Ashby senior legion sweeps Osakis on the road

Sam Peterson

Grant County Herald

The Ashby Arrows senior legion team was in action one day last week with a doubleheader on the road against Osakis July 1. The Arrows had no trouble with Osakis and swept both games by a combined score of 21-1.

Ashby 10

Osakis 0

The Arrows cruised past Osakis in the opening game. They only allowed one hit from Osakis through six innings of play and dominated 10-0.

After a scoreless first inning, Ashby opened up the scoring in the top of the second inning with two runs. A single from Robert Nelson scored Fred Schlotfeld for the first run. The second came when Isaac Fuoss singled to right to score Kellen Dahlen to make it 2-0.

Ashby added one more run in the third inning. Logan Johnson scored by stealing home to make it 3-0.

The gap between Ashby and Osakis only continued to grow as the game went on and the Arrows added two more runs in the top of the fourth. A sacrifice fly from Johnson scored Lucas Fuller and in the next at bat, a double from Brodie Ecker scored Easton Nelson to make it 5-0.

Another Ashby run came in the top of the fifth when Dahlen scored on a wild pitch to make it 6-0.

The Arrows finally put the game out of reach in the top of the sixth inning when they scored four runs. A double from Johnson scored Riley Perleberg. Johnson scored on a single from Ecker and the final run came from Dahlen scoring on a passed ball to make it 10-0.

Osakis needed to score at least one run in the bottom of the sixth to keep playing, but they were sent down in order to end the game.

The Arrows finished the game with 10 hits as a team. Johnson led the way on offense, going 3 for 5 with two doubles, two runs, two RBI and two steals. Ecker finished 2 for 3 with a double, two RBI, a run and a steal. Riley Perleberg went 1 for 2 with a run and a steal. Schlotfeld was 1 for 3 with a run and a steal. Robert Nelson finished 1 for 3 with an RBI. Dahlen was 1 for 2 with a double, three runs and four steals. Fuoss went 1 for 3 with an RBI. 

On the mound, Easton Nelson pitched all six innings of the game and allowed no runs off just one hit and struck out 11.

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