Baseball Recap: Central Minnesota Christian Drops Season-High Score on Canby

Bluejays

Team Score (Highest)

04/29/25 vs Canby	8
04/22/25 vs Ortonville	7
04/14/25 vs Minneota	6
04/15/25 vs Dawson-Boyd	4
04/10/25 vs Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg	4

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Central Minnesota Christian). They skirted past the Canby Lancers 8-6. The Bluejays haven't had any issues with the Lancers recently, as the game was their third consecutive victory against them.

Wesley Fussy made a big impact no matter where he played. He struck out nine batters over 6.2 innings while giving up four earned (and two unearned) runs off six hits. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in four consecutive appearances. He was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with three runs and one stolen base. That stolen base was his first of the season.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Teddy Bonnema, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with two stolen bases, two runs, and two RBI. Those stolen bases were his first of the season. The team also got some help courtesy of Jake Ver Steeg, who went 1-for-3 with two runs, one stolen base, and two RBI.

Central Minnesota Christian was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .393. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.

Central Minnesota Christian's win was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-4 and their overall record up to 2-4. As for Canby, their defeat was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 2-3.

Central Minnesota Christian and Canby could both be facing uphill battles in their next games considering their disadvantage in the MaxPreps Minnesota Rankings. The Bluejays (ranked 268th) will meet Tracy-Milroy-Balaton (ranked 133rd) at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Canby will face off against Dawson-Boyd at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday with a big rank disadvantage (249 vs. 72).