By Jean Doran Matua, Editor
In their third game of the 2021 Minnesota state amateur baseball tournament, the Clippers shut out the St. Patrick Irish to win, 2-0, and move into the Final Four semifinals.
The Clippers scored 2 runs in the bottom of the third inning, and they maintained that lead to win the game. Nolan Geislinger crossed the plate after Dan Berg hit a ground ball and reached on an error by the Irish shortstop; Kevin Kramer advanced to second on the same play. Kramer then scored on a sac fly by Justin Tompson.
Kevin Kramer hit a double and a single for the Clippers. Nolan Geislinger had 1 RBI on a single. Brendan Ashton and Dan Berg each hit a pair of singles on the game, with 1 RBI for Berg.
Justin Tompson earned the win for the Clippers, pitching the first 7.1 innings. He struck out 7 and walked 2. Matt Geislinger finished the game, striking out another 3. Together, they limited the Irish to 4 hits and kept them scoreless.
Zach Seuer took the loss for the Irish; he struck out 4 and walked 3 in his 6 innings on the mound. Seuer allowed both Clippers runs. Zak Endres finished the game, striking out 2 and walking 1.
The Irish hit 4 singles, spread among 4 players. Two players
walked, and they had 10 strike-
outs.
ST. PATRICK AB R H BI
TOTALS 31 0 4 0
WATKINS AB R H BI
Nolan Geislinger 5 1 1 0
Lincoln Haugen 4 0 0 0
Kevin Kramer 4 1 2 0
Dan Berg 3 0 2 1
Brendan Ashton 4 0 2 0
Justin Tompson 1 0 0 1
Carter Block 2 0 0 0
Carson Geislinger 3 0 0 0
Matt Geislinger 3 0 0 0
Gavin Mathies – – – –
TOTALS 29 2 7 2
R H E
Irish 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
Clippers 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 x 2 7 0