesota high school poll and appeared to be flat...

The Cannon Falls Bombers were ranked 17th in Class 2A in the first Let's Play Baseball high school poll last week. The latest poll came out Wednesday and they are now fourth. I was really looking forward to seeing the Bombers and top-ranked Belle Plaine go toe to toe earlier this week, but the crummy weather took care of that...

The Blooming Prairie Awesome Blossoms led nearly the entire game but it's the final score that counts. The Bethlehem Academy Cardinals scored four runs in the bottom of the seventh to finish a 7-6 walk-off win at Bell Field in Faribault on Monday night...

Let's Play Baseball is out with their Minnesota high school baseball rankings, and the Northfield Raiders are ranked tops in the state in Class 3A. Four Big Nine Conference schools are in the rankings with Winona 11th, Mankato West 16th, and Albert Lea in the also receiving votes category...

The Faribualt Falcon baseball team left 15 runners on base, 11 in scoring position, in a 5-4 walk-off loss at Dartts Park in Owatonna on Thursday night. Owatonna scored the first run in the first inning when junior Noah Budach scored on a sacrifice fly off the bat of senior Kody Kiel...

Defense was the difference in a Cannon Falls Bombers 8-3 win over Kenyon-Wanamingo on Tuesday night. The game in Wanamingo was played in blustery conditions. Knights pitchers issued six walks in the game and five of them scored. Four Kenyon-Wanamingo errors were also a factor in the Hiawatha Valley League Blue Division showdown...