Victory League baseball scores

ROYALTON - Brett Kramer struck out 16 as the Fort Ripley Rebels clinched the North Division regular-season crown with a 6-1 win over Royalton Sunday.

Kramer threw a complete-game 3-hitter with one walk.

Jim Kramer went 2-for-3 with a walk to lead the Rebels' offense.

By winning the regular-season division title, the Rebels earned an automatic berth in the Region 8C tournament, which begins Aug. 1 at Pierz.

Fort Ripley 6 10 1

Royalton 1 3 2

WP: Brett Kramer. LP: Emil Trutwin.

Buckman 15, Foley 1

BUCKMAN - Joe Kahl blasted a pair of three-run home runs and an RBI single as Buckman dismantled Foley 15-1 Sunday.

Warren Gall also contributed three hits, including a triple, while scoring three runs for the Billygoats, who scored eight runs in the bottom of the first.

Gary Boros was 2-for-2 with a double and two RBIs.

Foley 1 5 0

Buckman 15 12 1

WP: Jeremy Monson. LP: Alex Turgland. 2B: B-Corey Egan, Gary Boros, Travis Kahl. 3B: B-Warren Gall. HR: B-Joe Kahl 2.

Avon 13, Pierz Bulldogs 2

AVON - Jeff Riley drove in both runs for the Pierz Bulldogs with a two-run double in a 13-2 loss to Avon Sunday.

Pete Herman added two hits for the Bulldogs.

Bulldogs 2 4 1

Avon 13 13 0

WP: Nic Lochner.. LP: Paul Herman. 2B: P-Jeff Riley.

Cuyuna Range 10, St. Mathias 0

CROSBY - Jason Hite was 2-for-3 with two RBIs and two runs as Cuyuna Range defeated St. Mathias 10-0 in seven innings Sunday.

Lance Herbst also tallied two hits while stealing two bases and scoring two runs for the Rangers.

Steve Exsted struck out 11 in a complete game to get the win.

Jake Johnson, Zach Heidmann and Matt Aberle collected the Devils' three hits.

St. Mathias 0 3 2

Cuyuna Range 10 8 1

WP: Steve Exsted. LP: Bill Aamodt.

Lastrup 6, Opole 0

OPOLE - Rick Sczublewski tossed five shutout innings to pick up the win as Lastrup blanked Opole 6-0 Sunday.

Reggie Litke went 3-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored while Dave Woitalla and Dan Saehr each added two hits and an RBI for the 11-0 Lakers.

Lastrup 6 13 0

Opole 0 10 2

WP: Rick Sczublewski. LP: Max Posch. 2B: L-Scott Janson, Dustin Schmaltz.

Braves 11, Harding 1

Brandon Wolf finished 3-for-3 with two doubles and three runs to lead Brainerd to a 11-1 seven-inning win against Harding Sunday.

Beau Mertens went 2-2 with a double while John Riewer and Derek Owen each ended up 2-3.

Tony Whitlock was the winning pitcher, fanning eight Dinosaurs through seven innings.

Curt Caughey was 2-4 and scored Harding's lone run.

Harding 1 8 2

Brainerd 11 13 1

WP: Tony Whitlock. LP: Gary Woitalla. 2B: B-Brandon Wolf 2, Beau Mertens.

St. Stephen 17, Brewers 5

PIERZ - Seven different players had multi-hit games as St. Stephen routed the Pierz Brewers 17-5 in seven innings Sunday.

Adam Tschumperlin and TJ Raab hit home runs for the Steves. Tschumperlin was 2-2 and Raab 3-3.

Anthony Turk belted a solo home run and Greg Pohlkamp doubled for the Brewers.

St. Stephen 17 19 3

Brewers 5 6 3

WP: Jake Fiedler. LP: Mike Pohlkamp.

Lastrup 6, Avon 1

AVON - Chad Weiss pitched a complete game,, striking out nine while scattering eight hits, as Lastrup improved its record to 10-0 with a 6-1 victory over Avon Saturday.

Weiss went 3-for-5 with a double and two runs to help his cause while Dave Woitalla hit a solo home run in the seventh and finished with two RBIs.

Lastrup 6 13 1

Avon 1 8 2

WP: Chad Weiss. LP: Troy Wunderlich. 2B: Weiss, Scott Janson. HR: Dave Woitalla.

Braves 17, Fort Ripley 7

BRAINERD - Chris Klabo finished 2-for-4 with two doubles and three RBIs as the Brainerd Braves snapped Fort Ripley's six-game win streak with a 17-7 victory Saturday in eight innings.

John Riewer was the winning pitcher with seven strikeouts in 6.2 innings and also had a double and two RBIs.

Derek Owen also collected two doubles and a pair of RBIs for the Braves.

Brett Kramer hit a two-run home run and tallied three RBIs while Austin Schmolke collected three hits and drove in three runs for the Rebels.

Fort Ripley 7 9 3

Brainerd 17 18 3

WP: John Riewer. LP: Ethan Branum. 2B: Brd-Derek Owen 2, Chris Klabo 2, Riewer. HR: FR-Brett Kramer.

Harding 6, St. Mathias 2

ST. MATHIAS - Dave Rocheleau hit a solo home run to break up Trevor Thompson's no-hitter in the top of the seventh to spark Harding's 6-2 10-inning win over St. Mathias Saturday.

Thompson tossed eight innings, giving up two hits for the Devils, while Zach Heidmann scored a run and drilled a double.

Curt Caughey and Mitch Becker each collected two-run doubles in a five-run 10th for the Dinosaurs.

Harding 6 5 0

St. Mathias 2 8 0

WP: Dan Rocheleau. LP: Jake Johnson. 2B: H-Curt Caughey, Mitch Becker; SM-Zach Heidmann. HR: H-Dave Rocheleau.