East Wins Close Game With Anoka

May 30th, 2014

Tyler Peterson-NSO

The Duluth East Greyhounds got matched up with Anoka in the first round of the 7AAA playoffs and they came out on top in a nail bitter, winning 3-2 to advance to the next round.

St. Scholastica recruit, Jake Turner, recorded the win for the Greyhounds, pitching 7 innings, allowing 2 earned runs on 5 hits and striking out 12. The offend was led by Chris Olson who his a double in the bottom of the 7th that drove in 2 runs to tie the game at 2-2. Frankie Hanson had 2 hits on the day, but none bigger then the single that drove Olson across the plate for the Greyhounds victory.

Duluth East now improves to 14-6 and will advance to play on May 31st against top seeded St. Francis. The game will be played in Anoka with the time TBD.

Tyler Peterson can be contacted at tpeterson@northlandsportsonline.com