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Eight-run seventh gives Red Knights win at Cooper

By BSM Staff, 04/12/12, 9:33PM CDT

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MacDonald continues hot hitting to lead come-from-behind win

Benilde-St. Margaret’s overcame a two-run deficit with an eight-run seventh inning and posted a 14-9 win at Robbinsdale Cooper.

Gabe MacDonald keyed the seventh-inning outburst by leading off with a single and scoring on a wild pitch. He would later single home two runs and score another run on a wild pitch.

Following MacDonald’s leadoff single, Jack McGinn reached base on an error and Grant Besse’s sacrifice bunt moved the runners to second and third. After MacDonald scored, Bobby Papetti walked and pinch-runner Andrew Murnane took second on another wild pitch one out later.

Robby Sutherland then put the Red Knights on top for good when he singled through the left side to plate both McGinn and Murnane.

Dan Labosky followed with an infield single and Joe Melles’ base hit drove home Sutherland. Labosky and Melles then executed a double steal before Jimmy Heck with a walk and MacDonald’s fourth hit of the game, and ninth in 11 at bats in three games, brought home Labosky and Melles.

McGinn then greeted relief pitcher Grant Kirkbride with an RBI single before MacDonald scored the final run of the inning on a wild pitch.

BSM took a lead in the top of the first when Sutherland scored on a passed ball before an RBI triple by MacDonald and a run-scoring single by McGinn.

The Red Knights would eventually take a 5-2 lead but Nehwon Norkeh double home two runs to cap a three-run fourth inning and then hit a two-out, two-run single in the fifth to snap a 6-6 tie.

Scott Quinby, who started and picked up the win in the Red Knights’ 16-6 win over Fridley, Tuesday, worked a scoreless sixth inning. He pitched around a leadoff double to Sam Morgen by getting a ground out, strikeout and fly out.

MacDonald had four hits, four RBI and scored three times for BSM to lead a 15-hit attack. Labosky also had four hits and stole two bases while Sutherland had three hits, including one to open the game and his tie-breaking single in the seventh.

Norkeh’s two two-run hits were among his team-best three-hit performance for Cooper, which got hits from eight of nine starters.

Complete game statistics and play-by-play are available here.