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🍁Crimson Baseball🍁
🍁Crimson Baseball🍁
est: 1997
est: 1997
9x Conference Champions
(most recently 2022)9x MSHSL State Tournament Participants
(most recently 2022)
O'Dwyer goes CG, Crimson win game one; Mustangs' offense ends MG's season in game two
Box Score 1 Box Score 2 6/2/2026
Maple Grove 6, Spring Lake Park 2 | Mounds View 5, Maple Grove 2
Section quarterfinal action began with two two-run first innings for the Crimson and Panthers, but then things settled down and Maple Grove came out victorious 6-2. MG got on the board in the top of the inning as an SLP error put a runner on before junior Beckett Shimpa (2/4 2B 2R 2RBI) doubled home a run and senior Oliver Taynton (2/4 SB RBI) came through with a run-scoring single. Spring Lake Park then tied the game in the bottom half with three hits, two hit-by-pitch, and a sacrifice fly.
After a few scoreless innings, the Crimson broke up the tie when a Panther error scored a run and junior Vince Lenmark (1/3 RBI) punched a single through a drawn-in infield to score a second tally. The Maple Grove offense added two insurance runs in the top of the seventh to push the final margin to four and senior Evan O'Dwyer shut down Spring Lake Park for the final six innings of the game for the complete game victory. Seniors Preston Berg (2/4) and Joe Limric (2/4 SB 2R) joined Shimpa and Taynton with multiple-hit games.
With the win, Maple Grove advanced to game two of the day, a sectional semi-final versus Mounds View. The Crimson again got on the board first with a lead-off hit-by-pitch for Limric (0/2 HBP R) and a two-run blast for Shimpa (2/3 HR R 2RBI), his seventh of the season (the second-best single-season total in Crimson history). However, after allowing one more single in the first inning, the Mustang pitchers would hold the MG bats to just one more hit over the course of the game. The MV offense scratched back a run in the bottom of the first, then took the lead for good in third, adding two. Insurance runs in the fifth and sixth gave Mounds View their final 5-2 margin.
The Crimson finish 17-9 for the season, 7-7 in Lake Conference play, and third in Section 5AAAA.
Maple Grove Beats Rogers in Section 5AAAA Baseball Opener
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
The Maple Grove baseball team scored 3 runs in the 1st inning and 4 more in the 5th on the way to an 8-3 win over Rogers in the Section 5AAAA tournament quarterfinals. Oliver Taynton's run-scoring double in the 1st inning scored Beckett Shimpa with the 1st run of the game and the Crimson had the lead for good. The Royals scored 2 runs in the 3rd to pull within a run before Grove countered with their big 5th inning. Brogan Stowe pitched the first 5 and 1/3 innings to earn the win with Vince Lenmark getting the final 5 outs of the game. Maple Grove (15-7) plays the winner of today's Champlin Park/Irondale quarterfinal on Thursday. Rogers (4-18) drops into the elimination bracket of the double elimination tournament.
CLASS OF 2026 | THANK YOU SENIORS!
CLASS OF 2026 | THANK YOU SENIORS!
Congratulations to Evan O'Dwyer and Oliver Taynton on being selected to the 2026 Metro West All Star Team as part of the MSHSBCA All-Star Series June 25-27 at Athletic Park in Chaska, MN
Congratulations to Evan O'Dwyer and Oliver Taynton on being selected to the 2026 Metro West All Star Team as part of the MSHSBCA All-Star Series June 25-27 at Athletic Park in Chaska, MN
Congrats to our current college commitments: Oliver Taynton ('26) - Marshalltown (IA), Beckett Shimpa ('27) - Stanford (CA); Preston Berg ('26) - Bethel (MN); Evan O'Dwyer ('26) - Augustana (SD); Ian Farley ('26) - Marshalltown (IA)
2026 Varsity Baseball Schedule
(CHECK THE DROP DOWN SCHEDULE MENU FOR ALL LEVELS AND LOCATIONS)
Current Schedule / with field location & game times (tentative)HOME GAMES IN BOLD
Wednesday, April 8, 2026 - Crimson at Hopkins [at Hopkins HS - 6:30pm] - W 8-2
Friday, April 10, 2026 - Crimson vs Eden Prairie [at Gleason - 4:30pm] - W 8-2
Tuesday, April 14, 2026 - Crimson at Roseville [at Roseville - 4:30pm] - W 12-0
Wednesday, April 15, 2026 - Crimson at Buffalo [at Buffalo HS - 6:30pm] - L 5-0
Monday, April 20, 2026 - Crimson at St Michael-Albertville [at STMA HS - 4:30pm] - L 6-5
Wednesday, April 22, 2026 - Crimson vs Edina [at Gleason - 4:30pm] - L 13-2
Friday, April 24, 2026 - Crimson at Minnetonka [at Veterans Field - 6:30pm] - L 6-5
Saturday, April 25, 2026 - Waconia Varsity Invitational [@Waconia Lions Field]
Crimson vs Duluth East [2:30pm] - W 3-1 and Crimson vs Waconia [5:00pm] - W 6-5
Wednesday, April 29, 2026 - Crimson vs Wayzata [at Gleason - 4:30pm] - L 9-3
Thursday, April 30, 2026 - Crimson vs Hopkins [at Gleason - 4:30pm] - W 8-0
Monday, May 4, 2026 - Crimson vs Chaska [at Gleason - 7:00pm] - W 4-2
Wednesday, May 6, 2026 - Crimson at Eden Prairie [at Round Lake Park Stadium - 6:30pm] - W 9-0
Friday, May 8, 2026 - Crimson vs Buffalo [at Gleason - 7:00pm] - W 11-1
Wednesday, May 13, 2026 - Crimson vs St Michael-Albertville [at Gleason - 7:00pm] - W 2-0
Thursday, May 14, 2026 - Crimson at Spring Lake Park [at Spring Lake Park HS - 4:30pm] - W 10-1
Friday, May 15, 2026 - Crimson at Edina [at Braemar / Courtney Fields - 6:30pm] - L 5-4
Saturday, May 16, 2026 - Crimson vs Champlin Park [at Gleason - 11:00am] - W 6-3
Tuesday, May 19, 2026 - Crimson at Rogers [at Rogers HS Baseball Field - 4:30pm] - W 6-4
Wednesday, May 20, 2026 - Crimson vs Minnetonka [at Gleason - 4:30pm] - W 8-7
Thursday, May 21, 2026 - Crimson at Wayzata [at Wayzata HS - 6:30pm] - L 4-0
May 26-June 4, 2025 - Section 5AAAA Baseball Tournament [high seed / Osseo / Champlin Park]
Section Game 1, Tuesday, May 26, 2026 - Crimson vs Rogers [at Gleason - 10:00am] - W 8-3
Section Game 2, Thursday, May 28, 2026 - Crimson @ Champlin Park [at CPHS - 4:30pm] - L 6-3
Elimination Game, Saturday, May 30, 2026 - Crimson vs Park Center-Columbia Heights-Maranatha Christian Academy [at CPHS - 10:00am] - W 10-3
Elimination Game, Tuesday, June 2, 2026 - Crimson vs Spring Lake Park [at CPHS - 3:30pm]
June 11-12, 15, 2026 - MSHSL AAAA State Baseball Tournament [CHS Field / Target Field]
"Schedules" pull down menu on top banner has current schedules for all levels
Lake Conference website link at bottom of page also has up to date schedules
General inquiries: MGcrimsonbaseball@gmail.com | Coaches' contact information available on Crimson Coaches page
This is the official website of the Maple Grove High School baseball team.
We are a District 279 school in the Minnesota State High School League competing in section 5AAAA
Here is a link to the MSHSL webpage:
https://www.mshsl.org/schools/maple-grove-high-school/baseball/2022
For the most current game status for all baseball teams
(from Lake Conference Schedule):
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