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Roscoe 6
Farming 5
Tony Orbeck hit a three-run homer in the fourth inning for Roscoe, and the Rangers held on to get a 6-5 road win against Farming on Sunday.

Leading 2-1 in the fourth, the Rangers scored four times, three on Orbeck's blast. Chris VanderBeek also had an RBI single in the inning. Lee Schleper singled and scored to lead off the inning, and Dale Mackedanz drew a walk and scored.

Tony Orbeck, accepting congratulations from teammates after a homer, had three hits including a three-run home run as Roscoe beat Farming.

The Rangers took a 2-0 lead in the third when Chris VanderBeek scored on a balk, and Orbeck scored on Greg Heinen's single.

Farming scored three times in the fifth and once in the ninth, but the Rangers held on to win. In the first match up between these two teams earlier in the season, Farming rallied in the ninth to beat the Rangers.

Brent Heinen came within three outs of a complete game for the Rangers. He picked up the victory with eight innings of work, allowing only one earned run. He struck out 12 Farming batters.

His brother, Greg, earned a save by getting three outs in the bottom of the ninth.

The Rangers improved to 4-8 in league and 6-11 overall with the win.

Roscoe--	002	400	0	- 6	10	3
Farming--	001	030	001	-5	9	2

Roscoe - Batting: Tony Orbeck 3-5 HR RBI-3; Chris VanderBeek 2-4 RBI R-2; Lee Schleper 2-4 R; Pitching: (ip-h-r-er-bb-k) Brent Heinen (W) (8-9-5-1-1-12); Greg Heinen (S) (1-0-0-0-0-0).

Farming - Batting: Greg Holthaus 3-5 2B RBI-2; Craig Klein 2-5; Chris Wehseler 2-4 HR; Pitching: (ip-h-r-er-bb-k) Aaron Nett (L) (6-8-6-6-3-9); Ryan Nett (3-2-0-0-0-3).

Richmond 7
Lake Henry 4
Richmond scored four runs in the third inning and held on to beat Lake Henry 7-4 on Sunday in Lake Henry.

The Lakers took a 1-0 lead, but the Royals never trailed again after scoring four times in the third. Both teams scored three times over the last three innings to make the final 7-4.

The Lakers, who only had six hits, committed four errors and allowed four unearned runs. Richmond had three errors and allowed two unearned runs.

The loss was only the Lakers' third in 12 league games so far this season. The Lakers are now 9-3 in league and 10-5 overall.

Richmond--	004	000	201	- 7	8	3
Lake Henry--	100	000	120	- 4	6	4

Richmond - Batting: Phil Loehlein 3-5 RBI-3; Greg Drontle 2-4 2B-2; Pitching: (ip-h-r-er-bb-k) Jake Theis (W) (7-5-2-2-2-1); Scott Ruegemer (2-1-2-0-0-2). Lake Henry - Batting: Jeff Schmitz 2-4; Doug Fuchs 1-3 2B; Adam Miller 1-3; Pitching: (ip-h-r-er-bb-k) Ryan Wuertz (L) (6.1-6-6-3-5-10); Roger Wuertz (2.2-2-1-0-0-3).

Stearns County League

Paynesville 14
NL-S 8
The Pirates broke a four-game County Line League losing skid by beating New London-Spicer 14-8 on Sunday in New London.

The Pirates led 4-3 when they scored six runs in the top of the sixth. The Lakers responded with five runs in the bottom of the seventh to close within 10-8, but the Pirates scored four more times in the ninth to win 14-8.

Dan Starked pitched seven innings in relief to earn the pitching victory and had four hits to lead the Pirates.

New addition Dustin Looman had two hits in two at bats, including a three-run homer to help Paynesville.

Chris Thompson hit a two-run homer for NL-S.

The Pirates are now 5-5 in league, good for third behind Melrose and Sauk Centre.

Paynesville--	000	000	000	- 0	10	0
NL-S--	000	000	0	- 0	10	0

Paynesville - Batting: Dan Starken 4-6; Dustin Looman 2-2 HR 2B RBI-3; Aaron Bayer 2-3; Pat Mohs 2-4 2B; Pitching: Shannon Olmscheid (two innings) and Starken (W) (seven innings).

NL-S - Batting: Mike Thompson 2-4; Dan Reebe 2-4; Casey Toops 2-5; Pitching: Toops (L) (six innings) and Dane Kalevig (three innings).

Upcoming schedule
Sunday, July 8
Lake Henry at Greenwald, 1:30 p.m.

St. Martin at Roscoe, 1:30 p.m.

County Line League starts playoffs.
Paynesville will host a game next Sunday
and a possible opponent could be Regal.