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The Hadley Buttermakers Baseball Team recently dedicated a bench in honor of longtime fans, Will and Darlene Beers. Pictured here with Myron Bennett and Rick Like, are family members Denny Beers, Julie Beers, Karen Beers, Randy Beers, and Ryan Beers.
By Mark Zinnel - Buttermaker Reporter After disappointing losses, the previous weekend, the Hadley Buttermakers were hoping to get back on a winning streak. Mission accomplished! Here is the week’s recap: Saturday at Heron Lake HADLEY 9 HERON LAKE 3 In a game rescheduled from the rainstorms two weeks previous, the Hadley Buttermakers headed east to take on the Heron Lake Lakers. Avery Weber would start on the mound for Hadley.
Hadley got on the board in the 1st inning. Evan Lenz led off with a double. Derek Kluis would walk and singles by Danny Blankenship and Bryce Ahrendt would plate two for a quick 2-0 lead. Heron Lake would put runners on base in their at bat, but Avery would keep the Lakers off the board.
Hadley would double their lead to 4-0 in the 5th. After they collected 2 hits and a walk to load the bases, Evan Lenz would drive in 2 Buttermakers with a single. In the 7th, Hadley would get to the tiring Laker starting pitcher when they scored 4 runs. Abe Paulzine would bring home 2 runs on a 2-run homer hit over the left field fence. Evan Lenz would triple to score a run and Derek Kluis would add another on a single for a 8-0 Hadley lead.
Avery Weber kept the Lakers off the board as he went 7 shutout innings, allowing Heron Lake to only 2 hits. Peyton Coulter would come in and pitch the final 2 innings.
Hadley would add an insurance run in the 9th to go up 9-0. The Heron Lake reliever would have a bit of wildness as Hadley would score their run on 2 hit batters and 2 walks. Heron Lake would finally score in the 9th when Peyton Coulter had an ineffective inning when he hit three Laker batters, allowed a walk, and gave up 2 hits as Heron Lake would push across 3 runs for the 9-3 Hadley victory margin.
Hadley had the opportunity for more runs in the contest as they left the bases loaded in the 1st, 7th, and 9th innings.
Evan Lenz led Hadley with 3 hits and 3 rbis. Derek Kluis and Bryce Ahrendt had 2 hits, with Tucker Sorenson, Danny Blankenship, Abe Paulzine, and Alex Petersen all picking up 1 hit. Abe Paulzine had 2 rbis and Derek Kluis, Danny Blankenship, Bryce Ahrendt, and Alex Petersen all had 1 rbi.
Final Box Score RHE Hadley 9 11 4 Heron Lake 3 4 3 Sunday – vs Pipestone HADLEY 6 PIPESTONE 3 Hadley was hoping to sweep the season series against the Pipestone A’s. Whenever these two teams meet, you never know what direction the game will roll. On Sunday, things rolled the Buttermakers way. Hadley would throw Tucker Sorenson against the young A’s team.
Tucker sailed through the A’s in the 1st inning, putting the A’s down 1-2-3 on 3 strikeouts. Hadley would jump out on top in their at bat. Evan Lenz would lead-off by singling. After Joe Larson flew out, Derek Kluis would single putting runners on the corners. Max Zwart would then hit into a fielder’s choice with Evan Lenz scoring. Hadley would add 2 more runs in the 2nd when Jakob Olson sent a pitch over the left field fence for a 2-run homer. Hadley would go up 4-0 in the 3rd when Abe Paulzine worked out bases loaded walk.
Pipestone would make the game interesting for Hadley when they recorded their first hits off Tucker in the 4th inning. Unfortunately, those 2 hits were a 2-run and solo homerun to cut Hadley’s lead to 4-3.
The game would stay that way until the 7th inning when Hadley would break through with 3 hits and get a run on a sacrifice fly from Max Zwart. Hadley would add an insurance run in the 8th when they collected 3 hits again with Joe Larson singling to push Hadley to a 6-3. Tucker Sorenson would end the game the way he started when struck out the side for the Hadley victory.
Tucker Sorenson had another fine pitching performance for the Buttermakers. Despite the hiccup he had in the 4th inning, Tucker ended the game by limiting Pipestone to only 4 hits, walking 3 A’s batters and recording 20 strikeouts in his complete game performance moving his record to 4-3.
Joe Larson and Jakob Olson led Hadley with 3 hits each. Derek Kluis would chip in with 2 hits with Evan Lenz, Max Zwart, Danny Blankenship, and Austin Irlbeck each getting 1 hit. RHE Hadley 6 11 1 Pipestone 3 4 2 Hadley will finish their regular season schedule when they travel to Luverne to take on the Gopher League leading Redbirds on Wednesday. On Fan Appreciation Weekend, Hadley will entertain the Marshall A’s on Saturday in a non-league contest set for a 1:00 start and end the season on Sunday versus the First Nite League Fairmont Martins in a 2:00 start.
