Tuesday, July 8th, 2025 Church Directory

Bandits Split With Yellowjackets, Villains

 
The Becker Bandits baseball team split two games this past week, moving their season record to 5-7.
 
Big Lake 4,  Becker 2
 
The Yellowjackets traveled to Becker Friday and came away with a two-run win. 
 
Big Lake collected 12 hits, including two extra base hits and eight walks. 
 
The Bandits’ starting pitcher was Weston Schug, who threw six innings, giving up eight hits, five walks, three runs while recording seven strikeouts. Matthew Moe threw one inning in relief, giving up two hits and Zach Wenner threw two innings in relief, giving up two hits,  three walks while notching one strikeout.
 
The Bandits were led on offense by Moe, who went 1-for-4 with an RBI. Wenner went 2-for-4. Matt Krenz went 1-for-4 with a double and Kreeden Blomquist went 1-for-4 and scored a run. Ryan Hess went 1-for-4 with one run scored and Connor Rolf went 1-for-4. Nick Dinius went 1-for-1, Ryan Sommerdorf earned a walk and had a sacrifice and Chance Halligan earned a walk.
 
Mason Miller started on the mound for Big Lake, throwing four innings to earn the win. He gave up five hits, one walk, two runs and tallied two strikeouts. Kyle Knaeble threw 3-2/3 innings in relief, giving up two hits, one walk while recording two strikeouts. Dallas Miller threw 1-2/3 inning to earn the save, giving up one hit while striking out one.
 
The Yellowjackets were led on offense by Tony Rathmanner, who went 2-for-5 with a home run and three RBI’s. He also earned a walk. Joe Rathmanner had a good game, batting 3-for-3 with a pair of walks. He also had a stolen base and  one run scored. Dallas Miller went 3-for-5 with a double and scored one run. Matthew Chuba went 1-for-5 with an RBI and Dustin Wilcox went 1-for-3, earning two walks. Luke Atwood went 1-for-5 and  scored one run  and Brandon Holthaus went 1-for-5. Chance Halligan and Kyle Knaeble both earned walks and Travis Hendrickson had a stolen base.
 
Bandits 5 Villains 1
 
The Bandits defeated  the Villains June 30, backed by 12 hits, including a pair of doubles. 
 
Schug started on the mound for the Bandits, throwing a complete game to earn the win. He gave up six hits, one run and recorded eight strikeouts.
 
The Bandits were led on offense by Ryan Sommerdorf, who went 2-for-4 with an RBI. Moe went 2-for-4, earning a walk and scoring one run. Matt Krenz went 2-for-4, scoring two runs and Schug went 2-for-5 with two doubles and an RBI while scoring one run. 
 
Connor Rolf went 1-for-3, earning a  pair of walks. He also had a stolen base and  one run scored. Ryan Hess went 1-for-4 with an RBI and Mitch Louden went 1-for-4. Kreeden Blomquist went 1-for-4 with two RBI’s and  was hit by a pitch.
 
The Villains’ starting pitcher threw a complete game, giving up six hits, five runs while tallying eight strikeouts. Their offense was led by Jim Althoff, who went 1-for-3 with a double, was hit by a pitch and scored a run. Player/manger Mike Krempa had a sacrifice fly for an RBI and Luke Schumacher went 2-for-2 with an HBP. Jace Pribyl, Ryan Hagerty  and Al Jungels all went 1-for-4 and Kyle Hayden had a sacrifice fly.
 
Up Next
 
Friday, the Bandits took on Monticello in their final home game of the regular season. Sunday they travel to Clearwater and Wednesday close out the regular season with a game at Princeton.