Athletics capture third place at Cannon Falls Tournament
CANNON FALLS MN --For the majority of the weekend the Athletics played shorthanded and while patching together a lineup still came away with a pair of wins in the Josh Harrison Memorial Baseball Tournament.
On Sunday afternoon the Athletics defeated the Wanamingo Jacks 4-2 in the third place game behind a nice pitching performance by Jeff Althoff.
Althoff scattered six hits in five innings of work, giving up two runs and striking out five.
Offensively, John Magee hit his first homerun of the season with a 2-run shot that cleared the left-center-field fence in the fifth inning.
Trevor Jaunich picked up his third save of the season, striking out the side in the seventh.
Weekend Highlights:
CANNON FALLS MN --For the majority of the weekend the Athletics played shorthanded and while patching together a lineup still came away with a pair of wins in the Josh Harrison Memorial Baseball Tournament.
On Sunday afternoon the Athletics defeated the Wanamingo Jacks 4-2 in the third place game behind a nice pitching performance by Jeff Althoff.
Althoff scattered six hits in five innings of work, giving up two runs and striking out five.
Offensively, John Magee hit his first homerun of the season with a 2-run shot that cleared the left-center-field fence in the fifth inning.
Trevor Jaunich picked up his third save of the season, striking out the side in the seventh.
Weekend Highlights:
- The Eagan Bandits defeated the Metro Merchants in the championship game.
- Pitcher, Zach Iten picked up his third win of the season with an opening round victory over Pine Island.
- Joey Althoff was 4-for-10 at the plate with two doubles and an RBI.
- John Magee hit his first homerun of the season and also his first for the Delano Athletics.
- Trevor Jaunich picked up his third save of the season and was 3-for-7 at the plate.
- Adam Schleper extended his hitting streak to 5 games and finished the tournament going 5-for-10.