Jun. 28—YANKTON — Palace City 14-and-under baseball finished 1-2 in three games at the Bob Tereshinski Tournament at Riverside Park for the weekend.
Palace City won 3-1 over Vermillion Red on Friday but dropped a 7-1 decision to the Rapid City Post 320 Comets and then fell 5-4 to the Yankton Lakers in the finale on Saturday. All tournament games were six innings.
Palace City topped Vermillion Red on Friday, powered by a strong outing on the mound from Deyton Puetz, who threw six innings and allowed four hits, an unearned run and struck out four batters. At the plate, Preston Maeschen and Keniel Padilla each had two hits and Puetz added an RBI as Palace City outhit Vermillion 6-4, overcoming four errors.
On Saturday against the Comets, Palace City only mustered one hit, which came from Maeschen. Carter Buschbach had the lone RBI in the fourth inning, scoring Maeschen, who took the loss on the mound and threw all six innings, allowing eight hits, seven runs (three earned) and striking out two.
Against Yankton, Palace City led 4-0 after two innings but the hosts had a walk-off victory, capped with three runs in the sixth. Maeschen had three hits and two runs scored, and Padilla had two hits and three RBIs. Puetz, Meade Schlimgen and Gavin Auch each had two hits. Padilla took the loss for Palace City, allowing 13 hits, five runs and striking out seven without a walk in 5 2/3 innings.
Palace City won 3-1 over Vermillion Red on Friday but dropped a 7-1 decision to the Rapid City Post 320 Comets and then fell 5-4 to the Yankton Lakers in the finale on Saturday. All tournament games were six innings.
Palace City topped Vermillion Red on Friday, powered by a strong outing on the mound from Deyton Puetz, who threw six innings and allowed four hits, an unearned run and struck out four batters. At the plate, Preston Maeschen and Keniel Padilla each had two hits and Puetz added an RBI as Palace City outhit Vermillion 6-4, overcoming four errors.
On Saturday against the Comets, Palace City only mustered one hit, which came from Maeschen. Carter Buschbach had the lone RBI in the fourth inning, scoring Maeschen, who took the loss on the mound and threw all six innings, allowing eight hits, seven runs (three earned) and striking out two.
Against Yankton, Palace City led 4-0 after two innings but the hosts had a walk-off victory, capped with three runs in the sixth. Maeschen had three hits and two runs scored, and Padilla had two hits and three RBIs. Puetz, Meade Schlimgen and Gavin Auch each had two hits. Padilla took the loss for Palace City, allowing 13 hits, five runs and striking out seven without a walk in 5 2/3 innings.
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