The top seeded Rochester Patriots utilized good pitching to advance from the first round of the First District Division I tournament on Tuesday.
Zach Schweiters allowed just one earned run over seven innings and led the Patriots to a 6-3 win over No. 8 seed Kasson at John Adams Alumni Field.
"Zach pitched well," said Patriots coach Terry Heiderscheit. "We made a couple of mistakes defensively in one inning but otherwise played pretty sharp. We had some timely hits to knock some runs in."
Jack Kall went 4-for-4 to lead the Patriots' 14-hit attack on offense, and Schweiters helped his own cause going 2-for-3 with two RBIs.
"This Kasson team was very capable of coming in here and winning tonight," Heiderscheit added. "They have a nice group of players; our kids played pretty sharp all night long."
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The Patriots will play No. 5 seed Winona at 7 p.m. Thursday at Riverland Community College in Austin.
Patriots 6, Kasson 3
Kasson #000#003#000#—#3#8#1
Rochester Patriots #020#100#30x#—#6#14#2
Kasson:Bauer 2-4, Prigge 2-3, Nichols 2-4. LP: Meyer.
Rochester Patriots:Jack Kall 4-for-4, Kaeleb Stangler 2-for-4, Alex Brady 2-for-5, Jake Dravis 2-for-4, Zach Schwieters 2-for-3, 2 RBI. WP: Zach Schweiters 7 IP, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K.
