Waterville Season Ends, Miesville Advances in Thriller

The second weekend of Minnesota Baseball Association State Amateur baseball provided more joy and some sadness,

The Waterville Indians dedicated the remainder of their season to fallen  teammate Shane Sellner who passed away of cardiac arrest June 10, 2024.  The 28 year old's wife, Amanda would deliver their second son just days later.

The dream for any team of course is to hoist the championship trophy, but the Indians were hoping to cement the Sellner story in the minds of a lot more people.

They want to raise some financial assistance for the heartbroken young family.

The GoFundMe page is here for those who would like to assist.  The goal set was $125,000.

In Class C action Saturday, Waterville outhit the Red Wing Aces 8 to 6 but lost the game 8-1. The scorebook showed 7 errors for the Indians, 1 for the Aces and both teams left 10 runners on base.

Red Wing scored 5 runs in the third inning with just one hit, added 2 in the 4th and 1 in the 5th inning of their game at Belle Plaine.

Dallas McBroom started on the pitching rubber with 2 and 1/3 innings pitched, allowed 1 hit, 5 runs, 2 earned, walked 3 batters and struck out 5.

Luke Sellner went 5 2/3 innings giving up 5 hits, 3 runs, none earned while walking 1 and striking out 6 Red Wing batters.

Ben Boran was the only Indians player to have multiple hits in the game, finishing with 3, achieving the team's only RBI.

McBroom threw 72 pitches, 37 strikes, Sellner tallied 100 pitches, 62 strikes.

Checking their schedule on the Waterville MBA webpage they finished 20-9 this season.

Red Wing advances to the final weekend and is scheduled to play Saturday, August 31, 2024, 4:00 p.m. in Green Isle against the Sunday winner of the Courtland vs. Isanti game.

Region 6C Champion Jordan blanked Cold Spring 5-0 Friday night at the Mini-Met in Jordan.  The Brewers will host Sauk Centre Friday, August 30, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.

Other area Class C teams playing on Sunday include:

• Region 3c Champion Montgomery Mallards tangle with Waconia Lakers 4:00 p.m. in Jordan.
• Region 6C representative LeSueur Braves collide with Bird Island Bullfrogs 4:00 p.m. in Green Isle.
• Region 3C runner-up Union Hill plays 4:00 p.m. Sunday in Belle Plaine against Clinton Cards.  Joe Grote of Faribault Lakers was drafted by Union Hill.

In Class B competition Miesville Mudhens and St. Paul Mudhens had an extra inning battle that Miesville won 8-6.

St. Paul had a 5-0 lead going into the 6th inning.  Miesville scored every inning 6th through 10th.  St. Paul scored a run in the bottom of the 9th to send the game into extra innings at Green Isle.

Quinn Kruger pitched the first 3 innings, allowing 5 hits, 4 runs, 3 earned with no walks and 1 strikeout while throwing 55 pitches, 35 strikes.

Trevor Koenig went the next 6 inning, giving up 5 hits, 2 runs, both earned with 1 walk, 5 strikeouts.  Koenig threw 76 pitches, 53 strikes.

JD Dobis finished the game pitching the 10th inning with no hits or runs, 2 walks, 1 strikeout.

Miesville finished with 11 hits, 1 error and stranded 6 runners on base and St. Paul had 10 hits, no errors, also left 6 runners on the bases.

Miesville cranked 3 home runs and a double.  St. Paul had 2 home runs and 2 doubles.

Jake Pittlekow pitched the 10th inning allowing 2 runs on 2 hits throwing 16 pitches, 8 strikes.

Rochester Royals season ended 4-0 to Air Freight Unlimited in Belle Plaine Saturday.

Miesville will go up against Hopkins Berries 1:30 p.m. Saturday, August 31, 2024 in Jordan.