The Hopkins Berries finish up the series with a 10-1 win tonight securing the bid to the
@MinnBaseball
Class A State tournament next weekend
#BerriesIn3
Berries head to 2-0 with a 6-2 win over the Coon Rapids Redbirds. Pettersen 2-3 with HBP, Ben Shepard with the complete game (another gopher added to the squad), Zimmer with his 2nd bomb of the year, Boxwell 3-3, and Safranski with a triple.
Big 6-3 W against the defending state champs tonight.
Big time outing from Gabe Olson going 7 strong innings for the W
Berghult, Couchman, and Boxwell all with two knocks
Zimmer with a big time nuke
Pettersen and Fasching both collect big hits late.
#Aflac
#GoBerries
After his first hitless ball game of the year last night Alex Boxwell closed the regular season with a .479/.569/.729 slash line and a 1.298 OPS.
Our analytics department also told us that his WAR was probably really good too.
#Berries
#MNTownBall
𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗳𝗳
Out of Eden Prairie, Shep made the most of his final year of collegiate eligibility, going 2-2 with a 4.69 ERA in 48.0 innings pitched. The UMD transfer went six-or-more innings twice and struck out seven vs. Iowa.
Glad you could be a Gopher, Ben!
Berries have inked deals with former Gophers- Luke Pettersen INF, Jeff Fasching LHP/1B/OF, and Alex Boxwell OF. Other announcements to come.
@LPett47
@jfasch224
@AlexBoxwell
Hopkins Berries have an opponent! We'll face the
@SobieskiSkis
at the Mini Met in the first round of the MBA Class B State Tournament on Saturday.
@BPJGI2024
Berries beat the
@millersbaseball
3-1 behind a good showing from Lamp and Kurt on the mound. Denn with a huge bomb. Next game tomorrow at Big Willow versus Hitdawg at 8:15.
The Berries adding some strong NSIC representation today bringing aboard the following:
Former UMD players- Tyler Wojciechowski and Dayo Lawal
Current Upper Iowa players- Gabe Olson, Brock Zimmer and Paul Safranski
And former Concordia St. Paul Golden Bear- Mickey Leius
Berries add a big time arm today. Former Gopher and UMD Bulldog Ben Shepard.
His most recent stop was with the
@GopherBaseball
where the Eden Prairie native made 11 appearances (7 starts) in 2023 and punched out 37 with a 4.69 ERA.
#GoBerries
Berries lose by an undisclosed number to the
@MillersBaseball
, Boxwell follows career trend with a rolled ankle in game 4… back at Wednesday
#1percentbetter
After going over the mascots of every amateur baseball team in the state, my new favorite team is the
@HopkinsBerries
.
I mean, look at the logo! Where can I buy a hat?!
We open our season tonight at 7:30 pm in Shakopee vs
@shakopeeindians
! Free admission tonight at Joe Schleper Stadium. Nobody has picked up a bat since last year.
Berries are looking to schedule more non conference games this summer. Please reach out if you have any interest in adding us to the schedule. We will travel.
#GoBerries
Played every inning of every game
Second team all Big Ten
Big Ten all tournament team
17 homeruns
14 doubles
53 RBI
60 hits
57:54 free pass to K ratio
7 stolen bags
2024 slash line:
.324 average
.474 obp
.676 slug (Big Ten leader)
1.150 ops (Big Ten leader)
The
@HopkinsBerries
get the 4 seed heading into playoffs. We will play at
@Bandit_Baseball
on Tuesday at 7:30, then at home on Thursday at 7:30. 3 game series to go to state.