Canby defeated Minneota 14-4 in a five-inning game in which Chris Nemitz pitched all five innings and struck out eight with no walks.
Nemitz allowed four runs, three earned, on seven hits.
Minneota jumped to a 2-0 lead in mthe first inning. But in the second inning, with two outs, Brandon Kamrath singled and Jake Long was on third on a Minneota error. Jon Leslie hit a fly ball that bounced off the fielder’s glove, scoring two runs. Dan Deslauriers and Trevor Citrowske scored two on their hits to give the Lancers a 4-2 lead.
Minneota had one run each in the fourth and fifth innings, but Canby had four runs in the fourth and six runs in the fifth inning.
Citrowske went 2 for 2 with a double and two RBIs while Blake Haugen was 2 for 4 with a double and three RBIs
Anders Henningsgaard was 2 for 4 with one RBI, Nemiz was 2 for 4 with two RBIs, Kamrath was 1 for 1, Leslie was 1 for 2 and Deslauries was 3 for 3 with three RBIs.
In a game Thursday, MACCRAY won 12-2.
Kamrath pitched two and a third innings, Citrowske pitched and and two-thirds innings and Leslie pitched one inning.
Citrowske went 2 for 3 for the Lancers with a homerun and one RBI. Henningsgaard went 1 for 3, Nemitz went 1 for 2 with an RBI and Long was 1 for 2.