The Alexandria Beetles knocked out 19 hits in the first game of the double header as they beat the Brainerd Lakes Area Lunkers 13-2 at Stewart C. Mills Field. The Beetles six batters with multi-hit games and were led by Marcus Semien (California Berkeley) and Jake Tanis (Mercer) who both had three hits and three RBI. Starting pitcher Kevin Vangheluwe (Michigan) earned his 3rd win in relief throwing 5.0 innings of one run baseball. The Lunkers had five defensive miscues in the loss.

The St. Cloud River Bats have announced the names of five players that will participate in the third annual Twin Alumni game on Aug. 28 at Joe Faber Field. Terry Steinbach, Juan Berenguer, Jarvis Brown, Al Newman and St. Cloud native Jim Eisenreich are slated to appear at the event.

The Green Bay Bullfrogs took game one of the double header 13-2 in Wisconsin Rapids thanks to 17 hits on the night. Leadoff hitter Daniel Putnam had four hits to pace Green Bay while Joel Hutter (Dallas Baptist) had two hits and drove in three runs. Riley Tincher (Wisconsin Whitewater) earned the win throwing 5.0 innings of two-hit baseball. Brian Embery (Wayland Baptist) homered in the loss for the Rafters.

The Green Bay Bullfrogs took game one of the doubleheader 7-4 due to two big innings. The Bullfrogs center fielder Collin Kuhn (Arkansas) was 3-for-3 with two runs scored and two RBI. Green Bay’s pitching staff combined to throw a four hitter over the final 4.1 innings. The Bullfrogs touched up Rafter’s starting pitcher Kyle Anderson (California Poly San Louis Obispo) for six runs on eleven hits in just 3.1 innings.