Fifth-seeded Jackson County Central made it out of the single-elimination portion of the Section 3AA baseball tournament with an 11-7 win over fourth-seeded Redwood Valley Tuesday at Memorial Field in Redwood Falls.
The Huskies, now 6-13, open the double-elimination portion of the tournament at 5 p.m. Thursday at Luverne. The Cardinals had a first-round bye. Luverne won both regular-season games between the teams.
In Tuesday’s matchup at Redwood, Brett Rossow had four hits including a double and three runs batted in.
Bryson Powers had three hits including a first-inning home run and three RBI, and Gage Johnson also had three hits including a double and three RBI.
Ben Gallagher had two hits and Jace Jorgensen had an RBI single.
Rossow pitched the first six innings, with Johnson pitching the seventh.
Win or lose, Jackson County Central will play again on Saturday. If the Huskies win, they would play at Legion Field in Marshall. If they lose it would be at a site to be determined.
JACKSON COUNTY CENTRAL BASEBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS
Thurs., April 4: Fairmont, L 7-5 (8 innings)
Fri., April 5: Worthington, L 9-2
Tues., April 9: at Maple River, W 9-5
Thurs., April 11: Redwood Valley, W 2-1 (9 innings)
Sat., April 13: Hayfield at Gustavus, L 7-6
Sat., April 13: Springfield at Gustavus, L 10-9
Thurs., April 18: Blue Earth Area, W 19-2 (5 innings)
Thurs., April 18: Blue Earth Area, L 6-4
Tues., April 23: at Luverne, L 10-7
Thurs., April 25: at Pipestone, W 6-1
Thurs., April 25: at Pipestone, W 9-2
Wed., May 1: at St. James Area, W 8-6
Thurs., May 2: at Redwood Valley, L 1-0
Tues., May 7: Luverne, L 15-0 (5 innings)
Thurs., May 9: at Windom, L 14-10
Fri., May 10: Windom, L 11-6
Sat., May 11: at United South Central, L 5-4
Tues., May 14: St. James Area, L 7-4
Fri., May 17: Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial, L 12-10
Tues., May 28: at Redwood Valley, W 11-7
Thurs., May 30: at Luverne, 5 p.m.