KM extends winning streak to 3 games

Kasson-Mantorville’s KoMets extended their win streak to three games Monday night when they faced the Goodhue Wildcats.

They went 2-1 in the weekend Dick Traen Memorial Wood Bat Classic in Delano. In three games they defeated the Concordia Academy Beacons and Rockford Rockets while losing to the Mound Westonka White Hawks.

In earlier games last week they lost to the Pine Island Panthers and the Byron Bears.

Kasson-Mantorville vs. Goodhue Wildcats

Kellen Wilke pitched a fantastic game leading the KoMets to a 3-0 victory. The KoMets got the offense going right out of the gates in the first inning when Corbin Horning doubled to right field and later scored on a sacrifice fly from Landon Wenzel.

KoMets added on again in the second when Dalton Maxwell singled and scored on a double by Brooks Buchanan. The KoMets couldn't push anything across in the third but responded with another run in the fourth when Wilke reached on a single and later scored on ground out by Chase Splittstoesser. The 3-0 lead was enough for Wilke as he tossed seven shutout innings to bring home the win. 

Stats:

Final:             R      H      E

Wildcats         0      3       2

KoMets          3      6       1

Mitch Nelson 0-3

Corbin Horning 1-3, 2B, R

Landon Wenzel 0-2, RBI

Sean Inman 1-2

Tanner Hall 0-1

Dalton Maxwell 2-3, R

Kellen Wilke 1-3, R

Kyler Kujath 0-2, sac bunt

Chase Splittstoesser 0-1, RBI, BB

Brooks Buchanan 1-2, 2B, RBI

Kellen Wilke W, 7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 8 K, 2 BB

Kasson-Mantorville vs. Mound Westonka

In Game 1 of the Dick Traen Memorial Wood Bat Classic, the KoMets took on the Mound Westonka White Hawks. We had quite the pitcher's duel but the KoMets fell by a final score of 4-1. Bats were extremely quiet through the first three innings as both teams were adjusting to the wood bats. The White Hawks struck first in the top of the fourth inning with a two-out RBI double. The White Hawks added on two more in the top of the fifth on a bunt single and an error. Another insurance run was brought in during the top of the sixth inning to take a 4-0 lead.

KoMets slowly started to grab some momentum as Brooks Buchanan was hit by a pitch and stole second on the next pitch. He later advanced to third on a wild pitch and was brought home on a RBI groundout by Corbin Horning. Sean Inman later singled but was left stranded. KoMets fell 4-1 and faced the loser of Rockford and Orono.

Stats:

Final:                      R     H     E

White Hawks          4      7     0

KoMets                   1      1     1

Mitch Nelson 0-3

Corbin Horning 0-3

Sean Inman 1-3

Landon Wenzel 0-3

Dalton Maxwell 0-3

Kellen Wilke 0-3

Gavin Giesler 0-2, BB

Kyler Kujath 0-1, BB, SB

Brooks Buchanan 0-1, HBP, R, SB

Noah Swarts L, 5 2/3 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 3 K, 4 BB

Landon Wenzel 1 1/3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 3 K, 1 BB

Kasson-Mantorville vs. Rockford

In Game 2 of the classic the KoMets took on the Rockford Rockets. Great defense and pitching was played by both teams as the KoMets came away with a 3-1 victory. Both teams were held scoreless through the first three innings of play. In the top of the fourth inning, the Rockets were able to push across one run on a sacrifice fly to center field. The Rockets were held scoreless from that point on.

Time was running out when the KoMets came to bat in the bottom of the sixth inning. Brooks Buchanan led off the inning with a walk and scored a few pitches later on a double down the left field line by Mitch Nelson. After Corbin Horning walked, Noah Swarts came in and laid down a perfect sacrifice bunt to advance runners to second and third.

Landon Wenzel then singled to drive in Nelson and Dalton Maxwell hit a sacrifice fly to center to bring in Horning to give the KoMets a 3-1 lead late in the game. With two outs in the bottom of the seventh Dalton Maxwell reached his pitch count limit and was replaced by Landon Wenzel who closed the door to record the save. The KoMets advanced to face Concordia Academy the next day. 

Stats:

Final:            R     H     E

Rockets         1      7     0

KoMets          3      4     1

Mitch Nelson 2-3, 2B, RBI, R

Corbin Horning 0-2, R, BB

Sean Inman 0-2

Noah Swarts 0-0, sac bunt

Landon Wenzel 1-3, RBI

Dalton Maxwell 0-2, RBI

Kellen Wilke 1-3

Gavin Giesler 0-2

Kyler Kujath 0-2

Brooks Buchanan 0-1, R, BB

Dalton Maxwell W, 6 2/3 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 6 K, 3 BB

Landon Wenzel S, 1/3 IP, 0 H, 0 R

Kasson-Mantorville vs. Concordia Academy Beacons

In the final game of the Dick Traen Memorial Wood Bat Classic, the KoMet bats came alive to give them a 5-3 win over the Concordia Academy Beacons. The KoMets got things going right away in the top of the first inning with a Corbin Horning triple to right center field and later scoring on a wild pitch. In the top of the second inning, the KoMets pushed across another run after singles by Kellen Wilke, Kyler Kujath, and Brooks Buchanan.

Both teams were held scoreless in the third inning before the KoMets tacked on another run in the top of the fourth. The inning led off with a Wilke hit by pitch and a Giesler walk. Brooks Buchanan singled to load the bases for Mitch Nelson who brought in Wilke on an RBI single.

Corbin Horning then lined into a double play on a fantastic play by the Beacons shortstop. KoMets led 3-0 until the top of the sixth inning when Mitch Nelson walked and scored on another triple by Horning.

KoMets took a 5-0 lead headed to the bottom of the sixth. Concordia was able to get a couple hits and were able to push across three unearned runs after a KoMet error. Mitch Nelson came in with two outs in the bottom of the sixth and was able to get the next four outs to secure the win for the KoMets. 

Stats:

Final:           R     H     E

KoMets        5     9      3

Beacons       3     8      0

Mitch Nelson 1-3, RBI, R, BB

Corbin Horning, 2-4, 2 3B, RBI, 2 R

Sean Inman 1-3

Chase Splittstoesser 0-1

Landon Wenzel 0-3, BB

Dalton Maxwell 1-3

Reese Tripp 0-1

Kellen Wilke 1-3, 2 R, HBP, SB

Gavin Giesler 0-2, BB

Kyler Kujath 1-3, RBI

Brooks Buchanan 2-3, SB

Kyler Kujath W, 5 2/3 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 9 K, 3 BB

Mitch Nelson S, 1 1/3 IP, 3 H 0 R, 1 K

Kasson-Mantorville vs. Byron

Bats could not get going for the KoMets as Kasson-Mantorville fell to Byron on Thursday, May 13, by a final score of 11-0. The Bears got going right away in the top of the first inning, scoring three runs on two singles and an error. The KoMets responded by loading the bases but could not push across any runs. Byron came back in the second inning notching two more runs on an error and a single. K-M went one, two, three in the bottom of the second and the Bears tacked on one more to take a 6-0 lead heading to the bottom of the third.

Things were quiet through the middle innings until Byron exploded for five runs in the top of the sixth on three KoMet errors and three base hits. The KoMets were able to get two more runners on in the bottom of the sixth but were left stranded to complete the game.

Stats:

Final              R     H     E

Bears             11     8     0

KoMets            0     4     8

Kyler Kujath 0-2, BB
Mitch Nelson 0-1, 2 BB

Landon Wenzel 0-3

Cobrin Horning 1-3

Sean Inman 0-0, 2 BB

Noah Swarts 0-1

Dalton Maxwell 0-2

Reese Tripp 1-1

Kellen Wilke 0-2

Nick Larson 1-1

Gavin Giesler 0-2

Chase Splittstoesser 0-1

Brooks Buchanan 1-2

Kellen Wilke L, 3 IP, 4 H, 6 R, 2 ER, 5 BB

Sean Inman 3 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 0 ER, 5 K, 1 BB

Kasson-Mantorville vs. Pine Island

The Kasson-Mantorville KoMets fell behind early and couldn't come back in an 8-2 loss to the Pine Island Panthers on Monday, May 10. The Panthers started off the scoring with six runs in the top of the second inning. Errors haunted Kasson-Mantorville in the top of the second as 4 for those 6 runs were considered unearned.

The KoMets responded in the bottom of the third inning with two runs of their own after Kyler Kujath scored on a Corbin Horning double and Mitch Nelson scored on a Dalton Maxwell single. The Panther were able to scratch across two more unearned runs in the top of the sixth to secure the victory, 8-2.

Stats:

Final:           R     H     E

Panthers       8     8      1

KoMets         2     6      3

Kyler Kujath 0-4, R

Mitch Nelson 2-4, 2B, R

Landon Wenzel 1-3, BB

Corbin Horning 1-3, 2B, RBI

Gavin Giesler 0-3

Dalton Maxwell 1-2, RBI, BB

Kellen WIlke 0-3

Sean Inman 1-3

Noah Swarts 0-2

Reese Tripp 0-1

Noah Swarts L, 5 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 2 ER, 5 K, 5 BB

Landon Wenzel 1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 0 ER

Mitch Nelson 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 K