The Brookings Bullets hosted the 16U Buffalo Wild Wings Classic over the weekend, playing four games against Madison, Beresford-Alcester-Hudson, Marshall Orange and Flandreau.
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BROOKINGS — The Brookings Bullets hosted the 16U Buffalo Wild Wings Classic over the weekend, playing four games against Madison, Beresford-Alcester-Hudson, Marshall Orange and Flandreau.
The Bullets are 3-25-1 on the season and will travel to Marshall Orange for a doubleheader on Tuesday.
The opener was a tough one for the Bullets as Henry Veenhof and Boyd Pooler combined for a no-hitter in Madison’s 10-0 win at Bob Shelden Field on Friday morning.
Madison scored four times in the first on three singles and a double to take an early lead and added to the lead on a run with a sacrifice fly in the top of the third inning. Madison added four more runs with a run on a single, a walk and two errors to put the game away in the sixth inning.
Sutton Schneider threw a complete game for the Bullets, allowing 10 runs (four earned) on 14 hits and two walks with two strikeouts.
Parker Witte and Schneider each drew a walk.
The Bullets took an early lead but couldn’t hang on in an 11-3 loss to BAH on Friday evening.
Cam Reicks and Schneider each drew walks to lead off the game before Rylan Hesser delivered a two-run single to put the Bullets on the board. Hesser later scored on a passed ball later in the first inning but it would be the last threat Brookings would put together.
BAH scored two runs on a ground out and a double in the bottom of the first inning and took the lead with three runs on a single and a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the second. BAH extended its lead on an RBI groundout in the bottom of the third inning before adding a run on an error, two runs on a single and another run on a fielder’s choice in the bottom of the fifth inning.
Charlie Richter started for the Bullets, allowing six runs (four earned) on three hits and five walks with two strikeouts over three innings. Wes Van Ede finished the game, allowing five runs (two earned) on two hits and two walks over 1.2 innings.
The Bullets drew five walks. Van Ede drew two walks while Witte, Schnieder and Reicks each drew one walk.
Marshall scored a run in five of six innings as it defeated the Bullets 8-0 on Saturday afternoon.
Marshall scored a run on a sacrifice fly in the first inning and a run on a wild pitch and an error in the bottom of the second inning. Marshall added a run on a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the third inning and added two runs on a passed ball and steal of home in the bottom of the fifth inning.
Marshall scored its final run on a pair of RBI singles in the bottom of the sixth inning.
Connor Jones started the game for Brookings, allowing eight runs (four earned) on four hits and seven walks with six strikeouts over 5.2 innings. Tate Sonnenburg allowed a hit in relief.
Reicks had the lone hit for Brookings, going 1-for-3 at the plate. Schneider drew three walks while Hesser and Van Ede each drew a walk.
The Bullets had their best offensive game of the tournament, but Flandreau rallied for a come-from-behind win on Sunday morning.
Brookings jumped ahead with a pair of runs in the second inning. Richter hit a one-out single, stole second base and advanced to third base to start the rally. Brennan Cordes walked and advanced to second on defensive indifference before Reicks put the ball in play to cause an error that allowed Cordes and Richter to score and give the Bullets a 2-0 lead.
Flandreau cut into the lead when Emmitt Skroch scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the second inning but Brookings got the run back when Schneider led off the bottom of the second with a double, advanced to third on a balk and scored on Sonnenburg’s groundout.
Jones continued the Bullets’ aggressive baserunning after reaching on an error and advancing to second base on a passed ball before stealing third base. Hesser walked and advanced as Jones stole home and scored on Van Ede’s RBI single to give Brookings a 5-1 lead.
The Bullets went ahead 7-1 with a run on an error and a run on a sacrifice fly by Sonnenburg in the top of the fourth inning but Flandreau began its comeback in the fourth. Flandreau loaded the bases to lead off the fourth before scoring runs by Lincoln Lebrun and Xavier Bien to cut the lead to 7-4.
Flandreau continued the comeback with six runs in the bottom of the sixth inning with a run coming on an error, a bases-loaded walk by Kody Kneebone, a three-run triple by Lebrun and a single by Bien, but the Bullets mounted their own comeback in the top of the sixth.
Witte walked before stealing second base and advancing to third base on a wild pitch. Witte scored on Nielsen’s groundout but the Bullets quickly put runners on base as Schneider reached on an error.
Sonnenburg flew out for the second out of the inning before Jones and Hesser drew walks to load the bases and another run scored on an error to tie the game at 10-10. But Tucker Hemmer hit a one-out triple in the bottom of the sixth and Alex Poitra delivered a walk-off single to give Flandreau the win.
Nielsen started for Brookings and allowed four earned runs on three hits and eight walks with a strikeout. Witte pitched one inning, allowing six runs (five earned) on four hits and three walks with a strikeout. Reicks finished the game, allowing one earned run on two hits and a walk over the final 1.1 innings.
The Bullets had four hits. Schneider went 1-for-3 with a double, a walk and two runs scored. Richter went 1-for-2 with a run and an RBI. Nielsen went 1-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI and Van Ede went 1-for-4 with an RBI.
