Baseball Recap: Spring Grove Lions vs. Wabasha-Kellogg Falcons
In what's become a running theme this season, Spring Grove gave their fans yet another huge victory on Monday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Wabasha-Kellogg Falcons a 7-0 shutout. That's two games straight that Spring Grove has won by exactly seven runs.
Not much got past Jaxon Strinmoen, who gave up just two hits to keep Wabasha-Kellogg off the board. Strinmoen has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than seven innings in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Elijah Solum and Christian Bjerke did most of the damage at the plate: Solum scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in two of his five plate appearances, while Bjerke scored a run while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Zach Brumm, who scored two runs while going 3-for-4.
The win made it two in a row for Spring Grove and bumps their season record up to 10-4. As for Wabasha-Kellogg, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost five of their last six contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-11 record this season.
Spring Grove will be playing at home against Schaeffer Academy at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Spring Grove's pitching crew has only allowed 2.1 runs per game this season, so Schaeffer Academy's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Wabasha-Kellogg, they didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next matchup, a 9-3 loss vs. St. Charles on the 14th.
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