Peyton Gillund takes a cut at a pitch against Ortonville on Saturday at K.P. Kompelien Field.

Ortonville stops Mudhens' streak

After 2-week layoff, Minneota suffers first loss after 11 straight wins

All good things must come to an end as the Minneota Mudhens found out on Saturday when their 11-game winning streak was halted with a 7-2 loss to Ortonville at K.P. Kompelien Field.
"Not our best game defensively," said Mudhens player/manager Tyson Sonnenburg. "We had a couple of costly errors and they capitalized on our mistakes."
The Mudhens again honored former Minneota mayor Paul Larson prior to the game with their annual Paul Larson Memorial Game. Larson and his family are big baseball advocates and donate money to the Minneota amateur team each year.
Paul's wife, Wendy, and daughter, Breanne (Larson) Arndt, threw out the ceremonial first pitch.
The Mudhens, who normally play twice a week, had not played since June 26 because one opposing team cancelled a game, while another game was rained out.
"A long gap like that hurts when you are playing good baseball," Sonnenburg said. "We know we are better than how we played and are all ready and excited to get back out there."
The Mudhens (11-2) took a 1-0 in the second inning when Danny Hennen singled and came around to score on a double by AJ Myhre.
That lead held up until the fourth inning when the Rox scored twice to take the lead for good.
Hennen started for the Mudhens and hurled six strong innings, allowing three earned runs. He walked none and struck out four. Ryan Dalager pitched two innings and AJ Myhre pitched a scoreless ninth.
"Danny pitched a good game despite not having thrown in two weeks," said Sonnenburg.
The Mudhens' other run came in the bottom of the eighth when Austin DeVlaeminck walked, advanced to third on a single by Ben Skorczewski, and scored on a sacrifice fly by Austin Buysse.

Ortonville 7, Minneota 2
Ortonville............................................................000 021 130 - 7 12 0
Minneota.............................................................010 000 010 - 2 7 3

Minneota hitting: Austin DeVlaeminck 1-for-3, bb, run; Ben Skorczewski 1-for-4; Austin Buysse 0-for-2, bb, sf, rbi; Tyson Sonnenburg 0-for-3, hbp; Danny Hennen 1-for-4, run; AJ Myhre 1-for-3, 2b, bb, rbi; Peyton Gillund 1-for-3; Jack Lacek 1-for-1; Tate Walerius 0-for-3; Cooper VanOverbeke 0-for-1; Brock Buysse 1-for-4

Minneota pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so): Danny Hennen (L) 6-8-4-3-0-4, Ryan Dalager 2-5-3-2-1-4, AJ Myhre 1-0-0-0-1-0

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