Houghton Building Supply-Stanton’s Yadi Sevilla throws against Coldwell Banker on Thursday, July 14, 2022, in Stanton Township, Mich. (Eddie O’Neill/The Daily Mining Gazette)

STANTON TOWNSHIP — It was a good week for Craig Heinonen Coldwell Banker baseball in the Copper County Twilight League.

A 7-1 win over Houghton Building Supply-Stanton on Thursday continued a two-game winning streak that began on Tuesday with a 4-3 win over REL Inc.-Mohawk Technology.

Thursday’s winning formula in Stanton was the same one used earlier in the week, said Coldwell Banker player-manager Ross Kinnunen.

“We played cleaned baseball this week,” he said. “When we have no errors, we have a good chance of winning.”

While the two rivals tallied runs in the first frame, the tie was short lived. Coldwell Banker (4-3) countered with a run in the second, another one in the fourth and a big four-run fifth inning.

In the second Owen Kariniemi of Coldwell Banker got on base and eventually made it home to make it a 2-1 Coldwell tilt after two.

In the fourth back-to-back base knocks by Carl Kangas and Andrew Kinnunen allow Kangas to score and give Coldwell a 3-1 lead.

Then came the fifth where Coldwell Banker closed the door on HBS-Stanton.

Starting pitcher Carson Turner helped his own cause by blasting a triple to deep center that turned in a four-bagger due to a HBS-Stanton overthrow. Trevor Halonen then stroked a single and third baseman Malcolm Purdy joined him on the bases after being hit by a pitch. With nobody out, Owen Kariniemi then stepped up to the plate and promptly launched a 1-2 fastball from HBS-Stanton’s starter Yadi Sevilla over the left-center fence to make it a 7-1 game.

“Owen said he was due for a long ball as he hadn’t hit one in a while,” said Kinnunen. “He certainly got all of that one.”

He added that Carson Turner pitched a gem as he threw a complete-game win with 15 strikeouts on the night. This including striking out the HBS-Stanton (1-4) squad twice for three outs – first in the second frame and again in the sixth.

HBS-Stanton player-manager Daron Durocher said that despite the loss, he isn’t worried.

“We are missing a few guys here and there, but that is no excuse,” he said. “You win some, you lose some. We just aren’t clicking on all cylinders. However, we’ll come around.”

CB 110 140 0 – 7

HBS 100 000 0 – 1