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Amateur Baseball: Lund sparkles as Snurdbirds no-hit Millers
Mike Isola 07/10/2010 - 9:08pm

Midway provided all the fireworks on the diamond as Jake Lund tossed a seven-inning no-hitter in the 5-1 victory Saturday (July 3).

The game was shortened due because the home team wanted to get the team sponsored fireworks presentation under way and finished before a forecasted storm hit the area.

It would be the only fireworks the home team would provide to entertain the area crowd that night.

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Amateur Baseball: Mickelson, Snurdbirds edge Bluedogs 4-2
Mike Isola 07/10/2010 - 8:57pm

Brandon Mickleson laced a two-run triple in the bottom of the sixth for Midway and Brad Lusti wrapped up the Snurdbirds’ 4-2 victory with three perfect innings of relief on Friday (July 2).

Brandon-Evansville had overcome an early 1-0 deficit on a pair of solo shots from Nate Meissner and Lee Nelson in the top of the sixth for the short-lived 2-1 lead.

Midway erupted for three runs in the bottom half of the frame, with Mickleson providing the heroics.

The Snurdbirds were held to six hits with Mike Baso going 2-for-4 with a double and run in the victory.

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Amateur Baseball: Snurdbirds take runner-up honors at Border Battle Tourney
Mike Isola 07/10/2010 - 8:55pm

Midway capped a successful weekend by capturing runner-up honors in the Border Battle Tournament in Wahpeton on June 26-27.

The ‘Birds rallied from an 7-0 deficit to defeat the Jamestown Merchants 14-8 in the opener, then went on to knock off Fergus Falls 6-2 before dropping the title game 13-7 to the Moorhead Brewers.

All three tournament games were in the seven inning format.

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Amateur Baseball: Etter, Snurdbirds swat Huntersville to claim Lake & Pine North title
Mike Isola 06/22/2010 - 11:31pm
Midway's Zach Etter had a monster game against Huntersville on Sunday. He went 4-for-5 with three home runs and five RBIs at the plate, He also pitched a two-hitter on the mound for five innings as the Snurdbirds clinched the Lake & Pine North title with the 10-0 win over the Horseflies.
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Amateur Baseball: Midway butchers the Blackduck Decoys in league doubleheader
Mike Isola 06/17/2010 - 2:22pm
Midway shortstop Brad Lusti uncorks the ball towards first base after scooping up the infield hit during the action in the Snurdbirds doubleheader win on Sunday.
Photo by Tim Ellingson/Blueberry Bugler

Midway picked up their seventh shutout of the season by riddling the Blackduck Decoys by scores of 11-0 and 12-0 in the Lake and Pine North doublehead

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Amateur Baseball: Snurdbirds ten-run Wolfpack twice in league doubleheader
Mike Isola 06/02/2010 - 9:58am
Snurdbirds Shane Hendrickson (left) and Brad Lusti (right) combined to shut down the visiting Wolf Pack in the Lake & Pine doubleheader on Saturday. Hendrickson allowed just five hits to win the opener 10-0, while Lusti threw a two-hitter in the Snurdbirds 12-0 win in the nightcap.
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Amateur Baseball: Midway muddles the Bemidji Mudcats 10-2
Mike Isola 06/01/2010 - 10:11pm

Midway scattered 16 hits—including four doubles—en route to pounding the host Bemidji Mudcats 10-2 on Friday night.

The Snurdbirds broke open a scoreless game with nine runs in the top of the fifth. Drew Rasmussen opened the floodgates with a one-out double, and Shane Hendrickson followed with a RBI double. Back-to-back singles by Jeff Marjamaa and Mike Baso plated Hendrickson. Brad Lusti followed with a blast to center that ended up hitting the top of the fence and back into the field for a RBI double.

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Amateur Baseball: Etter, Snurdbirds zap Nisswa in 10th to remain perfect
Mike Isola 05/25/2010 - 12:31am

Midway needed all the power they could muster to unplug the visiting Nisswa Lightning 3-2 in 10 innings during Lake and Pine action Sunday.

After scattering 12 hits the day before in the 14-0 shut out win over the Red Eye Country Boys, Midway had trouble getting their bats going against Nisswa starter Brett Cloutier.

The Lightning pitcher handcuffed the Snurdbirds to just one run on three hits in six innings before turning the ball over to reliever Kyle Schaible to start the seventh.

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Amateur Baseball: Midway hammers the Red Eye Country Boys 14-0
Mike Isola 05/24/2010 - 11:56pm

Whew.

Area amateur baseball fans had to be shaking their heads after the Saturday game between Midway and Red Eye.

They just didn’t know whether they should be sympathizing with the hapless Country Boys or if they should marvel at the Snurdbirds ability to become the team to reckon with in the Lake and Pine League.

Midway literally smoked the Country Boys with a 10-run fifth inning outburst en route to the 14-0 shut out victory. It was the third shut out of the season for the ‘Birds.

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Amateur Baseball: Etter, Snurdbirds unplug the Shockers 6-2
Mike Isola 05/17/2010 - 9:47am

Jeff Marjamaa’s lone hit got the wheels going as the Midway Snurdbirds picked up a 6-2 victory over the host Wadena-Deer Creek Shockers on Sunday.

Marjamaa belted a single that scored Zach Etter and Drew Rasmussen to give the ‘Birds the 2-0 lead after the first inning and Midway remained in control the rest of the way.

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