EARL WATT
• Leader & Times
Brooks Kappelmann pitched a no-hitter gem Friday to open a three-win weekend for the Saints over Otero.
Kappelmann tossed all seven innings in Game 1 and only allowed two walks while striking out 14 and allowing no runs and no hits.
Nathan Hopkins led the Saints at the plate with two hits including a double and an RBI.
The Saints completed the sweep with a 15-5 win in Game 2.
Emry Cairns homered in the win, and Brooks Barber tripled.
Hopkins, and Barber each had a double, and Hayden Ramage had two doubles in the win.
Stephen Lang got the win on the mound, pitching six innings and allowing two runs on six hits, only two of those earned, with one walk and six strikeouts.
Seward won three in a row over Otero by opening Saturday with a 10-7 win.
Chancy had a double in the win.
Hopkins, Kotaro Wakui and Grant Cox each had two hits in the win.
Michael Lujan earned the win by pitching four innings and allowing five runs on four hits while walking three and striking out seven.
John Lagenehennig earned the save, his second of the season.
Seward came close to a four-game sweep but dropped Game 4 13-12 in 11 innings.
Otero used a six-run seventh inning to rally to a lead before the Saints tied the game in the bottom of the ninth.
Otero scored the winning run against reliever Also Ostos in the 11th inning for the 13-12 win.
Seward moved to 9-9 on the season.
