FAIRMONT — New Ulm head baseball coach Kevin Briggs received a bit of a scare, and later, a double entendre of relief, during Tuesday’s Big South Conference clash in Fairmont.

Starting right-hander Andrew Peters and long reliever Alex Lund combined to hurl a three-hit shutout, while AJ Lassas went 2-for-3 with two RBIs to engineer the visiting Eagles’ 5-0 triumph over the Fairmont Cardinals at Herb Wolf Field.

“That batter (Nate Kallenbach) really hit the ball with authority. He (Peters) took the line-drive off his pitching arm in the forearm area,” Briggs said in reference to his starting pitcher’s early exit with one out in the top of the third inning. “You can see the (baseball’s) stitches on his arm. He seems OK, but he’s got quite a bruise. Now we’ll have to see how it is after the swelling goes down.”

Peters and Fairmont starting right-hander Sam Schwieger were locked up in a scoreless pitchers’ duel to that juncture, but Lund picked up where Peters left off on the hill.

“He’s struggled his last couple of times out (pitching), but he did a great job in short notice today,” Briggs said in reference to Lund. “He went out there, threw strikes, got outs and kept them from scoring, and that’s what we needed from him.”

Lund did not allow a run and surrendered only Dylan Gerken’s infield hit with one out in the bottom of the seventh inning in pitching almost flawlessly for 4 2/3 innings to earn the win. Lund struck out three and issued two walks.

“He (Lund) was the difference in the game today,” said Fairmont head coach Todd Sukalski. “We just couldn’t put anything together offensively against either Lund or Peters.”

Peters allowed a first-inning single to Brady Allen before giving up a leadoff hit to Jordan Wolter to open the Cardinals’ second at-bat.

While Fairmont managed just three hits, New Ulm bunched three of its four hits on the game during the fifth to produce three runs.

Cooper Yackley walked, swiped second base and wheeled to third when Keaton Knaak legged out a bunt hit to put Eagles on the corners to start the top of the fifth.

Brandon Mehlhop plated Yackley with a sacrifice fly to left before Hunter Ranweiler singled home Knaak for a 2-0 lead.

JT Hoffmann drew the first of his two walks before Lassas drilled an RBI single down the third base line for another run in the fifth.

New Ulm manufactured two more runs without the benefit of a hit during the sixth. Hoffmann and Lassas netted one RBI apiece via a bases-loaded walk and a hit-by-pitch with the bags filled.

Peters did not record a walk or a strikeout while allowing two hits in 2 1/3 innings of work to receive no decision.

Schwieger allowed four runs — three earned — on four hits, struck out four, walked three and hit one batter in five-plus frames to absorb the loss for the Cardinals.

Kallenbach gave up one unearned run, walked two and hit one batter in 1 hitless inning of relief. Lance Becker worked a 1-2-3 top of the seventh for Fairmont.

Fairmont (8-11) closes out the regular season next Tuesday by hitting the road to Luverne. New Ulm (12-5) plays host to St. Peter on Thursday.

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Andrew Peters, Alex Lund (3, WP) and Hunter Ranweiler. Sam Schwieger (LP), Nate Kallenbach (6), Lance Becker (7) and Zac Ringnell.

LOB–New Ulm 8, Fairmont 5. 2B–AJ Lassas (NU). SF–Brandon Mehlhop (NU). SAC–Mehlhop (NU).

Jack Hested delivered the game-winning, walk-off RBI single to propel Fairmont to a 5-4 victory over New Ulm during B-squad action Tuesday in Fairmont.

Hested, who produced two RBIs offensively, also pitched a complete game. The right-hander allowed four runs — two earned — on five hits, struck out one and walked one in seven innings of work.

Dustin Schultz singled, doubled and drove in one run for the Cardinals, while Jeb Green contributed an RBI single. Dalen Keltgen, Tony Nuss and Mario Maldonado each added hits for Fairmont (11-6).

Tyson Geerdes collected three hits, including a home run, to help Fairmont double up New Ulm, 10-5, during C-squad action Tuesday in Fairmont.

Cale Steuber and Joey Flohrs each produced three hits for the Cardinals, while Blake Buntjer and Zach Soelter generated two hits apiece. Daniel Brummond and Caden Baarts added one hit each.

Flohrs pitched four innings for the Cardinals (11-3), while Brummond hurled three frames.

Martin Luther/Granada-Huntley-East Chain/Truman 4, Cleveland 1 — Derek Shoen supplied the Jaguars with three hits — including two doubles — and two runs scored in the team’s three-run Valley Conference win over the Clippers on Tuesday in Cleveland.

Zach Jahnz and Carter Wille both doubled and scored a run in the victory. Garrett Balcom chipped in an RBI base hit for the Jaguars.

Austin Plonsky collected the Clippers’ only hit, while Cody Conroy scored the team’s run in the fifth inning.

Jahnz pitched the first five innings, allowing one run and five walks with eight strikeouts to earn the victory for the Jaguars.

Ethan Hurn pitched a scoreless two innings of relief, giving up a hit and a walk while fanning three to earn the save.

Bryce Novak gave up four runs on nine hits, struck out five and walked one in seven innings to take the loss.

Martin Luther/Granada-Huntley-East Chain/Truman (13-3) plays at Madelia at 4:30 p.m. Thursday.

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Zach Jahnz (WP), Ethan Hurn (6) and Hurn, Derek Shoen (6). Bryce Novak (LP) and Nick Douglas.

St. Clair 12, Martin County West 11 — Ben Anderson and David Loeffler each went 2-for-3 and scored two runs in the Cyclones’ Valley Conference win over the Mavericks on Tuesday at Fox Lake Sports Complex in Welcome.

Anderson also hit a triple and batted a run in, while Ethan Anderegg collected two hits for St. Clair.

Wyatt Geistfeld went 2-for-4 at the plate, collected two RBIs and scored a run in the loss. Zac Spear hit a three RBI double and scored once, while Noah Ringnell notched a three RBI triple.

Parker Anderson went 2-for-4 with a run scored and took the loss on the mound. He threw 6 1/3 innings, giving up eight runs — four earned — on nine hits, walked five and struck out three batters. Spear gave up four runs on three hits with one walk and a strikeout in 2/3 of an inning.

Kylan Geiger allowed nine runs — six earned — on five hits, hit two batters and walked two more in six innings for the win. Brandon Schultz gave up two earned runs on a hit with a walk and strikeout in an inning of relief for the save.

Martin County West (3-12, 2-5) hosts Nicollet at 5 p.m. Thursday in Welcome.

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Marshall 9-3, Blue Earth Area 0-1 — The Tigers swept the Bucs in a doubleheader on Tuesday in Blue Earth.

Mason Penske went 2-for-3, and Dylan Criquet-Danielson and Brock Boerboom each had two hits in the 9-0 Game 1 win.

Kaylan Legred, Jesus Quintero and Chris Sanders all went 1-for-3 at the plate for the Bucs.

Isaac Schmitt threw all seven innings for the shutout win for Marshall. He allowed three hits and three walks while totaling six strikeouts.

Jared Kennedy gave up seven runs — four earned — on seven hits, walked four and struck out a batter in four innings pitched to absorb the loss. Trevor Oppedal allowed two earned runs on two hits with two walks and a strikeout over three innings.

Penske gave up an earned run on seven hits while striking out seven in seven innings of work for the 3-1 Game 2 victory.

Logan Jahnke took the loss for the Bucs, giving up three runs — two earned — with two hits, three strikeouts and three walks. He also got a hit at the plate.

Legred and Quintero went 1-for-3, and Zach Schonrock and Joe Schavey both hit a double. Oppedal recorded the RBI double that scored Schavey.

Marshall (13-4) hosts Luverne on Thursday, while Blue Earth Area (7-10) plays at Waseca at 5:30 p.m. Thursday.

Game 1

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Isaac Schmitt (WP) and Brock Boerboom. Jared Kennedy (LP), Trevor Oppedal (5) and Kaylan Legred.

Game 2

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Mason Penske (WP) and Brock Boerboom. Logan Jahnke (LP) and Kaylan Legred.