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Burnsville Cobras Rough Up Lakeville South Cougars in 12-2 Triumph
Cobras score seven runs in the fifth inning to wrap up the league season in first place with a 24-5 season and 12-2 league records
The Burnsville Cobras roughed up the Lakeville South Cougars for 12 runs on 12 hits in a regular season league finale in American Legion baseball Thursday evening at Alimagnet Park.
Burnsville led 5-0 after two innings, but the Cougars got back into the game with a run in e third and two more in the fourth and trailed just 5-3. That all changed in a hurry in the fifth inning as the Cobras struck for seven runs to put the game away.
The Cobras sent 13 batters to the plate in the inning and scored in just about every way possible. The Cobras had six hits, seven RBI, two walks, a sacrifice, scored on an error and had one batter hit by a pitch in the inning.
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Burnsville pitcher Bo Hellquist went the distance and gave up three runs on six hits. Brian Vanderwoude went 2-for-3 with a home run and Luke Chinn had three singles to lead the Burnsville hitters.
Garrett Delich had two singles and two walks and Mitch Jans went 2-for-3 to lead Lakeville South.
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Burnsville coach Greg Nesbitt said he was happy with how the Cobras played.
“Our pitcher threw real well, I think we’ve had like five complete games in a row,” said Nesbitt. “Especially played five games this weekend and then we had six league in the last four days so we’ve had 11 games in a week’s time. Pitching has been very key and for our pitchers to stretch themselves out a little bit and throw a complete game its helped to have a lot of arms. Offensively it was a good effort. Vanderwoude did very well. And we ran. I think we stole like five or six bases.”
Burnsville improved to 24-5 on the season and 12-2 in league play, finishing in first place in the conference.
Lakeville South hosts St. Paul Park Friday night at 6 p.m.
Burnsville plays Lakeville North Friday at 2:30 p.m. in the Edina Tournament.
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