League recap: Montgomery-Lonsdale's Turek delivers best pitching performance from past week

By Staff Report May 14, 2012, 12:00am

Minnesota River league recap: 5/14/12

Minnesota River's top pitcher this week was Trevor Turek. He won one game and struck out 11 batters.

The league's top two teams in the standings locked horns this week, as Norwood-Young America took home a 14-4 victory over Le Sueur-Henderson on Thursday. Le Sueur-Henderson is now in first place at 10-3 in the league and 10-3 overall.

The Giants boasted the best pitching over the past week, holding opponents to the league's fewest hits and issuing the fewest walks. Le Sueur-Henderson has given up a mere 88 hits on the year in addition to compiling 54 strikeouts. Joe Braun is the leader in that category with 19 Ks on the season.

Montgomery-Lonsdale, the season leader in runs scored at 83, added to its total with a league-high 33 runs this week. The Redbirds' key hitters include Dalton Zeug, who has a team-high 12 runs, and Nathan Rosier, who leads the squad with with 12 RBIs.

Montgomery-Lonsdale's Ryan Iverson finished his week with nine hits, tops in the league. His 17 hits for the year are first in the league, and he boasts a .327 batting average.