The Becker Bulldog boys baseball team stayed alive in the Section 8AAA playoffs with two wins in three games this past week.
Becker 6, Tech 5
St. Cloud Tech came within a run of erasing a six-run deficit, but fell short in the top of the seventh inning Thursday on the road.
Becker led 6-0 after five innings and held on to stay alive in the losers bracket.
Andrew Stanger went 2-for-4 with two RBI and Casey Vesledahl pitched the first six innings to get the victory for the Bulldogs (12-10).
Vesledahl allowed seven hits but the Becker defense turned three double plays.
The Bulldogs will play the Bemidji/Alexandria loser at 11 a.m. Monday at the Municipal Athletic Complex.
Logan Aleshire went 2-for-3 for the Tigers. Justin Mohs held Becker without a hit in the last three innings.
STMA 17, Becker 5
In the second game of a Monday doubleheader, Becker faced a very tough St. Michael team who finished the regular season 14-5 in the Mississippi 8 Blue Conference.
The game was played in St. Michael.
Tyler Berg led the way for STMA Monday afternoon, a game that was delayed two hours due to wind, rain and cold that settled into the area around the lunch hour. The Knights provided plenty of fireworks, as Berg launched a three-run homer and pitched a complete game to earn the win.
Becker jumped out to an early lead when they scored in the top of the first inning to lead 1-0. Pitchers John Mann, Jake Fobbe and Andrew Stanger gave up 17 runs (12 earned), 11 hits, 11 walks while striking out zero. Stanger took the loss.
Eric Blomgren was 2-for-3 with one RBI and one run scored. Clayton Gallus was 2-for-3 with one run scored and one RBI. Becker finished with 10 hits, five runs and one walk.
Becker 3, Monticello 0
The Bulldogs played the first game of the day Monday in St. Michael against Monticello and came away with an impressive, 3-0 shutout win.
No other information was made available to the Citizen by press time.
The 9th-seeded Bulldogs will play Monday at 11 a.m. at Putz Field in St. Cloud against a yet-to-be-determined opponent.
