The Bombers Maroon took two games from Watertown on Sunday at Mickelson Field – rolling to an 8-1 win in the opener before scoring a run in the seventh in the nightcap to prevail, 12-11.
Maroon, now 5-1 on the season, face the Sioux Falls Cyclones on Tuesday in a 5 p.m. doubleheader at Harmodon.
• Brookings 8, Watertown 1
Cole McKeown led the Maroon attack with a pair of hits, including a double, as he scored a pair of runs. Trey Svennes also doubled and scored twice.
Jake Ammann helped his cause with a single, RBI and run scored as he went the distance on the mound, giving up one run on four hits and two walks with four strikeouts.
Lincoln Hardin also had a base hit and RBI while scoring a run as Sam Hardin, Caden Krogman and Talon Richter picked up an RBI apiece.
BROOKINGS 8, WATERTOWN 1
Watertown 000 100 – 1 4 2
Brookings 013 04x – 8 5 0
Watertown battery unavailable; Jake Ammann and Sam Hardin. W – Ammann. 2B: B, Cole McKeown, Trey Svennes.
• Brookings 12, Watertown 11
Maroon led early before the visitors plated five runs in the top of the seventh to tie the game at 11-11.
Brock Longville took one for the team in the bottom of the seventh to get on base; stole second and third; and then, scored on Logan Bortnem’s RBI-single to left field to give the home team the win.
Ashton Witte earned the win in relief as he walked two and struck out one as he got the final two outs of the seventh inning.
Bortnem tossed the first three innings and gave up two hits and a walk with four strikeouts before Richter took over for a three-inning stint and allowed six runs – five earned – on five hits and four walks with two Ks.
Peyton Theodosopoulos allowed five runs on four hits and two walks in 1/3 of an inning before Witte closed the game.
Witte finished with three hits, three RBIs and scored three times as Richter doubled, drove in a run and scored once.
Krogman had a single; RBI and run scored while Theodopoulos added a single and Kaden Jewett notched a hit and RBI.
BROOKINGS 12, WATERTOWN 11
Watertown 000 312 5 – 11 11 4
Brookings 022 223 1 – 12 8 5
Watertown battery unavailable; Logan Bortnem, Talon Richter (4), Payton Theodosopoulos (7), Ashton Witte (7) and Caden Krogman. W – Witte. 2B: B, Talon Richter.
