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Bradyn Collier blocks a pitch during the match up against Cando Babe Ruth on June 15.
The NR Babe Ruth team played two games against regional opponent Cando on June 15, and lost both games.
In the first game, the Bearcats jumped on the Sox early, scoring five runs in the first inning off of Sox starter, Connor Knatterud, on four hits and three walks. They added additional runs in the second, fifth and sixth innings.
The Sox were only able to muster up three runs in the top of the sixth. Alex Weisenberger started the inning with a single and advanced to third on two wild pitches. DJ Mudgett walked and advanced to second on a wild pitch. Weisenberger scored on another wild pitch. Kage Walford singled to score Mudgett. Walford scored on a single by Bradyn Collier.
Region 2 Babe Ruth
Baseball
Cando 11, NR 3
at Cando
Tuesday, June 15
NR 000 003 0 --- 3 3 0
Cando 520 022 x --- 11 9 1
Connor Knatterud, Keaton Cudworth (4) and Bradyn Collier; Karsen Simon, Parker Simon (6), Dane Hagler (7) and Hunter Hagler. W -- K Simon. L -- Knatterud.
NR: Knatterud 3 IP, 5 H, 7 R, 9 BB, 4 K; Cudworth 3 IP, 4 H, 4 BB, 3 K; Walford 1-2, BB, RBI, R; A. Weisenburger 1-3, BB, R; Collier 1-3, RBI, R.
Cando: K Simon 5 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 4 BB, 9 K, 1-3, BB, RBI, R; Parker Simon 1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 2 K, 1-2, 2 BB, 2 RBI, R; Dane Hagler 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K, 1-2, 3 BB, 3 SB, 4 R; Zach Jorde 2-4, BB, 3 SB, RBI, 2R; Garrett Westlind 2-4, BB, 3 RBI, R; Hunter Hagler 2-3, BB, 3 RBI, R, Shae Gunnarson 0-1, 3 BB, R.
The second game was a three-inning game, which NR lost 5-2. Again, NR found themselves down early. Cando scored two runs in the first inning and three in the second. NR tried to mount a comeback in the third, but came up short when they could only score two runs. Kage Walford and Alex Weisenburger were the only two NR players to get a hit and score in the game.
Cando 5, NR 2
at Cando
NR 002 --- 2 2 3
Cando 23x --- 5 1 0
Kage Walford and Easton Benz; Brody Svir, Hunter Hagler (3) and Myles Jorde. W -- Svir. L -- Walford.
NR: Walford 2 IP, 1 H, 5 R, 3 BB, 5 K, 1-2, R; A. Weisenburger 1-1, SB, R; Benz 0-0, BB, SB.
Cando: Svir 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K, 0-0, BB, R; H. Hagler 1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 0-1, R; Sean Freund 1-2, R; Evan Freund 0-1, BB, R; Shae Gunnarsson 0-1, R.
