HANSKA, ESSIG, SLEEPY EYE WIN IN SAT. 2C 1ST ROUND

first round playoff games in Region 2C continue today in amateur baseball with possibilities as many as two of the six teams may be eliminated.

Lamberton (1-0) is at Sleepy Eye (1-0) at 2 p.m., Essig (0-1) is at St. James (0-1) at 8 p.m. and Stark(0-1) is at Hanska (1-0) at 8:30. Two-time losers drop out of the hybrid round-robin double elimination format.

In Saturday games, Lamberton beat St. James 3-0, Hanska clipped Essig 9-3 and Sleepy Eye won from Stark with the score reportedly 5-2.

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HANSKA - Dayton Larson and draftee Kyle E. Fischer (New Ulm) pitched Hanska to a 9-3 win over Essig in first round regional playoff action Saturday. Larson cruised with a 5-2 lead in the sixth when Kyle E. Fischer took over for the save. Kyle struck out seven in 3.1 innings. Christ Peters hit a solo home run in the third and Dusty Wilfahrt smacked a two-run double in the fourth and later got his third RBI. Brady Mosenden batted in two with two hits. Eric Portner also had a pair.

Ryan Weier had two hits for Essig. Kyle M. Fischer had a run-scoring double in the sixth inning.
The line score................... R - H - E
Essig ....... 000 111 000 --- 3 -- 5 - 3
Hanska .... 201 201 03x --- 9 - 11 - 1
Sam Hansen, Kyle M. Fischer (Searles) (4) and . Dayton Larson, Kyle E. Fischer (6) and . WP - Larson. LP - Hansen.
Pitching Stats ....... IP -- R - ER - H -- K - W&HP
Sam Hanson ...(L). 3.2 -- 5 -- 3 -- 6 -- 1 -- 2
Kyle M Fischer...... 4.1 -- 4 -- 1 -- 5 -- 4 -- 0
Dayton Larson (W) 5.2 -- 4 -- 3 -- 5 -- 7 -- 4
Kyle E Fischer (S).. 3.1 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 7 -- 0