Cold Spring routs Blue

By JIM BASTIAN

Journal Sports Writer

NEW ULM -- One bad inning. One very bad inning.

Josh Porwoll's lead-off single in the fourth inning began a string of 14 Cold Spring hitters that the Springers brought to the plate as they scored 10 runs to hammer New Ulm Blue 10-0 in five innings.

Rick Burtzell got the win for Cold Spring (1-1), going five innings and striking out four. He allowed three hits.

Joey Penkert took the loss for Blue (0-2). He went 3 1/3 innings and was charged with five runs. Travis Boddy pitched 1/3 of an inning and gave up the final five runs.

Eric Satterstrom and Paul Schreiner each had two hits for Cold Spring, with Schreiner driving in four runs. Ryan Fischer added three RBI.

"You can't win any games without any runs," said Blue head coach Steve Grossmann. "We only had three hits and walked too many people (six). We are not deep in pitching and it showed."

The game would be scoreless going into the fourth inning with Blue mounting a mild threat in the top of the third when Jason Schmitz tripled with one out. But Burtzell fanned Mike Grossmann to end the inning.

Cold Spring, which left two runners on base in the third, started the 10-run inning on Porwoll's base hit off Penkert. Burtzell, Penkert's counterpart on the mound, doubled. Ryan Fischer then made it 2-0 with one swing of the bat, tripling to deep center. He scored on Paul Schreiner's base hit.

Schreiner was erased trying to steal before a Mike Ficker single and a Tim Voigt single and error on Blue right fielder Boddy put runners on first and third and ended Penkert's pitching day. Reliever Boddy was greeted by an RBI sacrifice fly by Jason Schlangen. Satterstrom's single made it 5-0, and a wild pitch and two walks increased the lead to 6-0. Another free pass and a bases-loaded double by Schreiner off the third Blue pitcher of the game, Schmitz, ended the scoring.

NEW ULM BLUE 000 00 -- 0 3 1

COLD SPRING 000 (10)x -- 10 9 0

WP--Burtzell, LP--Penkert. 2B--Burtzell (CS), Schreiner (CS). 3B--Schmitz (NU), Fischer (CS).

Duluth Lakeview 8, Cold Spring 0

Luke Beresford provided the pitching and Lakview hitters added offense as Duluth raced by Cold Spring Saturday morning in the Upper Midwest Classic.

Beresford pitched the complete-game shutout, striking out six and allowing just two hits for the win. Josh Porwoll took the loss for Cold Spring, going 4 1-3 innings and giving up six runs.

Weston Tardy led Duluth with three hits, including two doubles and a two-run home run in Duluth's five-run fifth inning. He also scored three runs. Beresford and Jeff Jasperson each added two hits and Tom Simonsen belted an RBI triple.

Porwoll and Jason Schlangen had the two Cold Spring hits.

Creighton Prep 4, Sioux Falls 2

Creighton scored four runs in the bottom of the fourth inning and made those runs hold up as they downed Sioux Falls Saturday afternoon in the Upper Midwest Classic.

Brian Bull went six-plus innings to record the win for Creighton (2-0 in the UMC). Mark Wellwood finished up.

James Bloker took the loss for the Roadrunners (1-1 in the UMC), going the distance and allowing those four runs.

Mitch Larson had two of Creighton's seven hits in the game.

Matt Thompson had two of the nine hits for Sioux Falls.

Sioux Falls scored a run in the second on a Thompson base hit, two ground outs and a Matt Rhead single.

Creighton would use three doubles, a single and a triple to score four times in the fourth.

Dave Bodnar singles and scored on Nick Wilwerding's double. Back-to-back doubles by Joe Pietro and Larson moved Creighton ahead 3-1. Jim Hinrichs' two-out triple plated Larson for a 4-1 lead.

The Roadrunners scored their final run in the fifth on Casey Jorgenson's leadoff triple and Thompson's ground out.