The Park Rapids baseball team offset 15 errors with 35 hits to win the consolation title at Saturday’s Park Rapids Invitational.
Hawley used a four-run fifth inning to rally for a 5-4 win in Friday’s first-round game before the Panthers rebounded to defeat Wheaton 10-4 and Menahga 12-11 Saturday to capture the consolation title.
Hawley defeated Frazee 6-0 and Nevis 9-7 to win the title.
“We had too many errors and mental mistakes and really gave away that first game to Hawley. We did better the next two games, but we have a ways to go,” said Park Rapids head coach Mark Waller. “We had 35 hits, which is awesome. I’m pleased winning two games.”
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Hawley takes advantage of errors
Despite being outhit 9-3, Hawley took advantage of two key errors to rally for the win.
Singles by Connor Byer, Chase Brand, Riley Massie and Jordan McCollum gave the Panthers a 2-1 lead in the third inning before Kenny David singled and scored on Brand’s triple in the fifth for a 3-1 lead.
Two Park Rapids errors and two hits gave Hawley a 5-3 lead in the bottom of the fifth.
Jon Burlingame singled and scored on Damion Hanke’s single in the sixth to conclude the scoring.
Brand went 3 for 4 while McCollum took the loss despite allowing only one earned run on three hits.
Park Rapids 002 011 0…4 9 5
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Hawley 010 040 x…5 3 1
Player AB R H RBI
Brand 4 0 3 1
Massie 2 1 1 1
Rossman 1 0 0 0
McCollum 2 0 1 1
Burlingame 4 1 1 0
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Porozinski 3 0 0 0
Bade 2 0 0 0
Hanke 2 0 1 1
David 3 1 1 0
Byer 3 1 1 0
Totals 26 4 9 3
McCollum (5IP, 5R, 1ER, 3H, 3BB, 6K, 1HBP), Brand (1IP, 0R, 0H, 2BB, 2K, 1HBP) and Byer. L-McCollum, 0-1. 3B: Brand 1.
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Panthers pound out 14 hits in win
A 14-hit attack sparked the Panthers past Wheaton in the consolation semifinals.
A single by Brand, a triple by Burlingame, and singles by Derek Porozinski and Byer gave the Panthers a 2-0 lead in the first.
Doubles by Porozinski and Byer and singles by Hanke, Cole Rossman and McCollum sparked a six-run third as the Panthers led 8-0.
A double by Sam Eystad capped a two-run fifth as the Panthers led 10-2.
Porozinski started and picked up the win while Byer went 3 for 3 to pace the offense.
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Wheaton 000 021 1…4 7 5
Park Rapids 206 020 x…10 14 7
Player AB R H RBI
Brand 5 3 2 0
McCollum 4 0 1 1
Burlingame 4 2 1 1
Porozinski 3 1 2 1
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Eystad 1 0 1 1
Bade 3 1 0 0
Byer 3 1 3 2
Hanke 2 1 1 1
Cannon 2 0 1 0
Rossman 2 1 1 1
Dravis 2 0 0 0
Sunram 3 0 1 0
Totals 34 10 14 8
Porozinski (3IP, 0R, 1H, 4K, 1BB), Eystad (4IP, 4R, 0ER, 6H, 4K, 2BB) and Brand. W-Porozinski, 1-0. 2B: Porozinski 1, Eystad 1, Byer 1. 3B: Burlingame 1. SB: Brand 2, McCollum 1.
Panthers hold off Braves
The Panthers gave up a pair of three-run leads before scoring the game-winner in the bottom of the seventh.
After Menahga scored four times in the first, the Panthers countered with five runs in the bottom of the inning on singles by Brand and McCollum, a double by Porozinski and a single by Hanke.
The Braves tied the game in the third before singles by Brand and McCollum and an error led to two runs in the fourth while Ben Garcelon walked and scored in the fifth to give the Panthers an 8-5 lead.
Menahga scored three times in the sixth before singles by Brand, McCollum, Burlingame and Eystad gave the Panthers an 11-8 lead in the bottom of the inning.
Again the Braves rallied to tie the game by scoring three times in the seventh before David was hit by a pitch and scored on Brand’s double.
Brand went 4 for 5 and McCollum went 3 for 4 to pace the Panthers’ 12-hit attack. McCollum earned the win in relief.
Menahga 401 003 3…11 9 3
Park Rapids 500 213 1…12 12 3
Player AB R H RBI
Brand 5 2 4 1
McCollum 4 3 3 1
Burlingame 2 2 1 0
Porozinski 3 2 2 2
Byer 3 0 0 0
Eystad 1 0 1 1
Garcelon 2 2 0 0
Bade 4 0 0 1
Hanke 4 0 1 0
David 3 1 0 0
Totals 31 12 12 6
Garcelon (5IP, 5R, 2ER, 4H, 6K, 3BB), Bade (1 IP, 3ER, 3H, 1K, 1BB), Byer (.1IP, 3ER, 2H, 1BB), McCollum (.2IP, 0R, 0H, 0K, 0BB) and Byer; Brand (7). W-McCollum, 1-1. 2B: Brand 1, Porozinski 1. SB: Brand 2, McCollum 1, Burlingame 1, Porozinski 2, Garcelon 3, Bade 1.
