Blossoms: Swenson picks up win for Blossoms in opener
Published 8:21 pm Thursday, April 2, 2015
The Blooming Prairie baseball team opened its season with a 5-1 win over Faribault Bethlehem Academy (0-1 overall, 0-1 Gopher) in BP Thursday.
Blooming Prairie’s Sam Swenson fires a pitch against Faribault Bethlehem Academy in Blooming Prairie Thursday. Rocky Hulne/sports@austindailyherald.com
Sam Swenson, a senior, went all seven innings and he picked up the win for the Awesome Blossoms (1-0 overall, 1-0 Gopher) as he scattered six hits and five walks. FBA’s lone run came on a solo home run that made it a 2-1 game in the fifth inning.
“He did great,” BP head coach Matt Kittelson said of Swenson. “He kept the ball down and defensively we helped him out a lot.”
BP started four freshmen and an eighth grader yet they committed zero errors in the win.
The Blossoms put the game away in the sixth inning when Riley Olson singled in two runs.
BP pitching: Sam Swenson, 7 IP, 6 H, 5 BB, 1 ER, 4 K
BP hitting: Swenson, 2-for-4, 2 RBIs; John Rumpza, 1-for-3; Riley Olson, 1-for-4, 2 RBIs