PL Wins High Scoring Affair With East Ridge to Advance to Snake Pit Semis

PL Wins High Scoring Affair With East Ridge to Advance to Snake Pit Semis

The entire game was a offensive battle but Prior Lake defeated East Ridge 16-9 on Saturday to advance to the semifinals of the Snake Pit tournament.

Tyler Edwards and Matt Probst led the way at the plate. Edwards was on fire as he finished 4 for 5 with 3 RBI and a big 2-run home run that got things going in the bottom of the first. Probst finished 3 for 4 with a double and 4 RBI.

The most important inning for PL was the 6th. After blowing a lead in the previous inning, Prior Lake entered the frame down 9-8. The inning was a hit parade as PL as they put together 7 hits and 3 walks en route to an 8 run inning to set up the 16-9 win.

Jon Houston got the win in relief, lasting 2 1/3 innings. Jon followed up a solid outing from Tony Loehr who lasted 4 2/3 innings, giving up 2 earned runs.

PL Legion lost to Chaska 9-7 following the East Ridge game but the result was irrelevant as PL had already advanced to Sunday.

Prior Lake's next game will be on Sunday at 12pm at Alimagnet Park in Burnsville against Eagan in the semifinals of the Snake Pit tournament. If PL wins, they will take on the winner of the other semifinal in the Snake Pit Championship Game at 4:30pm, also at Alimagnet Park.