Perfection comes with a reward for 3 teams in baseball Metro Top 10
The only unbeatens remaining in Class 4A entering Monday — Wayzata (7-0) and Farmington (9-0) — sit atop the Metro Top 10 baseball rankings.
Both teams, No. 1 Wayzata and No. 2 Farmington, can score runs in bunches and have superb pitching. The Trojans have three shutouts. The Tigers have four, including three in the past four outings.
Farmington has won the first two games of a seven-game stretch on the road. The Tigers won't return home until May 9.
One of Class 3A's four remaining unbeaten squads entering Monday — Benilde-St. Margaret's (7-0) — jumps into the Metro Top 10 at No. 9. The Red Knights are averaging just shy of 10 runs per game.
The loaded Suburban East Conference holds down five consecutive positions, three through seven. They are No. 3 Stillwater (7-2), No. 4 Mounds View (7-1), No. 5 Cretin-Derham Hall (4-2-1), No. 6 Woodbury (6-3) and No. 7 East Ridge (6-3). The Raptors are the Class 4A defending state champions.
Rounding out the Top 10 are No. 8 Prior Lake (6-2-1) and No. 10 Champlin Park (4-2).
Metro Baseball Top 10
1. Wayzata (7-0 entering Monday). Last week: 1
2. Farmington (9-0). Last week: 3
3. Stillwater (7-2). Last week: 2
4. Mounds View (7-1). Last week: 5
5. Cretin-Derham Hall (4-2-1). Last week: 6
6. Woodbury (6-3). Last week: 4
7. East Ridge (6-3). Last week: 7
8. Prior Lake (6-2-1). Last week: 10
9. Benilde-St. Margaret's (3A) (7-0). Last week: not ranked
10. Champlin Park (4-2). Last week: 9
