The Glenwood-Lowry Legion baseball team won three games last week to claim the title of the pod playoffs and a berth in  the Sub-state playoffs.

Glenwood-Lowry, which improved to 17-4 overall, beat Osakis (9-1), BBE (6-0) and BBE again (7-2) to win the four-team title and advance to the Sub-state playoffs set for July 23, 25, 27 and 28.

The State Legion Tourney is set for Aug. 2-4 at Bird Island.

Glenwood-Lowry is set to host the Northwest pod champion Monday, July 22 in the first game of a best-of-three series.  The second and third game (if needed) would be Thursday, July 25 at the other team’s site.

The West Central, Sub-State Division II Final Four championship best-of-three series is set for Saturday and Sunday.  If Glenwood-Lowry wins its first series, it would host the Sunday games.

Glen-Lowry 9, Osakis 1

Glenwood-Lowry opened up the playoffs with a 9-1 win over Osakis last Monday at home.

The Lakers scored five runs in the second inning to take control of the game, and Ryland Martin and Nathan Dell combined for a four-hitter on the mound.

Dylan Alexander was one of three G-L players with multiple-hit games.  Alexander was 3-for-4 with two RBI, two doubles and a stolen base, while Alex Panitzke was 2-for-4 with a run and two RBI and Austin Ballhagen was 2-for-2 with two runs, three stolen bases and a hit-by-pitch.

Martin started on the mound and earned the win, improving to 5-1 for the summer.  He allowed four hits, one earned run and five walks over five innings with nine strikeouts before Dell came in to pitch two innings of perfect relief.

PJ Johnson also had a double and scored twice for G-L, while Connor Erickson had a two-run double and also scored, Dell had a single and scored, and Jack Majerus and Noah Jensen also scored runs for the Lakers.

Glen-Lowry 6, BBE 0

The Lakers moved into the championship game of the pod playoffs with a 6-0 win over BBE, Thursday night at home.

PJ Johnson and Alex Panitzke combined for a two-hit shutout while five players had one hit each to lead the offense.

Glenwood-Lowry scored four runs in the second inning, including three that were unearned as BBE hurt itself with two errors, a hit-by-pitch and walk.

Johnson pitched the first six innings, giving up two hits and one walk while striking out nine.  Panitzke pitched one inning of hitless relief.

Panitzke was also 1-for-3 with three RBI, while Jack Majerus was 1-for-4 with a run and stolen base, Johnson was 1-for-2 with a walk, Levi Johnson was 1-for-3, Austin Ballhagen was 1-for-1 with two runs, a walk, sacrifice and four stolen bases and Nathan Dell was 0-for-1, but reached twice after being hit-by-a-pitch and also scored twice.

Glen-Lowry 7, BBE 2

Alex Panitzke spun a six-inning one-hitter to earn the pitching victory and also went 2-for-3 at the plate with a double, triple, two runs and two RBI to lead the Glenwood-Lowry Legion team to the pod tournament title, Saturday at home.

Panitzke allowed one hit, two unearned runs and three walks over six innings with 11 strikeouts before giving way to Nathan Dell, who struck out one over the last inning.

Offensively, Panitzke had a double in the first and came home on an RBI-single by PJ Johnson, hit a two-run triple in the second and came home on an error and also walked in the fourth inning before coming home on an RBI-double by Dylan Alexander.

Glenwood-Lowry led 4-0 through three innings before BBE scored two unearned runs in the fourth.

G-L came right back in the bottom-half of the inning with two runs of its own and added an insurance run one inning later.

PJ Johnson, Levi Johnson and Austin Ballhagen also had hits for Glenwood-Lowry

at Glen-Lowry 9, Osakis 1

Osakis 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 — 1 4 7

Glen-Lowry (15-4) 0 5 0 1 3 0 x — 9 10 0

HITTING:  G-L-Dylan Alexander 3-for-4, 2 RBI, 2 doubles, sb; Alex Panitzke 2-for-4, run, 2 RBI; Austin Ballhagen 2-for-2, 2 runs, hbp, 3 sb; PJ Johnson 1-for-3, 2 runs, double; Connor Erickson 1-for-3, run, 2 RBI, double; Nathan Dell 1-for-3, run;  . . . OSAKIS-four with one hit each

PITCHING:  (ip-h-r-er-bb-so):  G-L-Ryland Martin (W, 5-1)  5-4-1-1-5-9; Nathan Dell 2-0-0-0-0-0 . . OSAKIS-W. Klimek (L)  4-6-6-0-0-2; G. Muenzenberg 2-4-3-2-0-1

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at Glen-Lowry 6, BBE 0

BBE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 2 2

Glen-Low (16-4) 0 4 0 1 0 1 x — 6 5 1

HITTING:  G-L-Jack Majerus 1-for-4, run, sb; Alex Panitzke 1-for-3, 3 RBI; PJ Johnson 1-for-2, bb; Levi Johnson 1-for-3; Austin Ballhagen 1-for-1, 2 run, bb, sac, 4 sb; Nathan Dell 0-for-1, 2 runs, 2 hbp; Connor Erickson 0-for-2, run, bb; Dylan Alexander 0-for-3, RBI; Noah Jensen 0-for-2, bb . . . BBE-two with one hit each

PITCHING:  (ip-h-r-er-bb-so):  G-L-PJ Johnson (W, 4-0)  6-2-0-0-1-9; Alex Panitzke 1-0-0-0-1-1. . BBE-B. Deroo (L)  5-4-5-2-4-1; G. Coners 1-1-1-0-0-0

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at Glen-Lowry 7, BBE 2

BBE 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 — 2 1 5

Glen-Lowry (17-4) 1 3 0 2 1 0 x — 7 6 3

HITTING:  G-L-Alex Panitzke 2-for-3, 3 runs, 2 RBI, bb, double, triple; Dylan Alexander 1-for-3, RBI, bb, double; PJ Johnson 1-for-2, RBI, bb; Levi Johnson 1-for-3, run; Austin Ballhagen 1-for-3, 2 runs, RBI, 2 sb . . . BBE-one hit

PITCHING:  (ip-h-r-er-bb-so):  G-L-Alex Panitzke (W, 2-1)  6-1-2-0-3-11; Nathan Dell 1-0-0-0-0-1  . . BBE-L. Radermacher (L)  3 2/3-5-6-3-2-2; L. Illies 2 1/3-1-1-0-2-3

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