Baseball: Cardinals fall to Rocori in CLC

• Lucas Betterman

Photo by Travis Lang/tlangphoto.com Lucas Betterman tried to throw out a runner in Alexandria's game with Rocori.

Talk about it

The Alexandria baseball team fell back to .500 with a 7-1 loss to Rocori last Thursday night.

The Spartans jumped out early with four runs in the first three innings. They never looked back from there as they limited the Cardinals to just four hits in the game. Ross Thompson drove in the only run of the game for Alexandria with a double that brought home Karl Brezina in the fourth inning. Dalton Leuschke, Parker Giroux and Colin Erickson all added a hit apiece.

Erickson took the loss on the mound. He went 4 2/3 innings, allowing three earned runs on five hits and five walks. He struck out six. Ben Vogeler provided 1 1/3 innings of no-hit relief. He struck out three.

The Cardinals fell to 8-8 with the loss and 6-6 in Central Lakes Conference.

GAME SUMMARY

ALEXANDRIA 000 100 0 – 1 4 2

ROCORI 211 030 X – 7 5 0

ALEXANDRIA PITCHING – Colin Erickson – (L) 4 2/3IP, 5H, 7R, 3ER, 5BB, 6SO; Ben Vogeler – 1 1/3IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 3SO

ALEXANDRIA HITTING – Dalton Leuschke – 1-3; Erickson – 1-2; Brezina – 1 run; Ross Thompson – 1-3, RBI, 2B; Parker Giroux – 1-2, 2B

Tags: alexandria sports, sports, cardinals, baseball, rocori