A wet and chilly Wednesday got a lightning bolt from Brock Boltmann's grand slam that led the Edina Hornets to aan 11-1 win over the St. Louis Park Orioles at Derrick Keller Field at Dakota Park.
The Hornets opened the scoring with three runs in the top of the first inning when Charlie Fischer's drive to left field was dropped by the Orioles Brent Ryan that enabled Carter Theis and Boltmann to score after they reached base on a single and a double. Fischer would come across on a sacrifice fly to second baseman Riley Dvorak by Will Gudorf.
St. Louis Park would cut the lead to two in the bottom of the third as Connor Cornell and Johnny Sorenson reached base on one out singles and Dvorak would drive home Cornell on a sacrifice fly to Edina's right fielder Chester Dixon.
That would be as close as the Orioles would get since the Hornets would break the game open in the top of the fourth by batting around and scoring six runs. Dixon and Matthew Nunn would reach base on singles and Azar's RBI single scored Dixon. Logan Krenik would be the fourth straight Hornet to reach base. Then the damage would be done. Boltmann, who was also the quarterback on the Hornet football team, belted a grand slam over the left field fence and Fischer would follow with a solo shot over the right field fence.
Edina would wrap up the scoring in the top of the fifth with two more runs. Dixon would lead off with a double and Krenik's RBI single drove him home. Theis would bring home Krenik with an RBI double and St. Louis Park could only get a leadoff walk in the bottom of the fifth from Cornell before Jimmy Connell, pitching in relief of winning pitcher Jackson Slaney set down the next three batter to end the game.
The Hornets opened their season with a 1-0 record and host the Hopkins Royals on Thursday, April 13 at 6:30 PM at Braemar Park. The Orioles fell to 0-3 and return to action on Tuesday, April 18 at 6:45 PM against the Richfield Spartans at US Bank Stadium in downtown Minneapolis.
Eighth grade catcher Sam Hunt made his varsity debut against Edina.
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