ELROSA SAINTS

(Dingmann greets Wiener after scoring Saturday!, photo by WC Trib)

Updated State bracket

LITCHFIELD--Play your best baseball at the right time and you will give yourself a chance. The Elrosa Saints are doing just that as they advanced to the final weekend of the State tournament with a 2-0 win over Minneota in the round of 32 Saturday afternoon in Litchfield. The Saints threatened to score every inning and finally broke through in the 6th inning when Peyton Winter drove home an RBI with a sac fly to centerfield. Two batters later, Andrew "Juice" Weller knocked his most memorable hit of the summer with a sharp line drive to left to double the lead. From there, Cold Spring Rockies draftee Cole Fuchs was lights out! Fuchs struck out 10, walked zero, and only got to a three ball count three times during the contest in a epic performance. The righty scattered six hits throughout the game and mixed in his three pitch arsenal in a complete game effort. The defense was solid behind him as they made routine plays up and down the lineup and ended the game with a Winter-Kampsen-Dingmann double play. The highlight reel catch in right field from Derek Wiener saved two runners from scoring in the bottom of the 7th inning. Ashton Dingmann connected for two doubles to end the day at 3-for-3 while Jackson Peter laced four hits to finish the game 4-for-5 including a stolen base. As a team the pinstriped posse collected 11 hits while taking advantage of 4 free passes. The Saints advanced runners with a number of executed bunts and stole a few bases as well to keep the pressure on the young Minneota team. Elrosa now advances to play Delano on Friday night in Delano at 7:30 p.m.