The state
Class C amateur baseball bracket
for round 2 was launched Monday.
It’s Dassel for Bird Island at 1:30 p.m. Sunday. The challenger is Blue Earth.
It’s Litchfield for Elrosa at 4:30 p.m. Saturday. The challenger is Minneota.
Bird Island and Elrosa understood their challengers, however not where they would play. The Minnesota Baseball Association state board chose to reveal areas after the preliminary of the 48-team, single-elimination competition concluded Sunday night.
Bird Island, the Region 4C champ, had a preliminary bye. It plays Blue Earth, which beat the Stark Longhorns 7-2 on Sunday.
The Pirates thew a set of draft selects to beat Stark. Derek Dahlke of the Belle Plaine Tigers went the very first 3-1/3 innings. He quit 6 hits and 2 runs, walking 2 and setting out 2. Louis Magers of of the St. Clair Wood Ducks then began and got the win, going the last 5 2/3 innings. He didn’t permit a hit or run, setting out 8 and walking 3.
Bird Island supervisor Mike Nagel said prior to the competition he anticipates to utilize a draftee to start the video game versus Blue Earth, too. That’d by Atwater Chuckers left-hander Josh Kingery. Kingery was crucial to the Bullfrogs’ state competition encounter the last weekend in 2015.
For Elrosa, it’ll be Section 9C champ Minneota. The Mudhens make their very first state competition look given that 1936 versus the Saints, who beat the Hadley Buttermakers 4-3 with a walk-off win on Saturday in Dassel.
The last weekend of the competition starts on Friday, Sept. 1. The Elrosa/Minneota winner plays the Spring Hill/Delano winner at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1 at Delano.
The Bird Island/Blue Earth winner deals with the Watkins/Waconia winner at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 2 at Dassel. Quarterfinal and semifinal video games are Sunday in Delano and Litchfield with the national championship set for 1 p.m. Monday, Sept. 4 at Delano.
