As the weather got chilly Tuesday night at Derrick Keller Field at Dakota Park, the St. Louis Park Orioles bats heated up with a five run fifth inning to beat the Cooper Hawks 12-2.
The game ended after six innings due to the ten rule.
The Orioles would strike first in the bottom of the second inning as Zach Helfmann's two run double down the left field line scored Kristofer Hokenson and Stefano Giovanelli. Helfmann would account for St. Louis Park's third run on a wild pitch from Cooper starting pitcher Parker Risvold.
Heading in to the top of the third, the Hawks would bounce back to cut the lead to one on Ian Asher's two RBI double that scored Sam Thomas and Donte Williams but St. Louis Park would add a run to their ledger when Drew Boyum walked, stole second , went to third on a wild pitch and crossed the plate on Hokenson's sacrifice fly.
Hokenson would help put the Orioles further ahead in the bottom of the fifth inning with a two RBI double. He also scored a run on Ethan Schmitz's RBI single. St. Louis Park's run total for the inning would be five on a two run single from Henry Odens.
Pitching would also play a role for St. Louis Park as Nick Lanoux would pitch a six inning complete striking out nine batters and not allowing a walk.
The Orioles would send the fans home in the bottom of the six when five straight batters reached base without a base hit. Ben Farley was hit by a pitch, and he would score the inning's first run on a balk by Cooper relief pitcher Matthew Gerding. Gerding had trouble getting the ball over the plate and he would walk four straight batters, including a run following Stefano Giovanelli's base on balls. Helfmann would pick up his third RBI of the game to score Hokenson and the game would come to an end.
St. Louis Park improved their record to 10-7 and returns to action on Wednesday, May 19 at 6 PM as they host the Rogers Royals at Derrick Keller Field. Cooper falls to 1-11 and will also be in action on the 19th, hosting the Fridley Tigers at 4:30 PM.
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