The Starbuck Stars amateur baseball team picked up a pair of league wins, Friday and Sunday.  The Stars hosted New London, Friday, winning 9-0, and Starbuck also rallied to beat Paynesville at home, Sunday, 4-2.

This week, the Stars (2-1 record) have a pair of road games, beginning with a game at Clinton, Saturday, and continuing with an afternoon game at Norway Lake-Sunburg, Sunday.

Stars 9, New London 0

The Stars earned their first win of the season during the home opener against New London, Friday night, 9-0.  Darion Alexander was 2-for-3 with an RBI-double, run scored, two walks and a stolen base to lead a seven-hit Stars’ offensive attack.

Austin Ver Steeg started on the mound for the Stars, scattering two hits and two walks over four innings with six strikeouts.

Drew Olsonawski came in to pitch the next three innings, yielding one hit and three walks with another six strikeouts, and was credited with the pitching victory.

PJ Johnson, Matt Gruber, Dylan Alexander, Aaron Ver Steeg and Alex Panitzke also had hits for the Stars.

Stars 4, Paynesville 2

The Stars rallied from an early 2-0 deficit to knock off the Pirates, 4-2, in a game played Sunday afternoon at home.  

Starbuck finally got on the board with a run in the fifth and took the lead for good with three more runs in the sixth.

Matt Gruber went 2-for-4 with a run, while Jackson Hendrickson was 2-for-4 with an RBI-double, and Mitch Gruber was also 2-for-4 with a solo homer to lead the Stars’ offense.

Darion Alexander earned the win, spinning a four-hitter over five innings and giving up just two unearned runs with six strikeouts.  Adding one hit each for the Stars were Austin Ver Steeg, Mike Andreas and Olsonawski.

at Stars 9, New London 0

New Lon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 5 2

Stars (1-1) 0 0 0 2 0 4 3 0 x — 9 7 0

HITTING:  STARS-Darion Alexander 2-or-3, run, 2 RBI, 2 bb, double, sb; PJ Johnson 1-for-4, 2 RBI, bb; Matt Gruber 1-for-3, RBI, bb, 2 sb; Dylan Alexander 1-for-1, 2 runs, bb, hbp, sb; Aaron Ver Steeg 1-for-1, 2 runs, 3 bb; Alex Panitzke 1-for-1, 2 runs, RBI, bb; Austin Ver Steeg 0-for-2, run, bb; Jackson Hendrickson run, RBI   . . . NL-J Soinee 2-for-4

PITCHING:  (ip-h-r-er-bb-so):  STARS-Austin Ver Steeg 4-2-0-0-2-6; Drew Olsonawski (W, 1-0)  3-1-0-0-3-6; M. Gruber 2-2-0-0-1-3 . . . NL-D. Arndorfer (L)  4-1-2-2-5-5; J. Soinee 3-5-7-4-7-2; Z Madison 1-1-0-0-0-0

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at Stars 4, Paynesville 2

Paynesville 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 2 7 1

Stars (2-1) 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 x — 4 9 2

HITTING:  STARS-Matt Gruber 2-for-4, run, sb; Mitch Gruber 2-for-4, run, RBI, HR; Jackson Hendrickson 2-for-4, run, RBI; Austin Ver Steeg 1-for-4, sb; Mike Andreas 1-for-3, bb; Drew Olsonawski 1-for-4, RBI  . . . PAY-G. Fuchs 2-for-5

PITCHING:  (ip-h-r-er-bb-so):  STARS-Darion Alexander (W, 1-0)  5-4-2-0-0-6; Colin Richards 4-3-0-0-0-6 . . . PAY-B. Evans (L)  5 2/3-8-4-1-2-7; L. Johnson 2 1/3-1-0-0-2-2