MANKATO – Top-seeded New Ulm Cathedral defeated seventh-seeded Martin County West 12-2 in six innings in a matchup of the final two undefeated teams in the Section 2A baseball tournament Saturday at ISG Field.
The Greyhounds scored four runs in the second and four more in the third for an 8-0 lead. The Mavericks plated two runs in the top of the fourth before Cathedral scored two in the bottom of the fourth and closed out the game with two in the sixth.
There were also a pair of games played in the elimination bracket Saturday, with Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s topping Mankato Loyola 12-3 and Sleepy Eye beating Springfield 7-1.
The tournament continues Tuesday with two more elimination bracket games. Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s (13-10) plays Sleepy Eye (15-6) at 5 p.m., with MCW (14-8) taking on the winner of that first game at about 7:30 p.m.
New Ulm Cathedral (20-2) waits in the championship round Thursday.
SECTION 2A BASEBALL
Thursday, May 26
First round
New Ulm Cathedral 10, Nicollet 0 (5 innings)
Cleveland 5, Martin Luther/Granada-Huntley-East Chain/Truman 4
Mankato Loyola 7, BOLD 6
Sleepy Eye 5, Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop 0
Springfield 8, St. Clair 1
Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s 6, Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart 0
Martin County West 12, Mountain Lake Area/Comfrey 4
Madelia 8, Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda 0
Tuesday, May 31
Second round
New Ulm Cathedral 8, Cleveland 3
Sleepy Eye 7, Mankato Loyola 2
Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s 4, Springfield 3
Martin County West 9, Madelia 7
Thursday, June 2
Winner’s bracket
Martin County West 5, Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s 4
New Ulm Cathedral 11, Sleepy Eye 10 (8 innings)
Elimination bracket
Mankato Loyola 7, Cleveland 6
Springfield 6, Madelia 2
Saturday, June 4
At ISG Field, Mankato
Winner’s bracket
New Ulm Cathedral 12, Martin County West 2 (6 innings)
Elimination bracket
Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s 12, Mankato Loyola 3
Sleepy Eye 7, Springfield 1
Tuesday, June 7
At ISG Field, Mankato
Elimination bracket
Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s (13-10) vs. Sleepy Eye (15-6), 5 p.m.
Martin County West (14-8) vs. SESM-Sleepy Eye winner, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, June 9
At ISG Field, Mankato
Championship
New Ulm Cathedral (20-2) vs. elimination bracket winner, 5 p.m.
Second game to follow if necessary, 7:30 p.m.