Lester Prairie fell victim to Belle Plaine and their airtight pitching crew on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Belle Plaine Tigers by a score of 1-0. Having soared to a lofty 13 runs in the game before, Lester Prairie's shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Lester Prairie saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Austin Walstrom, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base.
On Belle Plaine's side, not much got past Sienna Bemmels, who gave up just three hits and racked up 16 Ks to keep Lester Prairie off the board. Those 16 strikeouts set a new season-high mark for her.
Lester Prairie dropped their record down to 2-9 with that defeat, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Belle Plaine, the victory was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 11-1.
Lester Prairie will look to defend their home field on Wednesday against Le Sueur-Henderson at 4:00 p.m. As for Belle Plaine, they will head out on the road to square off against Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Belle Plaine: 1, Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial: 0.6) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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