Amateur baseball roundup: Rockets newcomers shut down Rails

Amateur baseball roundup: Rockets newcomers shut down Rails

WILLMAR — Raymond Rockets manager Butch Steen decided to give one of his younger pitchers a shot in a big game Wednesday. Jase Dirksen, a 2025 MACCRAY High School graduate, got his first start for the Rockets. And the early returns were impressive. The young left-hander tossed five shutout innings to earn the victory in Raymond’s 7-0 Corn Belt League amateur baseball victory over the Willmar Rails at Elsie Klemmetson Memorial Field. “We lucked …