Burnsville, MN — Burnsville Varsity Blaze stayed in it until the end, but Rosemount Irish Varsity pulled away late in a 7-5 victory on Monday. The Blaze led the Irish 5-1 going into the sixth inning but gave up 6 runs and couldn’t come back. The Blaze lost despite out-hitting Rosemount seven to six. The Blaze fired up the offense in the second inning when the scored one run on a Nicholas Meuser single. They added 4 more runs in the fifth inning and a homerun by Meuser, a 2 run double by Drake Sloan, and single by Connor Quimby. Meuser started the game for the Blaze. The righty allowed one hit and two runs over five innings, striking out seven. Jacob Neutz took the loss for the Blaze. The pitcher went one inning, allowing five runs on five hits, striking out one and walking one. Jake Struzyk pitched a scoreless 7th inning, striking out one. The Blaze saw the ball well today, racking up seven hits in the game. Quimby, Meuser, and Sloan each collected two hits to lead the Blaze. Starting Lineup Jake Struzyk (RF, P) – 0-4 (run scored) Cole Sieben (2B) – 0-4 Drake Sloan (DH) – 2-4 (single, double, 2 RBI’s, SB, run scored) - Eli Keirstad (CF) Jacob Neutz (1B, P) – 0-2 (2 walks, SB) Connor Quimby (C) – 2-4 (2 singles, RBI) Jonah Dawson (LF) – 1-3 (single) Nick Meuser (P, 1B) – 2-4 (HR, Single, 2 RBI’s, SB) Asher Giese (3B) John Santelman (SS) – 0-1 (walk, SB) - Bayler Limberg (PH) – 0-0 (walk)