The St. Louis Park baseball team's season opener Thursday night was a chilly one as Thomas Bean drove in three runs, including a single in the top of the sixth inning with two outs turned out to be the game winner as the DeLaSalle Islanders beat the Orioles 5-4 at Derrick Keller Field at Dakota Park.
Bean would drive in the game's opening run with an RBI single in the top of the first that scored Leo Pfarr. After Leo Pfarr struck out the side in the bottom of the first, the Orioles would vault into the lead with two runs in the second as Jack Elias reached base on a throwing error by Sam Kulesa and Shea Pekarek blasted a two run homer over the left center field fence.
DeLaSalle would even the score in the top of the third that started with singles by Charlie Rubindall and Garth Taylor. After a wild pitch by Riley Dvorak advanced the runners a base, Bean would fortify the offense with a ground out to Dvorak that scored Rubindall. .
Dvorak would lead off the bottom of the fourth with a double and score when Pekarek reached base on a throwing error by third baseman Sam McNosky. Pekarek would come across on an RBI triple from Brent Ryan to put St. Louis Park ahead by two.
The Islanders would strike back in the top of the fifth as Leo Pfarr would cross the plate for the second time, this time on a double by Kulesa to cut the lead to one.
In the top of the sixth, it look like the Orioles were on their way to a one, two, three inning as Elias, who relieved Dvorak, struck out the first two batters. But it was Joe Parenteau who started to make things chilly for the Orioles as he hit a drive to right center field that Johnny Sorenson couldn't handle. He would score on Rubindall's single and Bean would also hit an RBI single to score Leo Pfarr and that would be the eventual game winner. The junior pitcher would not only score three runs, he would strike out nine Oriole batters and allow only one other base runner following Ryan's triple in the bottom of the fourth. He would be the only St. Louis Park base runner stranded the entire game.
St. Louis Park had a chance to tie or send the fans home happy with a walkoff win in the bottom of the seventh. Ryan drew a one out walk but Luke Mobley hit into a double play to end the game.
The Islanders open the season with a 1-0 record and return to action on Friday, April 8 as they take on the Bloomington Kennedy Eagles at 4:30 PM at Red Haddox Field in Bloomington. The Orioles fell to 0-1 and are also in action on the 8th, hosting the Park Center Pirates in a 6 PM game at Derrick Keller Field.
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