MANKATO, Minn. – The third and final game of the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) series between the Yellowjacket baseball team and Bethany Lutheran took place Tuesday after a doubleheader of polar opposites occurred Monday. In the rubber match, the Yellowjackets took a 3-1 lead, but the Vikings scored two in the seventh and one in the eighth to win 4-3.
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Game Notes
- Superior got on the board early, scoring two runs in the first inning. After getting hit by a pitch, Paddy Kelly (Andover, Minn./Andover) came around to score after a wild pitch, and Noah Dagostino (Andover, Minn./Andover) was brought in to lead 2-0.
- An RBI single brought in the first Viking run in the bottom of the second inning.
- Tanner Voight (Stillwater, Minn./Stillwater) brought in the third run after a high chopper towards the third baseman, plating Dagostino who singled to open the top of the fifth.
- In the bottom of the seventh inning, BLC leveled the scoring off a pair of hits and took the lead after a single down the left field line.
- Taking the loss on the day was Kevin Rahe (Princeton, Minn./Princeton), who threw 1.1 innings and allowed the eventual winning run to cross the plate.
- Kaden Corlett (Gordon, Wis./Solon Springs) limited the Vikings to just one run and one hit in five innings of work. He added seven strikeouts to his day, as well.
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The Yellowjackets return to action Friday where they take on Martin Luther. First pitch is set for 3 p.m. in New Ulm, Minn.
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