Denfeld baseball gets a lesson, applies it in two-game day

Prep report: Vesel goes deep twice for Denfeld

Freshman pitcher Noelle Vesel had a three-run homer in the third inning and a two-run homer in the fifth, but Duluth Denfeld’s comeback bid came up just short in a 9-8 loss against Fridley-Heights on Saturday in Duluth. Vesel’s first shot over the fence tied the game at three, but the visitors had a six-run fifth inning. Denfeld cut that in half by the fifth, then put together a one-out rally with RBI singles from Nataliah Sargent and Bridgette …

Denfeld baseball gets a lesson, applies it in two-game day

DULUTH — With six of their eight prior losses decided by a single run, the Duluth Denfeld baseball team had yet to turn in a true clunker performance prior to Saturday's matchup against Spring Lake Park at Wade Stadium. That trend was broken by the Class AAAA Panthers, who broke the game wide open with a nine-run lead after two innings and never looked back in a 10-0 five-inning final. The lackluster showing was not indicative of what the team i…