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Watkins clip the Gussies, 12-4


 

Mother’s Day (Sunday, May 13) was the home opener for the Watkins Clippers. They hosted the St. Augusta Gussies, and served them up a 12-4 loss.

Dan Berg earned the win for the Clippers pitching six shut-out innings. Dustin Kramer three innings in relief. T Laudenbach was tagged with the loss allowing eight of the 12 Clipper runs in his six innings on the mound.

Kevin Kramer hit a homerun to left field for the Clippers in the fourth, as well as a double and a single and two RBI. Tyler Hebrink hit three singles; Heath Kramer, Lincoln Haugen and Reese Jansen each hit two singles; and Matt Geislinger and Dan Berg each hit a single. There were eight RBI on the game, evenly shared by Kevin Kramer, Jansen, Carson Geislinger, and Hebrink.

 

The Gussies pushed back in the seventh inning, with all four of their runs, but it was not enough for a comeback. N Laudenbach hit a double and two RBI, as did M Lommel; D Schultzenberg and A Gwost each contributed another double.

The Clippers next play at Eden Valley Hawks at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 20.

ST. AUGUSTA          AB R H BI

M Lommel                  4  1  1  2

Marcus Lommel          1  0  0  0

Dusty Schultzetenberg 4 1  2  0

Adam Benoit               0  0  0  0

Nate Laudenbach        5  0  1  2

Brady Grafft               4  0  2  0

Aaron Fruth                3  0  0  0

Adam Gwost               3  0  1  0

Erick Primus               1  1  0  0

Mitch Gwost               4  0  1  0

Matt Skaja                 3  1  0  0

Z Laudenbach            3  0  2  0

Michael Laudenbach   1  0  0  0

Travis Laudenbach     0  0  0  0

TOTALS                 36  4  10  4

Adam Gwost is out at first in the top of the fourth inning.

 

The only scoring for the Gussies was four runs in the seventh inning. Staff photo by Marguerite Laabs.

 

WATKINS              AB R H  BI

Kevin Kramer           5  3  3  2

Lincoln Haugen         4  1  2  1

Dan Berg                 4  1  1  1

Tyler Hebrink           5  2  3  2

Heath Kramer          5  2  2  0

Matt Geislinger        3  2  1  1

Carson Geislinger    4  0  0  2

Reese Jansen          4  1  2  2

Travis Linn              3  0  0  0

Luke Jansen            0  0  0  0

Carter Geislinger      –  –  –   –

Dustin Kramer          –  –  –   –

TOTALS37121411

 

                                           R H  E

Gussies0 0 0  0 0 0  4 0 0      4 10 1

Clippers5 0 0  2 0 1  3 1 x    12 14 0

 

 

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