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Faribault Baseball Drops Two Games to Austin
The Austin Packers swept a doubleheader 14-2 and 4-0 Thursday at Bell Field in Faribault.
The Falcons have had problems scoring runs this spring due to a lack of hitting. Their team batting average going into the day was .178.
Faribault had 2 hits in the first game, 3 hits in the second while Austin cranked out 13 hits and 11 hits respectively.
Ben Cunniff started the first game on the hill going 6 innings with 9 hits allowed, 8 runs, 5 earned, 2 strikeouts and 3 walks, He threw 97 pitches, 56 strikes. Oliver Shoop pitched the last inning with 28 pitches thrown, 13 strikes. He gave up 4 hits, 6 runs, all earned and walked 3 batters.
Grant Koch started the second game for Faribault going 5 innings with 11 hits given up, 4 runs, all earned, struck out 1 and walked 1 batter. He tossed 71 pitches, 45 strikes. Ben Stoessel threw the final two innings with no hits or runs allowed while fanning a batter and walking a batter. Stoessel threw 17 pitches, 12 strikes.
In the first game Michael Crone, Owen Hanson had hits with Hanson knocking in a run and Erick Sanchez had the other RBI.
Ben Cunniff clubbed a double, Crone and Koch each had hits in the second game.
Faribault is at Kasson-Mantorville Friday, May 10, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.
Other area reported baseball scores:
- Northfield 7 Winona 4
- Northfield 5 Winona 1
- Kenyon-Wanamingo 12 Randolph 3
- Maple River 15 NRHEG 4
- Maple Eiver 13 NRHEG 7
- Triton 6 J-W-P 1
- Hayfield 11 United South Central 1
- Mankato West 3 Owatonna 1
- Owatonna 3 Mankato West 2
- Albert Lea 2 Red Wing 0
- Albert Lea 2 Red Wing 1
- Sibley East 10 Tri-City United 2
- Sibley East 6 Tri-City United 5
- Lyle/Pacelli 10 Mabel-Canton 0
- LCWM 7 Mankato Loyola 2
- Waseca 9 Blooming Prairie 8
- Burnsville 9 Rosemount 4
- Rochester Century 8 Rochester Mayo 4
- Rochester Century 5 Rochester Mayo 4
- Norwood Young America 6 Le Sueur-Henderson 0
- L-H 4 Norwood Young America 3
- Belle Plaine 3 Mayer Lutheran 1
- Belle Plaine 11 Mayer Lutheran 3
- Shakopee 14 Eagan 6
- Prior Lake 11 Eastview 1
- Farmington 11 Lakeville North 4
- Lakeville South 6 Apple Valley 5
- Caledonia 12 Fillmore Central/Lanesboro 1
- Dover-Eyota 5 Cannon Falls 3
- La Crescent 4 Rushford-Peterson 1
- Stewartville 5 Lake City 4
- Zumbrota-Mazeppa 9 Rochester Lourdes 3
- P-E-M 10 St. Charles 0
- Lewiston-Altura 4 Winona Cotter 2
- Pine Island 16 Goodhue 6
- W-E-M 10 Medford 0
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