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.
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