Babe Ruth ends season shy of 500

SNR Babe Ruth Baseball had a good showing at the District Tournament. In first round action played in Bottineau on Monday, July 16, the locals' seven run rally propelled them to a 11-6 win against Harvey in a competitive contest.

In winner's bracket action on Tuesday, July 17, Bottineau defeated SNR by a score of 7 to 1.

As the tournament was double elimination, SNR got one more shot to advance in a loser out contest on Wednesday, July 18 in Rugby. Towner scored five runs against the Black Sox in the first two innings, and the locals played catch up for the rest of the game, losing 5-4 to end the tournament and the season.

SNR Babe Ruth had a good year overall, as they won 11 and lost 13.

SNR loses only Koven Walford due to age limits. The team was coached by Seth Soderholm.  

Scores and stats

First Round

Monday, July 16

Harvey

1 0 3 0 2 0 0 =6 6 6

SNR

3 0 0 7 0 1 X =11 7 1

Harvey: Tanner Grossman and Logan Jenner.

SNR: Nick Berglund, Kaden Jensen 4 and Koby Duda.

SNR: Johnny Grann 2 for 4, Hunter Jacobson 2 for 4, Alex Harrison, double, Jensen and Berglund each had one hit.

Winner's Bracket

Tuesday, July 17

SNR

0 0 1 0 0 0 0= 1 4 1

Bottineau

5 2 0 0 0 0 0 =7 3 2

SNR: Battery N/A

Bottineau: Battery N/A

SNR: Caden Price, Trevor Waldo, Koven Walford and Grann each had one hit.

Loser out

Wednesday, July 18

SNR

2 0 0 0 1 0 1 =4 5 1

Towner

4 1 0 0 0 0 x= 5 3 1

SNR: Johnny Grann and Koby Duda.

Towner: Battery N/A

SNR: Nick Berglund 2 for 3, Grann, Duda and Jacobson each had one hit.