Aitkin wins its first game of season

AITKIN -- The Aitkin Barnstormers prevented a winless season by beating the Cuyuna Range Miners 10-2 in Victory League amateur baseball Saturday.

Matt Finlayson was 2-for-3, Jacob Mehr was 4-5 and Dusty Finlayson and Travis Leiviska each were 2-5 for Aitkin.

Jim Leiviska pitched a complete game victory striking out seven while walking just one.

Cuyuna's James Freeze struck out six and walked two in the loss. Lance Herbst and Jason Grittner were each 3-4.

Cuyuna -- 2 11 4

Aitkin -- 10 16 1

WP -- Jim Leiviska. LP -- James Freeze. Overall -- A 1-12, CR 2-11.

Sobieski 10, St. Mathias 4

SOBIESKI -- Jake Francis was 3-for-5, Joey Tautges was 2-5 with a home run and Chris Klabo was 2-4, but the S. Mathias Devils fell to Sobieski 10-4 Saturday.

Chad Weiss picked up the loss as the Devils finished third in the West Division.

Sobieski knocked out four home runs with Joe Thoma collecting two.

St. Mathias -- 4 11 3

Sobieski -- 10 11 0

WP -- Simon Woltman. LP -- Chad Weiss. HR -- Sob-Joe Thoma 2, Nate Olson, Jon Czech; StM-Joey Tautges. Overall -- StM 9-6.

Pierz Bulldogs 15, Flensburg 11

PIERZ -- It was a good day to be a Herman as Paul and Pete Herman both went 4-for-5 and Chad Herman was 4-4 with five RBI to lead the Pierz Bulldogs to a 15-11 decision over Flensburg Saturday.

The victory puts Pierz at 7-7 for the regular season.

Paul Herman also picked up the win as he pitched 2 1/3 innings of relief.

Flensburg -- 11 15 2

Pierz -- 15 21 4

WP -- Paul Herman. LP -- Jamie Fischer. HR -- Flen-Paul Klebs. Overall -- P 7-7.

Avon 10, Fort Ripley 3

AVON -- Jason Sather of the Fort Ripley Rebels was 4-for-5 and Ray Austin was 2-4 with a two run home run in a 10-3 loss to Avon Saturday.

Brandon Owen picked up the loss pitching 5 2/3 innings.

Fort Ripley -- 3 11 4

Avon -- 10 13 0

WP -- Troy Wandulick. LP -- Brandon Owen. HR -- FR-Ray Austin. Overall -- FR 5-7.

Friday's game

Harding 3, Brainerd 0

HARDING -- The Harding Dinosaurs Class C amateur baseball teams' 3-0 victory over the Brainerd Braves Friday sealed its North Division Victory League regular season championship.

Dan Rocheleau was 2-for-3 with three RBI and Gary Woltolla scored two runs for Harding. No other information was provided.

Both teams finished with 11-2 records, but Harding defeated Brainerd twice.

Brainerd -- 0

Harding -- 3

Overall -- Brd 11-2, H 11-2.

Postponement

The Pierz Brewers Saturday game with Royalton was postponed until 1:30 p.m. Monday in Pierz.