Blake Mahmoud put Red Knights fans in a great mood Monday night as he pitched a one hitter and struck out 12 batters to lead Benilde-St. Margaret's to a 4-0 win over the St. Louis Park Orioles at Derrick Keller Field at Dakota Park.
The game was scoreless until the top of the third inning when Mason James hit into a force out at second with the bases loaded to score Nick Renk. The Red Knights erupted for three runs in the top of the fourth on Will Thompson's RBI double that scored Matt Hansberry. They would add two more when Ian Bahr drove home Thompson and Jonny Woodford.
As for the Orioles, they couldn't get a lot of offense against the junior pitcher Mahmoud. While scouts from Tulane, Indiana and Boston College were in the throng at Derrick Keller field observing Mahmoud, they saw him allow only three Orioles to reach base. The only St. Louis Park player in scoring position was Aaron Sledge, who had the team's only hit when he singled in the bottom of the second inning and advanced to second on a errant throw to first by Mahmoud. A walk to Aaron Ellingson in the bottom of the third and Drew Boyum reaching first on an error by Thompson in the bottom of the fifth were the only other St. Louis Park players to reach base.
Mahmoud would shut down the Orioles offense, striking out five of the last seven batters to give him 12 for the game.
Following the game, 13 St. Louis Park seniors were honored on Senior Night.
BSM Improved their record to 5-7 and will return to action on Tuesday, May 14 as they host the Richfield Spartans in a doubleheader beginning at 5 PM. St. Louis Park fell to 9-7 and got shut out for the first time since they lost 4-0 to the Chanhassen Storm on April 29. They will also be in action on the 14th, heading to Bloomington to face the Kennedy Eagles at 7 PM.
Monday, May 13, 2019
Saturday, May 11, 2019
SLP Orioles Hold Off Columbia Heights Hylanders
Solid pitching from Matt Lidenberg and Will Hannon helped the St. Louis Park Orioles to a 3-1 win over the Columbia Heights Hylanders Saturday afternoon at Derrick Keller Field at Dakota Park.
The Orioles struck first in the bottom of the second inning on Anthony Odens' RBI single that scored Jordan McClain. The Hylanders had a chance to to tie or take the lead in the top of the third as Lidenberg walked three consecutive batters to load the bases with one out. But Isaac Bender flied out to left field and Conner Hogg, who was the starting pitcher for Columbia Heights, was thrown out at third base by McClain.
St. Louis Park would go up by two in the bottom of the third as Jack Wandmacher crossed the plate when Luke Boyum reached base on an error by Hylander second baseman Zack Severson. Wandmacher would drive in Odens in the bottom of the fourth with an RBI single.
There would be no shut out for the Orioles in the top of the fifth inning as Columbia Heights would capitalize on two St. Louis Park errors. The first would be on third baseman Sam Hunt and the second on Odens would allow Ben Rogatzke to score. Rogatzke led off the inning with a single.
Columbia Heights would have an opportunity to tie the game in the top of the sixth with a pair of one out singles from Amir Davis and Carter Helmers. It wouldn't happen since Hannon, who came on in the fifth in relief of Lidenberg, got Rogatzke to pop out to Hunt at third base and struck out Hogg. Hannon would retire the side in order to pick up the save.
The Hylanders left nine base runners stranded.
St. Louis Park improved their record to 9-6 and will host the Benilde-St. Margaret's Red Knights on Monday, May 13 at 6 PM at Derrick Keller Field. Columbia Heights fell to 9-4 and will also be in action on the 13th, hosting the Concordia Academy Beacons at 4:30 PM.
The Orioles struck first in the bottom of the second inning on Anthony Odens' RBI single that scored Jordan McClain. The Hylanders had a chance to to tie or take the lead in the top of the third as Lidenberg walked three consecutive batters to load the bases with one out. But Isaac Bender flied out to left field and Conner Hogg, who was the starting pitcher for Columbia Heights, was thrown out at third base by McClain.
St. Louis Park would go up by two in the bottom of the third as Jack Wandmacher crossed the plate when Luke Boyum reached base on an error by Hylander second baseman Zack Severson. Wandmacher would drive in Odens in the bottom of the fourth with an RBI single.
There would be no shut out for the Orioles in the top of the fifth inning as Columbia Heights would capitalize on two St. Louis Park errors. The first would be on third baseman Sam Hunt and the second on Odens would allow Ben Rogatzke to score. Rogatzke led off the inning with a single.
Columbia Heights would have an opportunity to tie the game in the top of the sixth with a pair of one out singles from Amir Davis and Carter Helmers. It wouldn't happen since Hannon, who came on in the fifth in relief of Lidenberg, got Rogatzke to pop out to Hunt at third base and struck out Hogg. Hannon would retire the side in order to pick up the save.
The Hylanders left nine base runners stranded.
St. Louis Park improved their record to 9-6 and will host the Benilde-St. Margaret's Red Knights on Monday, May 13 at 6 PM at Derrick Keller Field. Columbia Heights fell to 9-4 and will also be in action on the 13th, hosting the Concordia Academy Beacons at 4:30 PM.
Monday, May 6, 2019
Chaska Hawks Get First Win of Season
Monday night, the seventh game of the season turned out to be a breakout game for the winless Chaska Hawks as Cooper Eidem and Gabe Friedbauer scored four goals apiece en route to a 14-1 rout over the host St. Louis Park Orioles.
The Orioles got in front on Parker Brynildson's shot that crawled into the goal. It would be the offensive highlight of the evening for St. Louis Park because the Hawks would take control with two first quarter goals. The first came on an inside pass from Dylan Lange to Friedbauer and he landed the ball into the net to tie the game. Lange would put Chaska ahead with :45.8 left in the quarter and the Hawks led 2-1.
Chaska would put the game away in the second quarter with five goals. Lange would make an inside pass to Friedbauer for the first goal. Eidem would tally twice and Friedbauer would pick up two assists, including a goal from Xavier Harvieux and the Hawks would lead 7-1 at halftime.
The Hawks were not done in the third quarter. Eidem would score the first goal and send the ball to Jacob Gasterland and he would fill the net with the white ball. Once again the Lange-Friedbauer tandem struck again for Chaska as Friedbauer made a high pass to Lange and he would put it past Oriole goalie Noah Hauser. Friedbauer would wrap up the third quarter scoring :42 later after he got a pass from Gasterlund and lined the ball to the net and it would be a 13-1 lead for the Hawks at the end of the third quarter.
Even members of the junior varsity team would break into the scoring column as the game headed into the fourth quarter., sending the game into running time. Kaiden Atteberry would strike first :28 into the quarter. Eidem would line his fourth ball into the St. Louis Park net and Gasterlund would conclude the scoring.
The Hawks ended a six game losing streak and improved their record to 1-6. They will host the Orono Spartans on Friday, May 10 at 7 PM. The Orioles fell to 0-9 and will get the rest of the week off, returning to action on Monday, May 13 at 4:30 PM as they head down I-35W to face the Burnsville Blaze.
In the Orioles last five games, St. Louis Park has been outscored 91-4.
The Orioles got in front on Parker Brynildson's shot that crawled into the goal. It would be the offensive highlight of the evening for St. Louis Park because the Hawks would take control with two first quarter goals. The first came on an inside pass from Dylan Lange to Friedbauer and he landed the ball into the net to tie the game. Lange would put Chaska ahead with :45.8 left in the quarter and the Hawks led 2-1.
Chaska would put the game away in the second quarter with five goals. Lange would make an inside pass to Friedbauer for the first goal. Eidem would tally twice and Friedbauer would pick up two assists, including a goal from Xavier Harvieux and the Hawks would lead 7-1 at halftime.
The Hawks were not done in the third quarter. Eidem would score the first goal and send the ball to Jacob Gasterland and he would fill the net with the white ball. Once again the Lange-Friedbauer tandem struck again for Chaska as Friedbauer made a high pass to Lange and he would put it past Oriole goalie Noah Hauser. Friedbauer would wrap up the third quarter scoring :42 later after he got a pass from Gasterlund and lined the ball to the net and it would be a 13-1 lead for the Hawks at the end of the third quarter.
Even members of the junior varsity team would break into the scoring column as the game headed into the fourth quarter., sending the game into running time. Kaiden Atteberry would strike first :28 into the quarter. Eidem would line his fourth ball into the St. Louis Park net and Gasterlund would conclude the scoring.
The Hawks ended a six game losing streak and improved their record to 1-6. They will host the Orono Spartans on Friday, May 10 at 7 PM. The Orioles fell to 0-9 and will get the rest of the week off, returning to action on Monday, May 13 at 4:30 PM as they head down I-35W to face the Burnsville Blaze.
In the Orioles last five games, St. Louis Park has been outscored 91-4.
Saturday, May 4, 2019
Wandmacher's Walkoff Winner Leads SLP Orioles
Saturday afternoon was Little League Day at Derrick Keller Field in St. Louis Park and the Little Leaguers in attendance got to see a thriller that would climax with Jack Wandmacher's walkoff single in the bottom of the seventh inning that led the St. Louis Park Orioles to a 3-2 win over the Wayzata Trojans.
The Trojans took the early lead in the top of the first inning when Keegan Nickel doubled and scored on a ground out to Oriole first baseman John Meyer.
The Orioles would even the score at one in the bottom of the third inning on Aaron Ellingson's RBI single that scored Meyer. The game would remain deadlock until the top of the sixth inning that had a pair of one out singles from Ben Leuthner and Brandon Brodin and they both crossed the plate on a two RBI single from Cullen Stamp and he put his stamp on the Wayzata lead at 3-1. But St. Louis Park would slowly erase the stamp in the bottom of the inning when Sam Hunt, the Oriole catcher who moved to the pitcher's mound, hit a double and came home on Aaron Sledge's ground out to second baseman Stamp.
St. Louis Park would send the fans home happy in the bottom of the seventh inning. Drew Boyum led off with a single and advanced to second on Meyer's sacrifice bunt. Jackson McClain would drive Drew Boyum home with an RBI triple to tie the game at three. Would there be extra innings on this warm Saturday in St. Louis Park? The answer would be no as Wandmacher drove the ball to right center field and McClain would score the winning run to clinch the walkoff winner.
The Orioles improved their record to 7-5 and hosts the Richfield Spartans on Monday, May 6 at 7 PM at Derrick Keller Field.
The Trojans, who got off to a 5-0 start, fell to 6-3 and heads up Highway 10 to Andover on the 6th to take on the Huskies at 4:30 PM.
The Trojans took the early lead in the top of the first inning when Keegan Nickel doubled and scored on a ground out to Oriole first baseman John Meyer.
The Orioles would even the score at one in the bottom of the third inning on Aaron Ellingson's RBI single that scored Meyer. The game would remain deadlock until the top of the sixth inning that had a pair of one out singles from Ben Leuthner and Brandon Brodin and they both crossed the plate on a two RBI single from Cullen Stamp and he put his stamp on the Wayzata lead at 3-1. But St. Louis Park would slowly erase the stamp in the bottom of the inning when Sam Hunt, the Oriole catcher who moved to the pitcher's mound, hit a double and came home on Aaron Sledge's ground out to second baseman Stamp.
St. Louis Park would send the fans home happy in the bottom of the seventh inning. Drew Boyum led off with a single and advanced to second on Meyer's sacrifice bunt. Jackson McClain would drive Drew Boyum home with an RBI triple to tie the game at three. Would there be extra innings on this warm Saturday in St. Louis Park? The answer would be no as Wandmacher drove the ball to right center field and McClain would score the winning run to clinch the walkoff winner.
The Orioles improved their record to 7-5 and hosts the Richfield Spartans on Monday, May 6 at 7 PM at Derrick Keller Field.
The Trojans, who got off to a 5-0 start, fell to 6-3 and heads up Highway 10 to Andover on the 6th to take on the Huskies at 4:30 PM.
Friday, May 3, 2019
Bloomington Jefferson Jaguars Pull Away From SLP Orioles
As the rain descended on Derrick Keller Field in St. Louis Park, Matt Thompson's two run single highlighted a five run seventh inning to lead the Bloomington Jefferson Jaguars to a 7-1 win over the St. Louis Park Orioles Friday night.
The Jaguars got on the scoreboard in the top of the second inning on a wild pitch by Luke Boyum that scored Carter Beck, who led off the inning with a single. The Orioles offense could only get one runner in scoring position in the first five innings against Jefferson's starting pitcher Hunter Day. Aaron Sledge led off the bottom of the fifth with a single and went to third on a couple of wild pitches but Day retired the next three batters He was having a good day through four innings giving up only a single to Sledge and Anthony Odens reached base on a dropped third strike and a throwing error by Beck. Going into the fifth, Day had no walks and five strikeouts.
Jefferson would add a run in the top of the sixth inning on Ben Bach's sacrifice fly enabling Beck to cross the plate. St. Louis Park would end Day's shutout in the bottom of the inning on Sam Hunt's RBI single that would score Aaron Ellingson to cut the Jaguar lead to 2-1.
It would be all Jefferson in the top of the seventh inning as head coach Jim Gess sent 11 men to the plate and five would score. Jack McGuire's RBi single scored Zeke Krug and Ryan Adams' bases loaded walk brought home Bennett McCollow. Beck and McGuire accounted for two more Jefferson runs on Thompson's two RBI single. Thompson would score the inning's fifth run on Quinton Collins' RBI single.
After a delay due to mound maintenance, the Orioles had their final turn at the plate but Day retired the side in order, including two of his game high eight strikeouts.
Beck went 3 for 3 and scored three of the Jaguars seven runs. Of the 18 hits by both Jefferson and St. Louis Park, none would go for extra bases.
The Jaguars improved their record to 6-4 and will enter The Battle of Bloomington against the Kennedy Eagles on Monday, May 6 at 4:30 at Red Haddox Field. The Orioles fell to 6-5 and host the Wayzata Trojans on Saturday, May 4 at noon. It will also be Little League Day.
The Jaguars got on the scoreboard in the top of the second inning on a wild pitch by Luke Boyum that scored Carter Beck, who led off the inning with a single. The Orioles offense could only get one runner in scoring position in the first five innings against Jefferson's starting pitcher Hunter Day. Aaron Sledge led off the bottom of the fifth with a single and went to third on a couple of wild pitches but Day retired the next three batters He was having a good day through four innings giving up only a single to Sledge and Anthony Odens reached base on a dropped third strike and a throwing error by Beck. Going into the fifth, Day had no walks and five strikeouts.
Jefferson would add a run in the top of the sixth inning on Ben Bach's sacrifice fly enabling Beck to cross the plate. St. Louis Park would end Day's shutout in the bottom of the inning on Sam Hunt's RBI single that would score Aaron Ellingson to cut the Jaguar lead to 2-1.
It would be all Jefferson in the top of the seventh inning as head coach Jim Gess sent 11 men to the plate and five would score. Jack McGuire's RBi single scored Zeke Krug and Ryan Adams' bases loaded walk brought home Bennett McCollow. Beck and McGuire accounted for two more Jefferson runs on Thompson's two RBI single. Thompson would score the inning's fifth run on Quinton Collins' RBI single.
After a delay due to mound maintenance, the Orioles had their final turn at the plate but Day retired the side in order, including two of his game high eight strikeouts.
Beck went 3 for 3 and scored three of the Jaguars seven runs. Of the 18 hits by both Jefferson and St. Louis Park, none would go for extra bases.
The Jaguars improved their record to 6-4 and will enter The Battle of Bloomington against the Kennedy Eagles on Monday, May 6 at 4:30 at Red Haddox Field. The Orioles fell to 6-5 and host the Wayzata Trojans on Saturday, May 4 at noon. It will also be Little League Day.
Thursday, May 2, 2019
SLP Orioles Clobber Cooper Hawks
It's been a big week for St. Louis Park junior Sarah McCallon. For the second time in two games, she scored five goals and added two assists to lead the host Orioles to a 14-2 rout of the Cooper Hawks Thursday night.
If you missed the first five minutes because you were stuck in rush hour traffic, you missed a lot of white balls entering the Hawks net as St. Louis Park scored seven goals. McCallon would account for four of them, including the first coming from an inside pass by Grace Lynch :44 into the game. Lynch would score the second goal as the Orioles tallied five times in a span of 1:59. Halle Weinmann would also score as well as Anna Nicholls, who also assisted on McCallon's fourth goal. But it wasn't just the starters who contributed to the offensive onslaught. Two freshman would also get credited for goals. The first was Emilia Johnson, followed by Ryan Rasmussen :24 later. Grace Schultz would score on a free shot to send the game into running time due to the ten goal lead. She would score her second goal as the used speed, finesse and footwork to get the ball into the slot. A junior varsity call up also contributed late in the first half as Luna Labell would put the Orioles up by a dozen with 1:54 left on the first half. Fortunately, for Cooper fans who made the trip from New Hope, Crystal and Robbinsdale, there would be no shut out as Anna Palony would find the net and St. Louis Park led at halftime 12-1.
With the game still in running time in the second half, there wasn't a lot of scoring. The Orioles moved the ball around and took time off the clock as Nicholls scored off a pass from McCallon. The Hawks would get their second goal when Stephine Sorenson scored on a free shot and that would wrap up the cooper scoring. St. Louis Park would add one more goal, the fifth of the game from McCallon with 8:31 to go.
The Orioles improved their record to 4-2 and head to Chaska on Monday, May 6 to face the Hawks at 7 PM. The Cooper Hawks fell to 1-5 and won't return to action until Tuesday, May 14 when the host Chaska at 7 PM.
If you missed the first five minutes because you were stuck in rush hour traffic, you missed a lot of white balls entering the Hawks net as St. Louis Park scored seven goals. McCallon would account for four of them, including the first coming from an inside pass by Grace Lynch :44 into the game. Lynch would score the second goal as the Orioles tallied five times in a span of 1:59. Halle Weinmann would also score as well as Anna Nicholls, who also assisted on McCallon's fourth goal. But it wasn't just the starters who contributed to the offensive onslaught. Two freshman would also get credited for goals. The first was Emilia Johnson, followed by Ryan Rasmussen :24 later. Grace Schultz would score on a free shot to send the game into running time due to the ten goal lead. She would score her second goal as the used speed, finesse and footwork to get the ball into the slot. A junior varsity call up also contributed late in the first half as Luna Labell would put the Orioles up by a dozen with 1:54 left on the first half. Fortunately, for Cooper fans who made the trip from New Hope, Crystal and Robbinsdale, there would be no shut out as Anna Palony would find the net and St. Louis Park led at halftime 12-1.
With the game still in running time in the second half, there wasn't a lot of scoring. The Orioles moved the ball around and took time off the clock as Nicholls scored off a pass from McCallon. The Hawks would get their second goal when Stephine Sorenson scored on a free shot and that would wrap up the cooper scoring. St. Louis Park would add one more goal, the fifth of the game from McCallon with 8:31 to go.
The Orioles improved their record to 4-2 and head to Chaska on Monday, May 6 to face the Hawks at 7 PM. The Cooper Hawks fell to 1-5 and won't return to action until Tuesday, May 14 when the host Chaska at 7 PM.
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Hokenson a Zero Hero for SLP Orioles
Like the Schoolhouse Rock song My Hero Zero, freshman Kristofer Hokenson was a hero to Orioles fans Wednesday night as he pitched a no hitter and struck out seven batters to lead St. Louis Park to a 10-0 win over the Cooper Hawks at Derrick Keller Field at Dakota Park.
The game was shortened to six innings due to the 10 run rule.
Both teams were scoreless through the first two innings until the Orioles broke through with four runs in the bottom of the third. The first four hitters reached base until Sam Hunt flied out to the Hawks first baseman Sam Thornton. Then the offensive fireworks erupted on Luke Boyum's two RBI single that scored Jackson McClain and Jack Wandmacher. Boyum and Aaron Ellingson accounted for two more runs on Aaron Sledge's double.
As Hokenson breezed through the Cooper lineup like traffic heading down Minnetonka Blvd., he would allow only two base runner the entire game. The first would be Dillon O'Halloran on an error by Wandmacher and the second would be on a two out walk to Sherrod Russell. Russell advanced to second on a wild pitch, and it would be the first and only Hawk runner in scoring position. But Hokenson struck out Cooper pitcher Brenden Faulkner to end a potential threat.
St. Louis Park would tally twice in the bottom of the fifth inning as Sledge drew a bases loaded walk to score Ellingson and Drew Boyum's sacrifice fly drove home Hunt to increase the margin to six.
Hokenson would retire the Cooper side in order in the top of the sixth inning and in the bottom, the Orioles would put the icing on Hokenson's no hit bid with four runs in the bottom of the inning. Wandmacher got his third hit of the evening with an RBI single that scored McClain and the Oriole lead off hitter would cross the plate on a RBI single from Hunt. Luke Boyum would have a grand day at the plate going 3 for 4 and picking up 4 RBIs, the late two coming on a single that drove home Ellingson and Hunt to begin the celebration.
St. Louis Park head coach Brian Kelly gave his description of Hokenson's no-hitter.
"We're super proud and we knew we had it in him."
The Orioles improved their record to 6-4 and continue their homestand on Friday, May 3 with a 6 PM game against the Bloomington Jefferson Jaguars at Derrick Keller Field. The Hawks fell to 0-7 and will also be in action on the 3rd, hosting the Bloomington Kennedy Eagles at 4:30 PM.
The game was shortened to six innings due to the 10 run rule.
Both teams were scoreless through the first two innings until the Orioles broke through with four runs in the bottom of the third. The first four hitters reached base until Sam Hunt flied out to the Hawks first baseman Sam Thornton. Then the offensive fireworks erupted on Luke Boyum's two RBI single that scored Jackson McClain and Jack Wandmacher. Boyum and Aaron Ellingson accounted for two more runs on Aaron Sledge's double.
As Hokenson breezed through the Cooper lineup like traffic heading down Minnetonka Blvd., he would allow only two base runner the entire game. The first would be Dillon O'Halloran on an error by Wandmacher and the second would be on a two out walk to Sherrod Russell. Russell advanced to second on a wild pitch, and it would be the first and only Hawk runner in scoring position. But Hokenson struck out Cooper pitcher Brenden Faulkner to end a potential threat.
St. Louis Park would tally twice in the bottom of the fifth inning as Sledge drew a bases loaded walk to score Ellingson and Drew Boyum's sacrifice fly drove home Hunt to increase the margin to six.
Hokenson would retire the Cooper side in order in the top of the sixth inning and in the bottom, the Orioles would put the icing on Hokenson's no hit bid with four runs in the bottom of the inning. Wandmacher got his third hit of the evening with an RBI single that scored McClain and the Oriole lead off hitter would cross the plate on a RBI single from Hunt. Luke Boyum would have a grand day at the plate going 3 for 4 and picking up 4 RBIs, the late two coming on a single that drove home Ellingson and Hunt to begin the celebration.
St. Louis Park head coach Brian Kelly gave his description of Hokenson's no-hitter.
"We're super proud and we knew we had it in him."
The Orioles improved their record to 6-4 and continue their homestand on Friday, May 3 with a 6 PM game against the Bloomington Jefferson Jaguars at Derrick Keller Field. The Hawks fell to 0-7 and will also be in action on the 3rd, hosting the Bloomington Kennedy Eagles at 4:30 PM.
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