ELC JV baseball rallies with 12 runs
The Estherville Lincoln Central junior varsity baseball team pounded out 10 hits and scored 12 runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to rally from a 12-1 deficit and win 13-12.
At the plate, Marcus Christensen was 2-3 with three RBIs and Tyler Luz was 3-4 with three RBIs
Lutz earned the win even though he gave up 11 hit sand 11 walks with four strikeouts.
The fifth inning started with a walk to Nathan Jensen followed by four straight singles by Dan Jones, Christensen and Spencer Johnson. Marcus Christensen doubled followed by a single by Lutz, a walk to Dan Gabbard, a double by Joe Clayton, a single by Jensen, a sacrifice fly by Jones for the first out followed by a strikeout. Christensen singled Johnson drawing a walk and Origer was hit by pitch. Lutz ended the game on a two-RBI single.