Section Baseball Playoffs; Crush Advance to Section Final

The St. Cloud Crush defeated Moorhead 6-1 in Cold Spring Wednesday night to advance to the Section 8-4-A final.  The Crush scored 5 runs in the 2nd inning and added another run in the 5th inning.

Jaxon Kenning hit a grand slam home run in the 2nd inning, Colten Palmer went 3-3 with a run scored and 1 RBI and Max Kiffmeyer went 2-4 for St. Cloud.  Drew Leiser threw 7 innings with 6 hits and 1 earned run allowed with 6 strikeouts for the Crush.

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St. Cloud will play in the Section Championship tonight at 7 p.m. in Cold Spring and will need just 1 win to advance to the State Tournament

Section 8-4-A Results

St. Cloud Crush 6, Moorhead 1 (winners bracket)
Elk River 8, Sauk Rapids-Rice 0 (elimination game)
Bemidji 8, STMA 5 (elimination game)
Bemidji 3, Elk River 2 (elimination game)

Today's Schedule:
Bemidji vs. Moorhead, 4:30 @ Cold Spring
Bemidji/Moorhead vs. St. Cloud, 7:00 @ Cold Spring

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Section 8-3-A 

ROCORI 9, Alexandria 4 (suspended game)
(This game will resume at 4:00 at Faber Field in St. Cloud)
ROCORI/Alexandria winner vs. Little Falls, 6:30 @ Faber Field (Section Championship)

Section 6-2-A

(Game Wednesday were postponed)
Today's Schedule
Cathedral vs. Pierz, 4:30 @ Dick Putz Field (elimination game)
Cathedral/Pierz winner vs. Albany, 6:30 @ Dick Putz Field (elimination game)

Friday's Schedule
Foley vs. Cathedral/Pierz/Albany, noon @ Dick Putz Field (section championship)