Royals bounce back with sweep

The Watertown-Mayer baseball team bounced back from a 6-5 loss to Rockford with a doubleheader sweep of Dassel-Cokato (4-2, 10-1).

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“Jaren Vogt had another very impressive outing, but timely errors on our end and strikeouts hampered our ability to fill the basepaths up,” said coach Pat Tschida. “We were tied 1-1 going into the bottom of the 6th when Rockford was able to get on by a few walks and a double. They eventually pushed 4 across in the bottom of the 6th inning and opened up the lead 5-1. We showed that we won’t just roll over easily and put together multiple competitive at-bats, stolen bases and eventually a massive hit by Isaiah Mead to come back and tie the game up in the top of the 7th inning. In the bottom of the 7th, the Rockets proved to be a bit too much for us and they were able to fill the bases and eventually score to end the game. We need our young guys and new varsity guys to be a part of these pressure situations. While I hate losing, this is all good stuff for us early in the year and reminds our boys that the process is much more important than the outcome.”

The Royals fell to Rockford 6-5 on Monday on the final play of the game. The game was tied at five in the bottom of the seventh when Smith singled, scoring one run.

Watertown-Mayer lost despite out­ hitting Rockford seven to five. Isaiah Mead led Watertown-Mayer with two hits.

Watertown-Mayer opened the scoring in the third after Mead singled, scoring one run.

Lundberg grounded out, which helped Rockford tie the game at one in the bottom of the fourth.

In the bottom of the sixth, Rockford broke up the tie when Smith doubled, scoring one run. Then a double by Hass followed to extend the lead to 5-1.

Watertown-Mayer tied the game in the top of the seventh thanks to a single by Landon Meyer, a ground out by Jaren Vogt, and a single by Mead.

Edwards earned the win for Rockford. The starting pitcher surrendered seven hits and five runs (zero earned) over seven innings, striking out six and walking none. Noah Weinzierl took the loss for Watertown-Mayer. The righty went two-thirds of an inning, giving up one run on four hits, striking out none and walking one. Vogt stepped on the hill first for Watertown­ Mayer. The right-handed pitcher surrendered one hit and five runs (zero earned) over five and two-thirds innings, striking out eight and walking four.

Mead led Watertown-Mayer with two runs batted in. The infielder went 2-for-4 on the day. Mead stole two bases. The Royals stole four bases in the game.

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Watertown-Mayer took down Dassel-Cokato 4-2 on Thursday.

The Royals jumped out to the lead in the bottom of the second inning after a wild pitch scored two runs, and Nick Webster singled, scoring one run.

Michael Foley stepped on the bump first for Watertown-Mayer. The right­ handed pitcher allowed two hits and two runs (zero earned) over six innings, striking out nine and walking three. Yanke opened the game for Dassel-Cokato. They allowed seven hits and four runs (two earned) over five and two-thirds innings, striking out nine and walking one.

Dominic Heitz pitched one inning of shutout ball for Watertown-Mayer in relief. The reliever gave up zero hits, striking out one and walking one.

Webster went 1-for-3 at the plate as they led the team with one run batted in. Landon Meyer and Jaren Vogt each collected two hits for Watertown-Mayer.

Lang and Kelly each collected one hit for Dassel-Cokato.

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The Royals scored seven runs in the first inning, which helped them defeat Dassel-Cokato 10-1 on Thursday at Highland Park Watertown. Dominic Heitz drew a walk, scoring one run, Noah Weinzierl singled, scoring one run, Conner Tax singled, scoring one run, Michael Foley singled, scoring one run, Gannon Lee singled, scoring one run, and an error scored two runs.

Heitz earned the win for Watertown-Mayer. The starting pitcher allowed one hit and one run over three innings, striking out four and walking two. Olthoff took the loss for Dassel­ Cokato. The starting pitcher went five innings, allowing seven runs (five earned) on seven hits, striking out five and walking four. Landon Meyer, Isaiah Mead, and Pool each came on in relief for Watertown-Mayer and shutdown

Watertown-Mayer collected nine hits in the game. Tax led the Royals with two hits in two at bats. Matthew Isakson and Weinzierl each drove in two runs for Watertown-Mayer. Noah Leuthner paced Watertown-Mayer with two walks. Overall, the team had patience at the plate, accumulating eight walks for the game.

Watertown-Mayer ran wild on the base paths, piling up four stolen bases for the game. The Royals turned one double play in the game. Watertown-Mayer didn’t commit a single error in the field. Leuthner had the most chances in the field with seven.

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