There are often wannabe runs in close postseasons games that never quite get on the scoreboard. That was the case in a Class 4A baseball quarterfinal Thursday at CHS Field, above, when Stillwater pitcher Drew Gilbert tagged out Mounds View's Joey Lawson inches from home plate in the fourth inning. The Ponies later utilized Benjamin Borrman's pinch-hit RBI single in the seventh for a 3-2 victory. Coverage on C8-C10
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