Maple Grove Baseball Tops Champlin Park
The Maple Grove baseball team scored four first-inning runs and never trailed as the Crimson beat Champlin Park 12-4 Tuesday.
After a run-scoring hit by Kaden Harney in the first, Kellen Riskedahl hit a three-run homer to give the Crimson a 4-0 lead after one.
The Rebels scored three runs in the third inning with both Brady Schornstein and Max Yanish driving in runs.
The Crimson went back ahead by three runs in the fifth with Nathan Schmidt driving in two runs with a double and Harney producing another run-scoring single.
Maple Grove put the game out of reach scoring five runs in the sixth inning.
Brody Berglin earned the win pitching for Maple Grove (6-6) while Preston Thielke took the loss for Champlin Park (7-4).
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Both teams are home to play Northwest Suburban Conference games Thursday.