Before the thunderstorm hit the Twin Cities Wednesday night, there was baseball at Derrick Keller Field at Dakota Park where Graham Sullivan and Brady Truitt combined on a one hitter to lead the St. Louis Park Orioles to a 13-0 shutout of the Cooper Hawks.
The game was shortened to five innings due to the ten run rule.
The Orioles would score three times in the bottom of the first. The first came on a double from Andruw Vela that scored Ben Farley. Following a walk to Stanley Regguinti, he and Vela would cross the plate when Stefano Giovannelli reached base on a fielding error by Hawks shortstop Charlie Evans.
Walks and wild pitches would be Cooper's downfall throughout the game. And it was true in the bottom of the second when Tait Myers scored on a wild pitch and Vela drove in his second run on a single that brought Farley home.
St. Louis Park added three runs to their ledger in the bottom of the third. Two would head home as Myers reached base on an error by cooper second baseman Sam Thomas and Myers accounted for the third on a wild pitch.
The Orioles were close to sending the fans to shelter as the rain pelted St. Louis Park. Hawks pitchers Cam Ruddy and Matt Gerding were wild and hit resulted in three hit batters and three walks as well as three runs. Two would come from Ben Farley's double.
Truitt would seal the win for the Orioles in the top of the fifth when he struck out the side.
St. Louis Park would improve their record to 7-5 and will play a doubleheader on Thursday, May 12 against the Bloomington Kennedy Eagles at 4:30 & 7 PM at Red Haddox Field. Cooper lost their third straight game and fell to 2-9. The Hawks have been outscored in their last three games 37-2. They will also be in action on the 12th as they host the Bloomington Jefferson Jaguars at 4:30 PM.
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