Brainerd Legion baseball team defeats Sartell

SARTELL -- The Brainerd Legion baseball team scored four runs in the seventh inning Thursday to overcome a deficit and beat Sartell 10-8.

Matt Means led off the seventh with a walk and Kyle Berg and Kevin Ericson followed with base hits to tie the game at 7-7. Dan Kirkpatrick then walked to load the bases and Mike Zauhar laid down a suicide squeeze bunt to knock in Berg with the winning run. Tim Siekas and Nick Weiland each added walks to give Brainerd a three-run cushion entering the bottom of the seventh.

Zauhar finished 2-for-5, while Ty Adams hit a three-run home run in the first inning and Bob Brown connected on a two-run shot in the third to tie the game at 5-5.

Adam Hardy started for Brainerd, pitched the first 5 1/3 innings and allowed six earned runs. Ericson entered the game in the sixth and earned the win.

Brainerd 302 001 4 -- 10 10 3

Sartell 500 020 1 -- 8 8 2

Brainerd -- Adam Hardy, Kevin Ericson (6) and Kyle Berg. Sartell -- Tim Bottinni and Steve Letnes. WP -- Ericson. LP -- Bottinni. HR -- Ty Adams (B), Bob Brown (B). Overall -- B 12-4. Next -- Brainerd vs. West Fargo, 7 p.m. today at the Fargo Tournament.