LAKEFIELD — The Minneota Mudhens picked up a 6-5 win over the Heron Lake Lakers Wednesday night, in Game 1 of the amateur league playoffs.

Heron Lake jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first only to have Minneota tie the game at two in the top of the third.

Minneota would strike next, getting one run in the top of the fifth to break the tie. The Mudhens would get two more runs in the top of the sixth, but the Lakers would drive home two runs of their own to pull within one.

Minneota grabbed another run in the top of the ninth to give themselves a two run lead as the Lakers came up to bat. But the Lakers could only muster one run in the bottom of the inning and would fall short of the comeback.

Matt Musser got the win for the Mudhens, while Jason Mackinnon (4-for-5) had an RBI and Jason Myhre (3-for-5) had two RBIs.

The losing pitcher for the Lakers was Matt Franks, who pitched five and two-thirds innings while striking out seven batter and giving up five earned runs. Ben Scheevel (2-for-3) scored two runs and had one stolen base.

The Lakers and Mudhens will meet again Friday at 7:30 p.m. in Minneota for Game 2 of the best-of-three series.

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Minneota 002 012 001 — 6 13 2

HL 200 002 001 — 5 6 0