Cougars shake hands with Irish after regular season final.

Irish Shutout Cougars 11-0
Two Home Runs For Rosemount Seal Win

The Lakeville South Cougars finished off their inaugural campaign on Monday night by hosting Rosemount in their last season game of the year. The hits were even at six each but Rosemount had the luck of the Irish with two home runs as they shut out the Cougars 11-0 at Cougar Field.

Alex Messick was the starting pitcher for the Cougars and went three innings, giving up just four hits, but those hits came in his last inning as the Irish touched the Cougars for six runs in the 3rd with the help of a two-run homer.

Blake Nicols came on in relief in the 4th and set the Irish down 1-2-3. In the 5th he ran into some trouble as Rosemount capitalized with two outs on a Cougar fielding error and two wild pitches, scoring two in the inning.

Chris Erickson pitched the 6th inning and walked two batters before giving up a homerun to right field that bounced off the Cougar scoreboard, scoring three for the Irish.

Offensively the Cougars once again couldn't seem to find the timely hit when they needed it most. They left runners in scoring position in the 1st, 2nd, 5th and 6th innings. The Cougars only put together one multiple hit inning in the game as the sophomore pitcher from Rosemount kept them off balance most of the afternoon.

The Cougars and Irish were both even in hits with six each.

Leading hitters for the Cougars were...

Marlon Amaro... 1 for 3

Nick Daniels... 1 for 3

Jose Martinez... 1 for 3

Mick Wald... 1 for 2

Eric Watts... 1 for 2

Nick Altavilla... 1 for 3

The Cougars are now 5-15 in their first year as their regular season schedule is finished. They will now participate in the high school 1-AAA Section Tournament starting Thursday with a game at Farmington at 5:00.