Gabbard Leads PL Past Rosemount

Gabbard Leads PL Past Rosemount

It was not a great night at the plate for Prior Lake Legion but when there is a pitcher like Andrew Gabbard on the mound, not much is needed to win.

Gabbard got the win on Wednesday night over Rosemount, lasting 5 and 2/3 innings and striking out 6 and only giving up 4 hits. The night could have been even more special for him as Andrew took a no hitter into the fifth inning before being squeezed by the umpire, causing a couple of hits. All in all, great outing yet again for Gabbard.

At the plate, PL needed to manufacture runs and did so just enough for the victory. The scoring started right away in the 1st inning when Zac Repinski singled and stole second. On the very next pitch, Tyler Edwards lined a double to right center to give Prior Lake a 1-0 lead after one inning. There was no more scoring until the fifth. Repinski started off it with a one out bloop infield single. Zac then proceeded to move to second on another stolen base. A walk to Tommy Keating and a fly out by Tyler Edwards made it first and second with two outs. After a wild pitch moved to Repinski to third base, Austin Truso was able to hit a ball deep enough in the hole at shortstop and beat it out to drive in a run and make it 2-0. Matt Probst then singled off the pitcher to load the bases and Taylor Wildgen beat out an infield single to drive in another run and make it 3-0 PL after the top of the 5th.

Rosemount was able to get a run in the bottom of the 6th when Gabbard ran into trouble. However, Jon Houston came into a bases loaded situation and bailed Gabbard out with a huge strikeout. Houston stayed in for the 7th and recorded the save and give PL a 3-1 win.

The next game for Prior Lake Legion will be tonight against Wayzata at Memorial at 7pm as part of the Snake Pit Tournament.