The Upsala Blue Jays entered Memorial Day weekend with a 5-0 record, tied a top the Victory League West Division with Sobieski (also 5-0).  

The Blue Jays played a pair of games over the weekend, starting with a home game on Sunday against the Randall Cubs.  Upsala went on to win this one by a 10-6 final.  Johnny Fuchs earned the win on the mound, allowing 5 runs over 5+ innings of work.  Brock Cichon earned the save in relieft of Fuchs.  Justin Lampert had a big day at the plate for Upsala with 3 hits, one of which was a two run homer to left in the 5th inning.  Brandon Welinski would also homer in that inning, giving Upsala a 9-1 lead through 5 innings.  Randall would rally in the 6th inning, cutting the lead to 9-6, but Upsala would tack on a late inning insurance run and hang on to a 10-6 victory.  Ricky Drew led Randall with 3 hits.  Brett Strack took the loss for Randall, going 4+ innings while allowing 8 runs.

On Sunday, the Jays would travel to St. Wendel for a Memorial Day tilt with the St. Wendel Saints.  Upsala would grab an early 1-0 lead on a first inning RBI single by Matt Swanson.  St. Wendel would respond in their half of the 1st, as Keaton Gustin delivered a 2 run homer to left center to put St. Wendel ahead 2-1.  St. Wendel would tack on a run in the middle innings and lead 3-1 through 6 innings of play.  In the 7th, Justin Lampert would put Upsala ahead as he belted a clutch 2-out, 3 run homer over the monster in left field.  Upsala would add a run in the 8th, and one more in the 9th in route to a 6-3 victory.  Matt Swanson earned the win for Upsala, while Max Posch was tagged with the loss for St. Wendel.  Paul Krebs earned the save.  Lampert, Brock Cichon, Brandon Welinski, and Johnny Fuchs all had 3 hits for Upsala.  Keaton Gustin had a big day for St. Wendel, going 4-4 including the aforementioned homerun.

The pair of victories improved Upsala to 7-0 in league play.  The wins keep Upsala tied a top the division lead with Sobieski who also won a pair of games over the weekend.  The two teams will meet up in a couple weeks with first place on the line.

As for this coming weekend, the Blue Jays will take part in the Stearns Country Classic, hosted by St. Martin and Lake Henry.  Upsala is scheduled to play Saturday morning at 10 AM in St. Martin, against St. Martin.  Pending those results, the Blue Jays will play again on Saturday at either 2 or 4 against the winner/loser of Chanhassen and the Cold Spring Rockies.  On Sunday Upsala will play 1 more game, the time is TBD pending results from Saturday.