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Baseball: Elk River sets tone early in win over Alexandria
8+ hour, 3+ min ago (288+ words) ELK RIVER " The hosts set the tone early against the Alexandria baseball team on Friday, April 24. Elk River scored twice in the bottom of the first inning and added runs in each of the next two frames to take control,…...
Area softball roundup for April 24: Two-out hitting powers West Central Area past Brandon-Evansville
8+ hour, 15+ min ago (639+ words) BARRETT " A big two-out rally by the West Central Area softball team was the difference on Friday, April 24. The Knights scored four runs in the sixth inning to jump in front and ultimately hold off Brandon-Evansville 6-5 to score their fourth…...
Softball: Key rally helps Alexandria race past Detroit Lakes
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (396+ words) ALEXANDRIA " One big inning was more than enough for the Alexandria softball team on Thursday, April 23. The Cardinals broke open a tie game with seven runs in the bottom of the fifth inning and pulled away for a 9-2 win over…...
Virtual Walk-Through of the Hitting Yard
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (16+ words) Alexandria Echo Press Virtual Walk-Through of the Hitting Yard...
When you had to be a twin to be a Minnesota Twins bat boy
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (1174+ words) MINNEAPOLIS " April 1961 was a month full of change and new beginnings. In world news, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space. Closer to home, Fargo officially changed the name of 13th Street to University Drive, and about 230 miles…...
Twins" Luke Keaschall just 'a tick off"
6+ day, 22+ hour ago (585+ words) MINNEAPOLIS " Luke Keaschall watched the graphic on the Target Field scoreboard show the ball nick the very edge of the strike zone and grimaced as he fell into a squat. That strikeout, which left the bases loaded in the third…...
Twins" Brooks Lee turns things around at plate " with a little help from dad
1+ week, 9+ hour ago (471+ words) ST. PAUL " It was no secret Brooks Lee was, as he put it, "grinding." The night before, he had had a 30-minute phone call with his father " a collegiate baseball coach " in which he said he tried to get things…...
Joe Ryan pitches well but Twins fall to Reds
1+ week, 10+ hour ago (308+ words) Reds 2, Twins 1 Joe Ryan turned in his second consecutive quality start, going six innings and allowing two runs " one earned " on three hits. Both of those runs came in the fourth inning. Ryan allowed a one-out double to Elly De…...
Willmar walks off Alexandria baseball in extra innings
1+ week, 2+ day ago (449+ words) EDITOR'S NOTE: The following information is from Alexandria baseball head coach Jacob Munsch and Alexandria softball head coaches Courtney Richardson and Jackie Stifter. The Alexandria baseball team traveled to Willmar on Tuesday, April 14, and dropped a game against the hosting…...
Baseball: Alexandria bounces back from Waconia loss to top Spring Lake Park
1+ week, 4+ day ago (311+ words) EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is from Alexandria baseball head coach Jacob Munsch. The Alexandria baseball team faced off with Waconia on Friday, April 10, taking the loss 7-1. Uncharacteristic mistakes defensively, and lack of offense led to the Wildcats victory. Nolan Johnson…...