Hornets split doubleheader with Nuggets, Rebels
Sports | Published on May 14, 2024 at 4:33pm EDT | Author: frazeevergas
0Frazee to host Barnesville in doubleheader
Asher Blaine throws out a runner during a recent Frazee baseball game.
By Chad Koenen
Publisher
Pitching was a bit of a premium for the Frazee Hornets last week as they had five games in just four days as the Hornets near the end of the regular season.
On Monday the Hornets fell to the top ranked team in the QRF in Parkers Prairie by a score of 13-2, before splitting a pair of games against Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton by scores of 6-5 and 20-2. On Thursday the Hornets split another Heart O’ Lakes Conference doubleheader as they defeated Hawley by a score of 6-4 and fell to the Nuggets by a score of 5-0.
The Hornets are currently 4-9 overall and will host Barnesville in a doubleheader on Thursday.
Monday
Frazee committed six errors, which led to five unearned runs as the Parkers Prairie Panthers were able to come away with a 13-2 win on Monday night. The big difference in the game came in a five run fourth inning and four run bottom of the sixth inning, including a walk-off two-run home run to end the game by the 10-run rule.
The lone runs for the Hornets came on an Asher Blaine fielder’s choice in the top of the first inning and a passed ball that allowed Logan Brekke to score in the top of the fifth inning.
Derek Zitzow took the loss on the mound for the Hornets as he went four innings and gave up eight hits and four earned runs.
AB R H BI
C. Pausch 3 1 1 0
D. Mekalson 3 0 1 0
A. Blaine 3 0 0 1
D. Zitzow 3 0 0 0
K. Krause 2 0 0 0
C. Ullrich 1 0 1 0
L. Brekke 2 1 0 0
A. Aho 2 0 0 0
W. Aschnewitz 0 0 0 0
A. Vigen 2 0 0 0
HITTING- 2B- C. Pausch
Tuesday
A five-run top of the seventh inning erased a 5-1 deficit and gave the Frazee Hornets a 6-5 win in dramatic fashion against DGF on Tuesday night.
The Hornets took a 1-0 lead in the first inning when Derek Zitzow hit an RBI single to bring Cael Pausch across the plate to score. DGF scored two runs in both the second and third innings, while adding another run in the bottom of the fourth inning.
The Hornets struck again in the top of the seventh inning when Logan Brekke scored on a passed ball to make the score 5-2 in favor of the Rebels. Zitzow followed with a two out single to bring Pausch across the plate. Karson Krause tied the game at 5-5 just one batter later when he hit a two run double. He didn’t stay on second for long when Chandler Ullrich hit what would be the game winning double to bring Krause across the plate to score.
Pausch and Zitzow led the way offensively for the Hornets with three hits apiece, while Krause and Chandler Ullrich each picked up a pair of hits.
Asher Blaine picked up the win after he pitched a scoreless bottom of the seventh inning by walking just one hitter and striking out the other three batters he faced. Krause started the game and went 5 2/3 innings and gave up 11 hits and just four earned runs.
In the nightcap, the good fortunes from the previous game didn’t last as the Hornets fell to DGF by a score of 20-2. The Hornets were outhit by a 19-3 margin as the Rebels scored nine runs in the top of the first inning, five in the third and six in the fourth.
The lone runs for the Hornets came on a two out Karson Krause RBI double.
AB R H BI
C. Pausch 2 0 2 0
W. Olson 1 0 0 0
D. Mekalson 0 1 0 0
D. Lyman 0 0 0 0
A. Blaine 2 0 0 0
C. Erickson 0 0 0 0
D. Zitzow 2 0 0 0
M. Mickelson 1 1 0 0
K. Krause 1 0 1 2
J. Rollins 1 0 0 0
C. Ullrich 2 0 0 0
L. Brekke 1 0 0 0
A. Aho 1 0 0 0
W. Aschnewitz 1 0 0 0
HITTING- 2B-
PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-k)-
Frazee vs. DGF
AB R H BI
C. Pausch 4 2 3 0
D. Mekalson 3 1 0 0
A. Blaine 2 0 0 0
D. Zitzow 4 1 3 2
K. Krause 4 1 2 2
C. Ullrich 3 0 2 1
N. Mekalson 3 0 0 0
A. Vigen 0 0 0 0
L. Brekke 4 1 1 0
A. Aho 2 0 0 0
HITTING- 2B- C. Ullrich, K. Krause
Thursday
Frazee split an HOL Conference doubleheader for the second straight time last week as they defeated Hawley 6-4 and fell in the nightcap by a score of 5-0.
In the opening game of the night, the Hornets took an early 2-0 in the bottom of the second inning when Chandler Ullrich connected with a two run single. They added another run int he fourth inning when Adam Vigen hit a sacrifice fly to center field make the score 3-0.
Hawley cut the lead to 3-2 in the top of the sixth inning when the Nuggets went on a two out rally, before the Hornets started the bottom of the sixth inning by loading up the bases with no outs. They scored a pair of runs in a Noah Mekalson two-run double and added another run on a fielder’s choice by Cael Pausch to take a 6-2 lead. The Nuggets were able to score a pair of runs in the top of the seventh inning, but the Hornets held on for a 6-4 win.
Asher Blaine picked up the win on the mound as he went five innings and struck out 11 hitters. He gave up just one hit in the win.
In the second game of the night the Frazee bats fell silent as the Hornets collected just a pair of hits as they fell to Hawley by a score of 5-0. Despite the final score, Frazee had a chance to win the game late as they trailed just 1-0 heading into the bottom of the sixth inning, before Hawley scored four runs to take a 5-0 lead.
Drew Mekalson took the loss on the mound as he went five innings and gave up four hits, four earned runs and struck out a batter.
AB R H BI
C. Pausch 4 0 0 1
D. Lyman 0 0 0 0
D. Mekalson 4 0 0 0
A. Blaine 3 0 1 0
D. Zitzow 3 1 1 0
K. Krause 3 2 0 0
C. Ullrich 3 1 2 2
L. Brekke 3 2 1 0
A. Aho 3 0 1 0
A. Vigen 1 0 0 1
N. Mekalson 1 0 1 2
HITTING- 2B- A. Aho, N. Mekalson
AB R H BI
C. Pausch 2 0 0 0
D. Mekalson 3 0 0 0
A. Blaine 2 0 0 0
D. Zitzow 3 0 1 0
K. Krause 1 0 0 0
C. Ullrich 3 0 0 0
L. Brekke 3 0 0 0
A. Aho 3 0 1 0
A. Vigen 2 0 0 0
N. Mekalson 0 0 0 2
HITTING- 2B- A. Aho