WHITE BEAR LAKE —WHITE BEAR LAKE — The Ridgewater baseball team played its first game of the season in Minnesota on Thursday, traveling to Century College to face the Wood Ducks.
Century beat Ridgewater 5-1.
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Connor Larsen smacked a three-run homer and Adrian Warcken followed with a two-run home run in Century’s five-run first inning to beat the Warriors. Larsen is a freshman from Spring Lake Park. Warcken is a sophomore from Wayzata.
Nathan Bunyard (2-0) allowed one hit over six innings, striking out eight and walking four, for the Wood Ducks. He’s a freshman right-hander from Maria Carillo High School in Santa Rosa, California.
Joe Liebl took the loss on the mound for the Warriors. Liebl (0-2) is a freshman left-hander from Wabasso.
The Wood Ducks now have a 10-8 record. Ridgewater is now 2-7.
The Warriors are next scheduled to play two games beginning at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Riverland Community College in Austin.
Century 5, Ridgewater 1
Ridgewater 000 100 0-1 1 0
Century 500 000 0x-5 7 0
Hitting – Ridgewater: n/a … Century: Hunter Guenther 1-3 r sb-2, Seth Nelson 1-3 r, Connor Larsen 1-2 r rbi-3 bb hr, Joe Hansen 1-2 r bb, Adrian Warcken 1-3 r rbi-2 hr, Jack Erickson 1-3, Jack Huberty 1-2 bb
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) – Ridgewater: Joe Liebl (L, 0-2), Gabe Rohman … Century: Nathan Bunyard (W, 2-0) 6-1-1-1-4-8, Mason McGowan 1-0-0-0-0-2
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