ELLINWOOD — Ellinwood's baseball team rolled past the Minneapolis Lions 16-5 and 13-2 Friday for a pair of run-rule victories. The Eagles are 11-11.
ELLINWOOD 16, MINNEAPOLIS 5 (G1) — Ellinwood's bats were rolling with Cooper Gunn and Shae Hoskins each contributing a trio of runs batted home. The Eagles produced 16 runs in six innings.
Trace Tudor scored three runs with three hits and a pair of RBI. Cohen Gunn drove home two runs. Drake Hosman, Campbell Coleman, Banks Jacobs and Cade Coleman also drove home runs. Jacobs pitched four innings with four strikeouts.
ELLINWOOD 13, MINNEAPOLIS 2 (G2) — Trace Tudor drove in five runs with a trio of hits to spark the Eagles.
Hosman, Cohen Gunn and Hoskins each drove in a pair of runs. Jacobs and Cooper Gunn each drove in one run. Pitcher Cooper Gunn yielded zero earned runs in four innings.
Ellinwood 204 163 — 16 15 2
Minneapolis 000 050 — 5 8 4
Jacobs, Cohen Gunn (5) and Campbell Coleman. Pickrell, White (5), Arnold (6) and Arnold, Anderson (6). W—Jacobs. L—Pickrell. 2B—E—Campbell Coleman 2, Cohen Gunn; M—Rice.
Ellinwood 251 23 — 13 10 1
Minneapolis 000 20 — 2 6 6
Cooper Gunn, Campbell Coleman (5) and Jacobs. Helget, Klein (5) and Rice. W—Cooper Gunn. L—Helget. 2B—E—Tudor 2, Williams, Cohen Gunn.
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