Baseball

The American Legion baseball season in Minnesota has reached the post-season.

'Crazy' play helps seal win
With starter Gus Varland on the mound and reliever Nate Rubbelke coming on in the sixth, the 39ers put together a solid pitching performance and improved their District IV standings to 6-3 and to 15-11 overall with a 4-0 whitewash of the Rosetown Rockets Tuesday, July 7.
"Actually it was a good pitching performance by both teams," said Rosetown head coach Jeremy Nelson. "There were some 'crazy' plays, but overall it was a good game.
He added that even though the 39ers "out-hit us and out-pitched us, it was a good pitching duel."

The 39ers rebounded from a 12-0 loss to Tri-City Reds by winning their second baseball game of the day on Wednesday, July 8.

North St. Paul's bats came alive as they shut out their American Legion counterparts from Oakdale, 6-0.

A week from now, the Tri-City American Legion baseball teams will be smack dab in the middle of the post-season.

For the second straight weekend, the Rosetown American Legion baseball team played in a large, multi-team tournament. Getting victories in those tournaments has proven to be a tough task for the Rockets.

After a couple of rainouts, the North St. Paul 39ers were finally able to play a baseball game Thursday, June 30 at CHS Field when they faced the Rosetown Post 542 Rockets.

A huge seventh inning cast aside all doubt about who would be the victor in an American Legion Fourth District IV baseball game played July 2 at CHS Field in downtown St. Paul.

The largest American Legion baseball tournament in the country, the Gopher Classic, is coming to the Bulletin area this weekend. Two different area teams are participating at two different venues.

For the third time in three years, a baseball team from the Bulletin area picked up a victory at Target Field. The St.

North St. Paul 39er third baseman Gus Varland (4) throws to first for the second out in second inning action against Hamline Purple. The 39ers lost 6-7 in 9 innings at home June 24. (Linda Baumeister/Review)