Mounders baseball blanks E/PC, shut out against Mondovi, Prescott

Elk Mound got off to a great start last week, blanking Elmwood/Plum City 10-0 in a Dunn-St. Croix baseball contest played in Plum City Monday, May 7.

But the Mounders were not able to build on the momentum of the shut-out victory. Instead, Elk Mound was itself shut out in back-to-back games.

Mondovi came to Lions Park and stunned Elk Mound 2-0 last Tuesday, May 8. The Mounders then lost a heart-breaking 1-0 non-conference decision in Prescott on Friday, May 11.

The Mounders, who have lost four of their last six games and are 3-2 in conference and 3-5 overall, looked to get back on track this past Monday when they traveled to rival Colfax for a doubleheader. They stepped out of conference for a game against Menomonie at Wakanda Park yesterday.

They will return to D-SC action with a Thursday home game against Spring Valley and cap the conference schedule playing the Pepin/Alma Eagles in Alma next Monday, May 21. Elk Mound will finish the regular season at Black River Falls on Tuesday, May 22. WIAA Division 3 regional play begins Thursday, May 24.

Elmwood/Plum City

Elk Mound turned nine hits into ten runs and pitcher Blake Rosenthal allowed just one hit to propel the Mounders to a five-inning, 10-0 shut out of Elmwood/Plum City last Monday, May 7 in Plum City.

The Mounders’ senior hurler struck out seven Wolves batters and allowed just one hit, a single to E/PC’s Noah Gansluckner, and one base on balls.

Rosenthal also led the way on offense as he was a perfect three-for-three at the plate with a pair of doubles, two RBIs and a run scored.

Kole Ploeckelman had two hits and an RBI  for the Mounders, who scored three times in the first and third innings and twice in the fourth and fifth to take the win.

Mondovi

With runs at a premium, Mondovi’s single run in the fourth and seventh innings were enough to lift the visiting Buffaloes to a 2-0 victory over the Mounders at Lions Park Tuesday, May 8.

Senior Ethan Kjellberg struck out five and allowed just a walk and four hits in six and two-thirds innings on the pitching mound but suffered the loss after the Mounders offense produced just two hits and no runs.

Kjellberg had one of the hits and Blake Rosenthal smack a double to account for the other.

Prescott

For the second time in three days, the Mounders’ baseball team was unable to produce a single runs.

The results was a 1-0 non-conference loss last Friday in Prescott to the Cardinals.

Elk Mound outhit Prescott 6 to 5 but were unable to push any runs home.

All six hits were collected by different players. Blaze Todd had a double and Blake Rosenthal, Dylan Black, Dakota Bedell, Ethan Kjellberg and Brett Lew all had singles.

Rosenthal took the pitching loss, throwing six innings with five strike outs and five hits.

Prescott broke the scoreless tie and scored the winning run in the bottom of the sixth.