News and updates from the Minnesota state amateur baseball tournament

The Class B and C state tournaments are in full swing this weekend. Here's a guide to the games.

September 3, 2018 at 4:57PM
Players from the County Line League, back, and the Stearns County League held their hats over their hearts for the National Anthem before their all-star game on Friday, June 30, 2017 in Elrosa, Minn.
Players from the County Line League, back, and the Stearns County League held their hats over their hearts for the National Anthem before their all-star game on Friday, June 30, 2017 in Elrosa, Minn. (Howard Sinker/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

The Miesville Mudhens play Chanhassen at noon Monday in Shakopee for the Class B state amateur title, with a second game to follow in Chanhassen wins that game in the double-elimination tournament.

In the Class C single-elimination final, Sobieski plays Plato at 3 p.m. in New Prague. Sobieski defeated Young America 2-1 in a semifinal game on Sunday while Plato beat defending champion Kimball 12-5.

Young America reached the semifinals with a 4-3 victory in 14 innings over New Market earlier Sunday. Young America appeared to have won the game in the 12th inning, but the winning run was disallowed.

Watch this video to see what happened:

Updates on today's game are on the Minnesota Baseball Association Twitter feed.

St. Louis Park won the Class A tournament two weeks ago with a 2-1 victory over Lyon's Pub. It was the third state title for St. Louis Park, which also won in 2002 and 2008 and went through the double-elimination tournament without losing a game.

You can read a full game report from the Minnesota Baseball Association here.

The Class B tournament is double-elimination; the Class tournament, which has a field of 48 teams, is single-elimination.

You can get score updates throughout the tournament here or, via Twitter, here.

Here are the brackets:

Directions to the ballparks in Shakopee, Jordan and New Prague are here.

Star Tribune columnist Patrick Reusse has written several times in recent years about town ball around the state:

The website of the Minnesota Baseball Association, which sponsors the tournament, is here.

The St. Louis Park Pirates.
The St. Louis Park Pirates. (Howard Sinker/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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