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Craig Klein and Greg Holthaus had RBI singles for Farming in the ninth inning.

St. Martin, seeded #1 after going 11-2 in league in the regular season, took a 1-0 lead in the first inning, but Farming (now 7-7 in league) erased that deficit with Aaron Nett's two-run homer in the fourth inning, starting a flurry of scoring. The Martins tied the score with a run in the bottom of the fourth, allowed Farming to take a 3-2 lead in the top of the fifth, and tied the score again in the bottom of the fifth at 3-3.

Third baseman Jake Thelen throws out a Farming runner at first from his knees.

After scoring three runs in five innings against Farming starter Ted Nett, the Martins were unable to score in three innings against Aaron Nett, who also earned the pitching victory.

Ryan Nett allowed two hits but struck out the side in the bottom of the ninth to earn the save.

The Martins used some defensive gems to keep the score tied in the seventh and eighth innings. Second baseman Jim Arceneau made an over-the-shoulder catch with two outs to end one threat. With two on and nobody out, the Martins turned a 1-5-4 double play on a bunt attempt to quell an eighth-inning threat.

The Martins will play at Farming on Sunday in a must-win game for St. Martin. Game time is 1:30 p.m.

Farming--	000	210	003	- 6	11	1
St. Martin--	100	011	000	- 3	11	1

Farming - Batting: Aaron Nett 3-4 HR RBI-2; Craig Klein 2-5 RBI; Greg Holthaus 2-5 RBI; Dale Schroeder 2-3; Derek Tamm 2-4 R; Pitching: (ip-h-r-er-bb-k) Ted Nett (5-7-3-3-2-1); Aaron Nett (W) (3-2-0-0-0-2); Ryan Nett (S) (1-2-0-0-0-3).
St. Martin - Batting: Jake Thelen 3-4 2B; Nathan Schlangen 3-5 SB R; Luke Rothstein 2B RBI; Jesse Thelen 1-4 2B; Pitching: (ip-h-r-er-bb-k) Ken Arceneau (5-5-3-3-3-1); Luke Rothstein (L) (4-6-3-2-4-2).

Richmond 3, Roscoe 1
Richmond finally broke through against Roscoe, winning their opening round playoff game 3-1 in Richmond on Sunday. The Rangers had beaten Richmond twice this season, but Nate Guetter pitched a complete game on Sunday to shut down the Rangers.

The Rangers did score first, in the second inning, breaking a 25-inning scoreless streak, but could manage only that lone run.

The Rangers also snapped their 34-inning errorless streak, committing one error.

The game featured three runners thrown out at home, two by Roscoe, with leftfielder Curt Christian getting both assists, and one by Richmond.

On Sunday, the Rangers will host Richmond in a must-win playoff game, else the Royals win the series two games to none. The Rangers will face the Royals again at 1:30 p.m. in Roscoe.

Roscoe--	010	000	000	- 1	5	1
Richmond--	001	101	00x	- 3	10	4

Roscoe - Batting: Brent Heinen 3-4 SB-2; Mike Heinen 1-3 RBI; Rick Mackedanz 1-4; Pitching: (ip-h-r-er-bb-k) Greg Heinen (L) (6-8-3-1-0-5); Brent Heinen (2-2-0-0-2-1).
Richmond - Batting: Greg Drontle 3-4 R; Joel Torborg 2-3 RBI; Brent Ruegemer 2-4 2B RBI; Jeron Lieser 1-3 R-2; Pitching: (ip-h-r-er-bb-k) Nate Guetter (W) (9-5-1-0-1-5).

Cornbelt League
Both Regal and Paynesville lost opening round games in the Cornbelt League on Sunday. Regal, the #4 seed, lost 3-0 to top-seeded New London-Spicer in New London, while Paynesville lost 3-1 at Norway Lake.

Regal and Paynesville will face each other this week in an elimination playoff game. Paynesville will host Regal at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday in Paynesville.