Mitch Jerde bunts in the eighth; a throwing error put runners on second and third.
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The Forest Lake baseball team beat Maple Grove 6-5 in eight innings in the Class AAAA quarterfinals at CHS Field in St. Paul June 15.broadstreet.zone(48036);
“This game was awful exciting for both teams,” Forest Lake head coach Tal Gravelle said. “It was a fun game, (Maple Grove) is a really tough opponent.”
The Rangers, ranked No. 2 in the state tournament, were already the top team remaining when they took the field: No. 1 Wayzata lost to unseeded Eden Prairie 6-1 earlier in the day.
The Rangers sent Cameron Kline to the mound, following up on his two-hit shutout in the Section 7AAAA championship game.
Kline rolled through the Crimson in the first two innings, but ran into trouble in the top of the third. Maple Grove third baseman Dylan Peck led off