Pillager pummels NY Mills in baseball

PILLAGER -- Travis Buckingham went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI to lead the Pillager Huskies past New York Mills Eagles 11-4 in Park Region baseball Thursday.

New York Mills 201 100 0 -- 4 7 2

Pillager 111 116 x -- 11 9 1

WP -- Jeff Eastman. LP -- Jeremy Mursy. HR -- P Travis Buckingham. Conference -- P 4-4. Overall -- P 4-4. Next game -- Pillager at St. John's Prep 4:30 p.m. today.

Aitkin 12, Isle 2

AITKIN -- Josh Flier powered the Aitkin Gobblers to a 12-2 win over the Isle Indians Thursday with a solo home run and scattered two runs to pick up the win on the mound.

Darik Lamke, Levi Baer and Jared Perry each had two hits for Aitkin.

Isle 100 010 -- 2 6 5

Aitkin 150 501 -- 12 10 1

WP -- Josh Flier. LP -- Adam Remer. HR -- Josh Flier. Conference -- A 5-5. Overall -- A 7-7. Next game -- Aitkin at Moose Lake-Willow River 4:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Pequot Lakes 6, Ottertail Central 4

HENNING -- The Pequot Lakes Patriots downed the Ottertail Central Bulldogs 6-4 behind Todd Szymanski's 11 strikeouts.

The Patriots' offense was provided by Tony Landecker, who went 3-for-4 with a home run and two RBI.

Pequot Lakes 212 001 0 -- 6 7 0

Ottertail Central 000 110 2 -- 4 7 3

WP -- Todd Szymanski. LP -- Olson. HR -- PL Landecker. Conference -- PL 3-5. Overall -- PL 7-8. Next game -- PL at Pillager 3:30 p.m. Monday.

Bertha-Hewitt 11, Verndale 1

BERTHA -- The Bertha-Hewitt Bears pounded out 10 hits while limiting the Verndale Pirates to a Chad Christensen triple in an 11-1 victory Thursday.

Verndale 100 00 -- 1 1 2

Bertha-Hewitt 331 4x -- 11 10 0

WP -- Kyle Zirbes. LP -- Chad Christenson. HR -- B-H Andy Rach. Conference -- V 2-7. Overall -- V 4-11. Next game -- Verndale host Nevis 4:30 p.m. Monday.

B-B-E 4, Pierz 2

PIERZ -- Ben Watercott went 2-for-3 with two RBI for the Pierz Pioneers but it wasn't enough as the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Jaguars won a Central Minnesota Conference baseball game 4-2 Thursday.

B-B-E 001 000 3 -- 4 7 3

Pierz 000 200 0 -- 2 4 3

WP -- Adam Breitbach. LP -- Dan Saehr. HR -- BBE Halls. Conference -- P 7-6. Overall -- P 8-9. Next game -- Pierz hosts Holdingford 7 p.m. today.