DULUTH — The Rochester Honkers finally got one.
After three losses to the Duluth Huskies this season, the Honkers had just enough to squeak past them 5-4 on Sunday.
On Saturday, the Honkers lost 5-2 to Duluth.
Mark Contreras (UC-Riverside) had a big day at the plate Sunday. He finished 2-for-2 with a home run and two runs batted in. Cole Krzmarzick (Nevada) had two of Rochester's 11 hits and scored three times.
Winning pitcher was Patrick Duester (Tulane). He worked 1 2/3 innings. Spencer Greer (Dixie State) got his sixth save.
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The Honkers play again Tuesday, hosting the Waterloo Bucks at 12:05 p.m.
The Honkers are in second place in the Norwoods League North Division, two games behind the Willmar Stingers at 19-13 overall.
• The Rochester Honkers permitted four runs in the sixth inning and fell to Duluth 5-2 Saturday.
Matt Fielder (Minnesota) was the losing pitcher, allowing eight hits and three runs over five innings. He didn't retire a batter in the sixth.
Three of the Duluth runs in the sixth were unearned.
Cole Krzmarzick (Nevada) had three hits for Rochester, including a double.
The Huskies finished with 10 hits, the Honkers nine.
(Sunday)
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Rochester 5, Duluth 4
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Rochester:DeRoche-Duffin 1-for-1; Summers 2-for-4, 1 R; Krzmarzick 2-for-4, 3 R; Contreras 2-for-2, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 R; Walton 1-for-4, 1 2B, 2 RBI; Grover 1-for-4; Mastrobuoni 2-for-4. WP: Duester 1 2/3 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K. Other pitching: Feyereisen 5 1/3 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 4 K; Greer 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K.
Duluth:Stevenson 2-for-4, 2 R; Greene 1-for-5; Wojciechowski 2-for-5, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 R; Figueroa 1-for-4, 1 2B, 1 RBI; McLaughlin 2-for-4, 1 R. LP: Cummings 2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K. Other pitching: Morell 6 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 2 K; Jones 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K.
(Saturday)
Duluth 5, Rochester 2
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Rochester:Schultz 1-for-3;, 1 2B Heggen 1-for-4, 1 R; Krmarzick 3-for-4, 1 2B; Walton 2-for-4; Mastrobuoni 1-for-3, 1 RBI; Summers 1-for-3, 1 R. LP: Fielder 5 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 4 K. Other pitching: Sparger 2 2/3 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K.
Duluth:Greene 3-for-4; Miroglio 2-for-5, 1 RBI; Wojciechowski 1-for-4, 1 3B, 1 R; McLaughlin 3-for-4, 1 R. WP: Hellquist 7 IP, 8 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 5 K. Other pitching: Guillory 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K; Carpenter 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K.
