The Kimball Express hosted the St. Augusta Gussies Sunday afternoon, May 7. The two teams were well matched, scoring back and forth and holding a tie for several innings. It would take 11 innings of play until the Express emerged victorious, winning 10-9.
Andy Dingmann earned the win for Kimball, and Aaron Fruth would be tagged with the loss.
Austin Ruehle was forced out at second base and Scott Marquardt was called out at first as the Gussies completed the double play Sunday, May 7. The two teams pushed each other in the high-scoring game and it took 11 innings for Kimball to emerge the winner, 10-9. Staff photo by Jean Doran Matua.
In the second inning, Kimball answered the Gussies?Äô two runs with four of their own: Ben Theisen, Brooks Marquardt, Kyle Winter, and Joey Von Wahlde each scored. Two more runs in the third, by Johnson and Theisen, put the Express ahead. Five runs by St. Augusta in the fourth were answered by one in the fifth, by Brooks Marquardt, tying the score at 7-7. Two Express runs in the eighth, by Austin Ruehle and Von Wahlde, were answered by two Gussie runs in the ninth, pushing the game into overtime. A run by Kyle Winter in the bottom of the eleventh inning ended the game, 10-9 for the Express.
ST. AUGUSTA AB R H BI
Marcus Lommel 7 1 2 1
D. Schultzetenberg 6 0 2 0
Adam Gwost 6 0 3 2
Nate Laudenbach 5 0 1 0
Nate Gwost 5 2 1 0
Brady Grafft 4 2 2 2
Aaron Fruth 6 1 1 1
Zach Laudenbach 4 1 1 0
Mitch Gwost 6 1 2 1
Shea Rosha 0 1 0 0
TOTALS 49 9 15 7
KIMBALL AB R H BI
Austin Ruehle 4 1 2 1
Scott Marquardt 5 0 2 1
Adam Beyer 6 0 3 1
Ben Johnson 3 1 1 1
Brian Marquardt 2 2 1 0
Ben Theisen 3 0 0 0
Brooks Marquardt 5 2 1 0
Kyle Winter 6 2 4 2
Zach Dingmann 3 0 0 1
Matt Dingmann 2 0 0 0
Andy Dingmann 0 0 0 0
Joey Von Wahlde 6 2 1 1
TOTALS 45 10 15 8
R H E
St. Augusta 020 500 002 00 9 15 3
Kimball 042 010 020 01 10 15 7
The Express next play the Brewers at Luxemburg at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 13; and the Hawks in Eden Valley at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 14.