Wes Snyder sent Ely into the winners' bracket of the Eighth District Division II Legion Baseball Playoffs with perhaps his most dominant effort yet on the mound.
The senior left-hander struck out a career-high 16 batters, took a no-hitter into the seventh and finished with a one-hitter as Post 248 blanked Brookston 6-0 before a Veterans Night crowd at Veterans Memorial Field.
Ely (23-6) broke open a scoreless game with four runs in the bottom of the fourth, and Snyder was never tested by the eighth-seeded visitors.
Snyder retired the first 11 batters he faced and pitched to just 24 hitters in the contest, closing the game with back-to-back strikeouts.
Losing pitcher Bryce Karppinen was equally brilliant early on, but Post 248 got to the college freshman in the fourth, with Jory Johnson and Cody Bialik drawing bases-loaded walks and Sean Fisher lining a two-run single to center.
Ely, which moves on to meet Chisholm Wednesday, added two more runs in the fifth on three walks and a run-scoring hit by Louie Gerzin.
Nick Mathews scored twice for the winners, who managed just five hits against Karppinen.
In other first round games:
• Deer River 4, Moose Lake 0;
• Taconite 3, Carlton 0;
• Chisholm 9, Esko 3.
The stage is now set for Wednesday's winners bracket games, with Deer River and Taconite squaring off at 5 p.m., and Ely taking on Chisholm at 7:30. It's Pack the Park night at the ballpark, with all tickets $2, and concession stand specials including 2 hot dogs for $2, $2 burgers and $2 root beer floats.
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