by Max Mercy
DULUTH -- The Ashland Merchants defeated the Duluth Padres 2-0 in an Upper 13 League baseball game at Duluth East High School field.
Winning pitcher Bob Tyndall threw a complete-game three-hitter with seven strikeouts. He walked three and had two hit batsmen.
Dan Bennett reached on an error and scored on Taylor Stibbe's single in the first inning. Tyler Martin reached on an error and scored on Casey Olson's groundout in the second inning.
Stibbe had three hits for Ashland.
Losing pitcher Anthony Bush (3-2, 2.30 ERA) allowed two unearned runs in four innings with five hits, no walks and no strikeouts. Reliever Jake Lewis threw five shutout innings with two hits, two walks, and four strikeouts.
Ashland is now 4-2 in the Upper 13 League. Duluth dropped to 3-1 in league play and 5-6 overall.