Saints Beat Watertown Before High Life Invite Gets Rained Out
Posted June 20, 2018
ARLINGTON, Minn. – The St. Peter town team beat Watertown 5-3 on Friday night to open the High Life Invite, but the remainder of the tournament scheduled for Saturday and Sunday was rained out. The Saints used a four-run third inning and a complete game pitching performance by Jesse Anderson to top the Red Devils.
After two scoreless frames, the local nine made the most of three hits and two walks in the third. Ryan Kapsner singled home Andy Regner, who reached base on a walk. Two outs later, Jeff Menk walked followed by back-to-back RBI singles from CJ Siewert and Billy Hanson. Siewert later scored on a wild pitch.
Watertown broke the shutout in the fourth after a single and a double to the left field fence. The visiting team then made it a two-run game in the fifth on a walk and another RBI double, but the Saints added an insurance run in the bottom half as Jovan Rodriguez doubled and crossed home on an infield single by Siewert.
The Red Devils made it interesting in the seventh by scoring a run and having the tying runner on base, but Anderson got the final out on a grounder. Anderson finished the seven-inning complete game with three runs allowed on five hits and six strikeouts. Regner (2-3, R, BB), Rodriguez (2-4, R, 2B), and Siewert (2-2, BB, 2 RBI) led the team at the plate.
St. Peter (3-6, 2-2 RVL) returns to league play Friday night at Jordan and then hosts Gaylord at 6 p.m. Sunday.
