VFW baseball: Alexandria splits four in tourney, sweeps Willmar doubleheader

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The Alexandria VFW No. 1 baseball team split four games in its first tournament of the summer in Cold Spring last weekend.

Alexandria book-ended the tournament with an 8-2 loss to St. Cloud Cathedral to end things and a 10-0 loss to Shakopee to start the tournament. Alexandria won two games in between that, with a 9-2 win over New London-Spicer and a 4-3 win over Willmar.

The Alexandria VFW will host two tournaments at Knute Nelson Field, including one this weekend. Teams from Fridley, Marshall, Moundsview, Blaine, Fargo and Delano will be in town for the three-day event.

The Alexandria No. 2 team will kick off the weekend with a 9 a.m. game against Fargo today, Friday. Alexandria No. 1 plays Moundsview at 8 p.m. tonight.

For more information on Alexandria baseball, check out www.alexyouthbaseball.com

GAME STATISTICS

St. Cloud Cathedral 8, Alexandria 2

ALEXANDRIA PITCHING – Parker Bowden – 4 2/3IP, 8H, 8R, 5ER, 3BB, 6SO; Chris Leary – 2 1/3IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 4SO

ALEXANDRIA HITTING – Kaden Anderson – 3-4; Jake Bear – 1-4; Toby Helgeson – 2-4, 1 run; Mitch Thompson – 1-4; Grant Toivonen – 1-3, 1 run; Bowden – 1-1

Alexandria 4, Willmar 3

ALEXANDRIA PITCHING – Danny Kuhn – 7IP, 4H, 3R, 3ER, 1BB, 7SO

ALEXANDRIA HITTING – Helgeson – 2-4, 2B, 1 run; Thompson – 2-4, 2 runs; Jake Booth – 1-3; Riley Hvezda – 2-3; Aaron Steidl – 1-3; Kunn – 1-3

Alexandria 9, New London-Spicer 2

ALEXANDRIA PITCHING – Travis Krueger – 6IP, 5H, 2R, 2ER, 1BB, 2SO; Cody McLaughlin – 1IP, 2H, 1R, 1ER, 1BB, 0SO

ALEXANDRIA HITTING – Helgeson – 1-3, 1 run; Chris Leary – 1-1, 1 run; Anderson – 1-5; Thompson – 1 run; McLaughlin – 1-4, 1 run, RBI; Bear – 3-4, 3 runs, 3 RBI; Hvezda – BB, 1 run; Bowden – 1-3, 1 run; Krueger – 1-3; Steidl – 1-2

Shakopee 10, Alexandria 0

ALEXANDRIA PITCHING – Thompson – 4 1/3IP, 4H, 8R, 8ER, 4BB, 3SO; Bear – 1 2/3IP, 3H, 2R, 2ER, 1BB, 0SO

ALEXANDRIA HITTING – Helgeson – BB; Bear – BB; Casey Hammerback – 1-2; Anderson – 2-2

Alexandria Tournament June 15-17

POOL A – Alexandria 1, Fridley, Marshall, Moundsview; Pool B – Alexandria II, Blaine, Fargo, Delano

FRIDAY, JUNE 15 – 9 a.m. – Alex II vs. Fargo; 11 a.m. – Fargo vs. Blaine; 1:30 p.m. – Blaine vs. Delano; 3:30 p.m. – Fridley vs. Marshall; 6 p.m. – Marshall vs. Moundsview; 8 p.m. – Moudnsview vs. Alex I

SATURDAY, JUNE 16 – 9 a.m. – Delano vs. Alex I; 11 a.m. – Delano vs. Fargo; 1:30 p.m. – Fridley vs. Moundsview; 3:30 p.m. – Fridley vs. Alex I; 6 p.m. – Alex I vs. Marshall; 8 p.m. – Blaine vs. Alex II

SUNDAY, JUNE 17 – 9 a.m. – Pool A 4th place vs. Pool B 4th place; 11 a.m. – Pool A 3rd place vs. Pool B 3rd place; 1:30 p.m. – Pool A 2nd place vs. Pool B 2nd place; 3:30 p.m. – Pool A 1st place vs. Pool B 1st place

Alexandria VFW I

ROSTER – 2 – Spencer Lucas; 5 – Grant Toivonen; 6 – Chris Leary; 8 – Kaden Anderson; 9 – Parker Bowden; 10 – Riley Hvezda; 13 – Jake Booth; 14 – Casey Hammerback; 15 – Travis Krueger; 16 – Chris Setterstrom; 17 – Aaron Steidl; 18 – Mitch Thompson; 21 – Danny Kuhn; 22 – Jake Bear; 24 – Cody McLaughlin; 25 – Toby Helgeson

ALEX SWEEPS DOUBLEHEADER

The Alexandria VFW I team made easy work of Willmar II in a doubleheader sweep on Tuesday night.

Alexandria jumped all over Willmar 29-0 in game one before taking care of them 11-1 in the nightcap. Spencer Lucas pitched a strong game for his team in game two. He went all four innings for Alexandria, limiting Willmar to just two hits and the one run. He walked nobody and struck out eight.

Jake Booth and Casey Hammerback combined to throw a no-hitter in game one. Booth worked the first three frames as he walked two and struck out five. Hammerback came on in the top of the fourth and walked three but struck out the side to finish things off.

Lucas, Danny Kuhn and Chris Leary all scored two runs out of the top three spots in the lineup for Alexandria in game two. Kaden Anderson also scored twice. Alexandria busted things open with seven runs in the third.

Alexandria got a lot of different players some playing time in a run-away win in game one. It was a strong final tune-up before hosting its first tournament of the summer at Knute Nelson Field this weekend.

GAME SUMMARY

WILLMAR 000 0 – 0

ALEXANDRIA 6(14)9 X – 29

ALEXANDRIA PITCHING – Jake Booth – W, 3IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 2BB, 5SO; Casey Hammerback – 1IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 3BB, 3SO

WILLMAR 000 1 – 1

ALEXANDRIA 317 0 – 11

ALEXANDRIA PITCHING – Spencer Lucas – 4IP, 2H, 1R, 1ER, 0BB, 8SO

ALEXANDRIA HITTING – Lucas – 1-2, 2 runs, RBI; Danny Kuhn – 1-2, BB, 2 runs, 2 RBI; Chris Leary – 1-3, 2 runs, 2 RBI; Toby Helgeson – 1-3, RBI, 1 run; Travis Krueger – RBI; Hammerback – 1-2, RBI; Booth – 1-2, BB, 1 run, 2 RBI; Grant Toivonen – BB, 1 run; Kaden Anderson – 1-1, BB, 2 runs

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