Mankato West eliminates VFW Silver from playoffs on Saturday | News, Sports, Jobs

NEW ULM — New Ulm VFW Silver head coach Mark Grossmann mentioned that he felt his group performed an general first rate sport of their elimination sport towards Mankato West Saturday at Johnson Park.

Sadly, two pricey errors by Silver value them doubtlessly three runs as they fell to West 8-5.

The loss ends Silver’s season at 13-17.

Logan Mielke took the loss for Silver.

Mielke, Parker Kamm and Kaden Wilson every had two hits, with each of Mieke’s hits being doubles.

He additionally had three RBIs.

Silver out-hit Mankato 12-10.

“We made these errors, however exterior of that we hit the ball properly with 11 hits,” Grossmann mentioned. “However we had three line-drive outs that value us three runs. They took benefit of our errors. I felt that the youngsters actually labored exhausting — they fought to the top. This was a sport the place you lose, however you’re pleased with what occurred.”

New Ulm fell behind 5-0 after two innings however clawed again.

A Matt Seidl RBI single within the third minimize the result in 5-1.

However an inning-ending double play on a tough hit ball ended the risk.

Silver grew nearer with two runs within the high of the sixth after they added two extra runs on a Wilson single and a Mielke double. A Kamm single made it 5-3 earlier than one other inning-ending twin killing closed out the inning.

“These are the little issues that on the finish of the sport swing momentum,” Grossmann mentioned in regards to the double performs. “These are the little issues that kill a group.”