INDIANAPOLIS - When South Dakota Little League champion Canyon Lake was in a pinch Monday, it turned to its pinch hitters.

The Rapid City squad used four pinch hitters for nine at-bats in the final two innings, in which Canyon Lake turned a 3-3 tie into a 13-3 four-inning, blowout win over Coon Rapids, Minn.

In seven of those nine at-bats, Canyon Lake's pinch hitters reached base. In the other two, Mark Petereit had a run-scoring sacrifice fly and Alec Winter laid down a perfect sacrifice bunt.

"When everyone else is getting their turn, then I come up, I want to prove to the coaches that everyone on this team is good," Petereit said. "I think everybody who plays on this team can hit the ball and we all can do our part."

"Everyone in the lineup can contribute," Tanner Hagen added.

"We wanted to get those guys a few more at-bats today," Canyon Lake coach Doug Simons said. "They deserve it. We knew they could do it. They earned that 10-run rule. It was nice to see them help out."

After Cale Fierro reached on an error - one of six Coon Rapids errors in the game - and Jesse Riddle was hit by a pitch to start the third inning, the pinch hitters took over.

Jonah Hansen beat the first baseman, who bobbled Hansen's ground ball, to first base to load the bases. Petereit's fly ball to center field then scored Fierro to give Canyon Lake the lead for good.

Hagen followed with a two-run single, and Winter's bunt bunt moved the runners over. Matt Minnick, who went 3-for-3 with two doubles and a single, two RBI and two runs scored, plated another run with a double to give Canyon Lake a 6-3 lead.

The top of the order then produced the final four runs, capped off by Carter Wevik's three-run home run to give Canyon Lake a 10-3 lead.

In the fourth inning, three of the subs - Petereit, Hagen and Winter - all singled and scored to force the 10-run rule and clinch Canyon Lake's spot in Thursday's single-elimination semifinal round.

"We've worked hard on our hitting," Simons said. "The other night I thought our defense won it for us (in a 9-8 win over Urbandale, Iowa). Our bats are coming alive. It's good to see."

It was Minnick's third hit that scored Winter and sealed the victory.

"He's really coming through," Simons said. "He's just stroking the ball."

Simons said he never doubted that his team could compete for a Little League World Series spot, but he is astonished by what his team has achieved over the last week.

"I was hoping we could compete," Simons said. "We wanted to show what we could do and make it into the semis."

Canyon Lake faces 1-1 Columbia, Mo., on Tuesday in what could determine the Midwestern pool's No. 1 seed. The Rapid City squad can finish no lower than the No. 3 seed.