Never Die might be a great motto for these Waconia Lakers. After 8 strong innings ( 5.3 by Craig LaPLante, 2er,7 hits, 1w, 5K and 2.6 by Chris Bullis, 0er, 4w 0H), the Lakers were down 3-2 in this 7 inning scheduled game to the St Joesph Saints..

But the 8th inning went to the Laker bats. Starting with a lead off single from Ben Smother and a stolen base things looked pretty good till the next two Lakers struck out. A wild pitch put Ben at 3rd but still with 2 outs. Tom Lyons was hit by the pitch so now the LAkers had 1st and 3rd with 2 outs. Kevin Bullis hit a shot between 3rd and short, the 3rd baseman dove knocking the ball down then threw wildly into right field. Lyon got up and went to third. A few pitches later Bullis stoled 2nd as Eric Durkin stood at the plate. In a great at bat where he fouled off a good 5-6 pitches to stay alive he finally got one he liked and laced it into left field for the walk-off game winning hit.

Great game. Hitting was led by Kevin Bullis 3-4, and Ben Smothers 2-4. Tom Lyons was 1-2 with a walk and HBP. Other hits were delivered by Durkin, Brandon Hebig, and Jeff Chrest.

Lakers play Sunday June 23 at 1:30 in Green Isle vs the winner of Mankato and New Prague. The winner then advances to the championship at 6:30 in Hamburg.