The Brewers advanced to the Minnesota Class "B" State Tournament after beating Coon Rapids and Chaska on Friday and Saturday. The win over Chaska on Saturday secured a state tournament playoff birth, which will be an 8-team double-elimination format played in Hutchinson, Brownton and Glencoe over the following 2 weekends.

The Brewers face Burnsville at 11am in Hutchinson...

The team punished opposing pitchers for 32 hits in the first 2 games. However, the Brew Crew failed to secure the top seed out of the Super Section when Chaska beat the Brewers in back-to-back games, 10-2, 4-3 on a long Sunday afternoon. Despite the setback, the Brewers remain red hot at the plate and feel they are in great position to make a run at state.

Chris Clemenson was a threat in every at bat all weekend, hitting for a high average and 3 home runs. Chris Coste had clutch hits and Mike Peschel got red hot at the plate, going 4 for 6 with 5 RBIs, 2 runs scored including a home run in the pivotal first game against Coon Rapids. Peschel continued to mow down opponents on the mound in 4 crucial innings of relief against Coon Rapids, then started and threw a complete game against Chaska the day after in another dominating perforamance. Against Chaska, Nick Obey went 4 for 5 with 2 RBIs and Jeremy Peschel went 3 for 4 with an RBI.

Sunday didn't go so well... Todd Fuller started on the mound in game 1 but got very little run support. Fielding errors resulted in unearned runs and the team could not dig out of an early hole. The loss forced a 2nd game immediately following, and it was a close one. Brook Lyter started on the mound and the Brewers held a close lead through 5 innings but then Chaska struck in the 6th for 2 runs. Vic Sokolofsky pitched well in relief but in the 9th inning with bases loaded Chaska got the walk-off single to end the game.

The bottom line is the Brewers have advanced to the exclusive field of 8 teams for the state tournament. A nice accomplishment on its own considering it is the team's first year in Class "B". The team looks forward to facing more good competition and will square off with Burnsville at 11am in Hutchinson.

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