Section Baseball Playoffs Results
Section Baseball tournaments continue Saturday around the area.
2AAA baseball is taking place in New Ulm.
Winners Bracket:
Mankato West defeats Alert Lea 7 to 0.
Mankato East defeats Marshall 5 to 0.
East meets West, 5pm Tuesday at Johnson Park for a good semi-final matchup.
Elimination Games:
St Peter eliminates Worthington with a 9 to 0 win. Then Marshall eliminated St Peter 7 to 3.
New Ulm gives up 3runs in the 6th, one in the seventh and gets eliminated for the tournament, losing 4 to 1 to Jordan. Nick Krautkramer picks up the win on the mound, Kolton Achman takes the loss for New Ulm. New Ulm finished the year 6 and 13.
Jordan grabbed an early lead on the Albert Lea, then the Tigers came back to defeat the Hubman 5 to 4.
The Tournament resumes Tuesday at Johnson and Mueller Parks, beginning at 5pm.
Section 2AA:
Winners Bracket:
Belle Plaine defeats the one seed in the tournament, Lesueur/Henderson, 4 to 0, to advance the Championship game next Thursday.
Elimination Games:
Sibley East eliminates LCWM, defeating the Knights 11 to 2.
Maple River then knocked Waseca out of the tourney, with a 13 to 3 win.
Elimination games continue on Tuesday.
Section 2A:
Winners Bracket:
Springfield walks off Madelia, winning 2 to 1 on a bases loaded walk. The pitchers dominated this one, batters struck out 30 times in this game. Springfield is in the Championship game on next Thursday. Madelia will play 7:30pm on Tuesday night.
Elimination Games:
Cathedral scored three times in the top of seventh to defeat SE/St Mary’s 3 to 1. Cathedral will play Mankato Loyola on Tuesday, after the Crusaders defeated GHECML/Truman, 3 to 2 on Saturday.
Elimination games continue, Tuesday at 5pm.