OAK PARK HEIGHTS — After scoring just six runs combined in its previous four games, Stillwater broke out in a big way while cruising to a 10-0 Suburban East Conference baseball victory over Park on Wednesday, April 24 at Stillwater Area High School.
The offense came alive, but the strong pitching that has been there all season also starred in the victory as Alex Oehlke and Emmett Campbell combined on a five-inning no-hitter.
Oehlke, a junior, started and threw three innings for the second-ranked Ponies (5-2 SEC, 6-2), allowing just one walk and hitting another batter while finishing with six strikeouts. Campbell finished off the no-hitter with two perfect innings. The senior totaled three strikeouts.
Stillwater did not commit an error and the two pitchers faced just two batters over the minimum. Nine of the 15 outs recorded Oehlke and Campbell were strikeouts.
The Ponies jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first inning and tacked on five more runs in the second.
Blake Vanek drove in four runs while joining AJ Levy and Alex Boston with two hits apiece. Nine different players collected at least one hit for the Ponies, who averaged more than nine runs in their first three games this season, but then totaled just six combined in the four games before putting up 10 against Park (0-7, 1-7).
Woodbury (6-1, 6-2), Mounds View (5-1, 6-1) and Cretin-Derham Hall (4-1, 4-1) each have just one loss in the SEC, with the Ponies, East Ridge (4-3, 5-3) and White Bear Lake (4-3, 5-3) not far behind.
Park 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 1
Stillwater 5 5 0 0 x — 10 12 0
WP: Alex Oehlke 3-ip, 0-h, 0-r, 0-er, 1-bb, 6-so
LP: Adam Tait 1 2/3-ip, 9-h, 10-r, 6-er, 0-bb, 1-so
Leading hitters: Par, Joey Chilton 0x1 (BB) and Justin Waterman 0x0 (HBP); St, AJ Levy 2x3, Luke Adams 1x3, Charley Rowan 1x2 (2B, 2 RBI), Jack Runk 1x2 (RBI), Alex Boston 2x2 (RBI), Ty Schroeder 1x2 (2B), Blake Vanek 2x2 (4 RBI), Josh Jensen 1x1 and Joe Fredkove 1x2.
White Bear Lake 3, Stillwater 2
At River Falls, Wis., the Ponies struck first, but it was the Bears who rallied with single runs in the third, fourth and fifth innings to slip past Stillwater for a 3-2 conference victory on Tuesday, April 23 at First National Bank of River Falls Field.
Roman Lackmeyer threw six innings for the Bears and did not allow an earned run. He gave up six hits and three walks with seven strikeouts.
Alex Boston allowed six hits and two walks in 4 1/3 innings for the Ponies. Joe Fredkove recorded the last five outs for Stillwater, giving up one hit and one walk with one strikeout.
AJ Levy led the Ponies at the plate with two hits.
Stillwater 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 — 2 7 2
White Bear Lake 0 0 1 1 1 0 x — 3 7 1
WP: Roman Lackmeyer 6-ip, 6-h, 2-r, 0-er, 3-bb, 7-so
LP: Alex Boston 4 1/3-ip, 6-h, 3-r, 2-er, 2-bb, 0-so
Leading hitters: St, AJ Levy 2x4, Luke Adams 1x3, Charley Rowan 1x3, Pat Lundgren 1x3, Joe Fredkove 1x3 and Blake Vanek 1x2; WBL, Jonny Wong 2x4 (2B, RBI), Blake Eckerle 2x3 (2B, RBI), Owen Farrington 1x3 and Evan Newlander 2x2 (RBI).
Stillwater 1, Forest Lake 0
At Forest Lake, clinging to a one-run lead it started with in the first inning, Stillwater ended the game with a double play to thrwart a Forest Lake Rally with a 1-0 conference victory on Monday, April 22 at Schumacher Field.
Dylan Bloom limited the Rangers (1-4 SEC, 1-4) to just three hits and four walks with six strikeouts in five innings, but there was little room for error after the Ponies stranded nine runners on base.
Karson Foster pitched two innings in relief and escaped a dicey situation in the seventh as Forest Lake lined into a double play with the bases loaded to end the threat.
Charley Rowan delivered three hits, including a double, to lead the Ponies. AJ Levy singled and doubled while Alex Boston added two hits for the Ponies.
Stillwater 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 9 1
Forest Lake 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 4 0
WP: Dylan Bloom 5-ip, 3-h, 0-r, 0-er, 4-bb, 6-so
Leading hitters: St, AJ Levy 2x4 (2B), Charley Rowan 3x3 (2B), Owen Maslowski 1x4, Pat Lundgren 0x4 (RBI), Luke Adams 1x3 and Alex Boston 2x4.
Stillwater 3, Rogers, 0
At Rogers, it was another pitchers’ duel for the Ponies in a 3-0 nonconference victory on Thursday, April 18 at Rogers High School.
Alex Oehlke walked four, but held the Royals to just three hits in five innings to keep Stillwater on top after scoring a run in the top of the second inning.
AJ Levy threw two hitless innings while striking out two to record the save.
Charley Rowan, Henry Mested, Luke Adams, Pat Lundgren and Jack Runk notched a single each to lead the Ponies at the plate. Stillwater padded its narrow lead with two runs in the top of the seventh.
Reece Dawson singled and double to collecte two of three hits for Rogers (4-4).
Stillwater 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 — 3 5 0
Rogers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 3 1
WP: Alex Oehlke 5-ip, 3-h, 0-r, 0-er, 4-bb, 3-so
LP: Riane Ritter 6-ip, 4-h, 1-r, 1-er, 2-bb, 9-so
Leading hitters: St, Charley Rowan 1x3, Henry Mested 1x3, Luke Adams 1x2, Pat Lundgren 1x2 and Jack Runk 1x3; Rog, Nolen Geerdes 1x4 and Reece Dawson 2x3 (2B).
Contact Stuart Groskreutz at stuart.groskreutz@apgecm.com
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