Jul 28, 2025
Employees picture by Ari Selvey Sleepy Eye Junior Legion’s Jaxon Saenz (1) high-fives Jacob Fulmer (5) after scoring throughout a Southwest Sub-State Junior Legion Baseball Match recreation in opposition to Springfield Monday at Riverside Park in Springfield.
SPRINGFIELD — It needed to wait till the fifth inning to see any runs scored, however the DII Southwest Sub-State Junior Legion Match recreation between Sleepy Eye and Springfield noticed 9 runs scored within the ultimate three innings as Sleepy Eye got here up with the 5-4 win.
With the win, Sleepy Eye forces a second finals recreation, which might be performed at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Sleepy Eye Ballpark. The winner will go on to the DII Junior Legion State Match in Hayfield.
“It was somewhat tighter than we would have liked it to be on the finish, however we pulled it out,” Sleepy Eye head coach Brandon Streich mentioned.
Springfield’s Madden Lendt and Sleepy Eye’s Landry Folkens each had sturdy begins on the mounds, with simply 5 complete hits being allowed throughout the primary 4 frames. Nevertheless, each offenses received rolling late because the runs got here pouring in.
“Madden’s an excellent pitcher,” coach Streich mentioned. “We felt we had somewhat little bit of a bonus when he went to the stretch with some base runners. Known as a hit-and-run there, and Jaxon [Saenz] poked it by way of, and that gave us a little bit of momentum. We loaded the bases, after which Carsno [Uecker] does what Carson does and comes up with a giant base hit. Three runs scored, and that was the ball recreation actually, gave us some momentum and confidence to plow by way of the remainder of it.”
Folkens earned the win for Sleepy Eye, putting out eight and permitting three earned runs on six hits in 5 1/3 innings. On the plate, Uecker was 2 for 3 with three RBIs, whereas Eric Lozano had a success and an RBI. Derrick Wales had a success, an RBI and a run scored, whereas Saenz and Chase Zufall every had a success and a run scored.
Lendt took the loss for Springfield, putting out eight whereas permitting 5 runs on six hits in 5 2/3 innings. On the plate, Lendt was 2 for 4 with two RBIs and a run scored, whereas Eli Heglund had a success and an RBI. Kadyn Anderson was 2 for 4, and Ely Streich had a success and a run scored.
After Wales drew a stroll, Saenz singled and Adam Braulick drew one other stroll to load the bases within the fifth, Uecker received the scoring going as he cleared the bases with a single, placing Sleepy Eye up 3-0. Sleepy Eye elevated the result in 5-0 as singles from Lozano and Wales scored Folkens and Zufall within the prime of the sixth.
Springfield struck again within the backside of the sixth with a four-run inning. Adiel Trevino was hit by a pitch, Ely Streich singled and Elisandro Trevino drew a stroll to load the bases Adiel Trevino scored on a wild pitch, then Lendt introduced residence the opposite two runners with a single. Heglund drew a stroll with bases loaded once more to chop the result in 5-4. Adiel Trevino went as much as bat once more and almost took the lead with a floor ball hit on the third bottom line, however it was referred to as simply foul, and a groundout ended the inning with the Sleepy Eye lead intact.
Whereas Sleepy Eye didn’t add any extra runs, the protection shut issues down within the backside of the seventh. A double play on two runners caught in run downs ended the sport.
Coach Streich mentioned the crew should proceed to carry its greatest within the second recreation on Tuesday.
“They’re an excellent crew, they’re nicely coached they usually have lots of good athletes,” he mentioned. “It’s a rivalry recreation. Each playoff video games in opposition to these guys have been one-run video games. They’re going to carry their greatest, we’re going to carry our greatest, and its the whole lot a championship recreation needs to be.”
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