The Glenwood-Lowry Legion 18U baseball improved to 8-5 this summer with a pair of close victories on Saturday.
Glenwood-Lowry defeated Anoka 3-1 in game one of the day, then beat Belle Plaine 4-3 in game two.
Anoka scored on a wild pitch to take a 1-0 lead in the top of the third inning, but a pair of runs on errors in the bottom of the third inning gave Glenwood-Lowry a 2-1 lead. An insurance run on a Conner Erickson sacrifice fly sealed a 3-1 win for Glenwood-Lowry.
Marc Gruber earned the win on the mound for Glenwood-Lowry in game one on Saturday. He struck out five batters, allowing just one run on two hits in seven innings pitched.
Glenwood-Lowry jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the top of the second inning against Belle Plaine, scoring on an error, a Nathan Dell sacrifice fly, and a Gruber RBI single.
Belle Plaine tied the game with a trio of runs in the bottom of the third inning. A Levi Johnson RBI single in the top of the fifth inning gave Glenwood-Lowry a 4-3 lead. Glenwood-Lowry held on to win 4-3.
Alex Panitzke earned the win on the mound for Glenwood-Lowry in game two. Panitzke struck out seven batters in five innings, allowing only three hits and three runs. Nathan Dell earned the save for Glenwood-Lowry. Dell struck out three batters in two innings, allowing no runs and one hit.
Anoka – 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 – 1 2 2
Glenwood-Lowry – 0 0 2 0 0 1 X – 3 4 2
GLENWOOD-LOWRY PITCHING – Marc Gruber – W – 7 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 SO
GLENWOOD-LOWRY OFFENSE – Marc Gruber – 0/3; Alex Panitzke – 0/3; Dylan Alexander – 1/3, R; Noah Jensen – 0/2, HBP; Conner Erickson – 0/1, RBI, BB; Riley Dell – 2/3; Levi Johnson – 0/3, R; Luke Danielson – 1/1, R, BB; Miles Wildman – 0/0, SB; Connor Frey – 0/2
Glenwood-Lowry – 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 – 4 6 1
Belle Plaine – 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 – 3 4 5
GLENWOOD-LOWRY PITCHING – Alex Panitzke – W – 5 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 7 SO; Nathan Dell – 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 SO
GLENWOOD-LOWRY OFFENSE – Marc Gruber – 1/3, RBI, BB, HBP; Alex Panitzke – 0/3, BB; Dylan Alexander – 1/4, 2B; Noah Jensen – 0/4; Conner Erickson – 1/3, 2B, R, BB; Riley Dell – 1/3, 2 R, 2B, BB, SB; Luke Danielson – 0/2; Miles Wildman – 1/2; Levi Johnson – 1/3, R, RBI, BB, SB; Nathan Dell – 0/3, RBI
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