Canby Jr. Legion hurler stymies Vultures

The Minneota Vultures were handed five walks by Canby pitcher Evan Stoks and he and his teammates committed seven errors.

That's 12 baserunners.

But Stoks gave up just two hits and stunned the Minneota Jr. Legion Vultures in the first game of the playoffs, 5-3.

Minneota defeated Canby twice during the regular season.

"We're down, but not out," said Coach J.D. Pesch. Minneota will come back Monday for the second tournament game.

"Stoks is a good pitcher and if they lose, we'll likely see him again," said Pesch.

Starting pitcher Landon Rolbiecki gave up three runs in the first inning as the first rour batters reached safely. A leadoff triple by Tyler Sayre set the tone. Jordan Reis walked and later scored in the second and Parker Viessman doubled and scored in the fourth,.

Minneota picked away with a run in the first on three Canby errors.

They got two more in the third on three more Canby errors.

Sam Buysse singled, stole second and scored on a sacrifice fly by Jacob Hennen in the third. Austin Sorensen scored the second run.

They got just one more hit the rest of the way, a single by Rolbiecki.

Teddy Pesch relieved but Rolbiecki took the loss.