Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883

Babe Ruth loses two against Cando

On June 30, Cando traveled to New Rockford for a district two showdown. Cando dominated the game and defeated the Black Sox 12-2 in five innings.

The Cando hitters jumped on NR-S starter Luke Yri early, scoring all twelve runs off of him in the first three innings. Zach Jorde started for the Bearcats, and did not allow any hits or runs in his three innings of work. NR-S did get two runs off of reliever Parker Simon in the fourth inning, on a two RBI single by Kage Walford.

Babe Ruth

District 2 Baseball

Cando 12, NR-S 2

at New Rockford

Wednesday, June 30

Cando 435 00 --- 12 7 2

NR-S 000 20 --- 2 2 5

Luke Yri, Connor Knatterud (3) and Bradyn Collier; Zach Jorde, Parker Simon (4) and Garrett Westlind. W -- Jorde. L -- Yri.

Cando: Jorde 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 6 K, 1-2, BB, RBI, 3 R; P. Simon 2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 3 K, 0-1, 2 BB, RBI, R; Dane Hagler 2-3, RBI, R; Westlind 1-3 RBI, R; Hunter Hagler 1-3, 3 RBI, R; Chas Bisbee 1-2, BB, RBI, R.

NR-S: Yri 2.1 IP, 6 H, 12 R, 8 BB, 4 K, 1-2; Knatterud 2.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K; Walford 1-2, 2 RBI; DJ Mudgett 0-2, HBP, R; Collier 0-2, BB, R.

In game two, the score was closer, but New Rockford still lost 9-6. Due to time constraints, only three innings were played. Cando scored five runs in the first, and two in both the second and third innings. NR-S tried to match and scored two runs in all three innings.

Losing pitcher, Bradyn Collier started for the Sox and allowed seven runs in two innings pitched. Kage Walford gave up two runs in his only inning. Hunter Hagler pitched all three innings for Cando.

Cando 9, NR-S 6

at New Rockford

Cando 522 --- 9 4 1

NR-S 222 --- 6 4 1

Bradyn Collier, Kage Walford (3) and DJ Mudgett, Luke Yri (2); Hunter Hagler and Sean Freund. W -- Hagler. L -- Collier.

Cando: Hagler 3 IP, 4 H, 6 R, 3 BB, 8 K, 2-2, RBI, R; Kaden Nelson 1-1, 2 BB, RBI, 2 R; Myles Jorde 1-1, BB, RBI, R.

NR-S: Collier 2 IP, 3 H, 7 R, 5 BB, 2 K, 1-1, BB, R; Walford 1 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 4 BB, 3 K; Easton Simon 1-2, R; Luke Yri 1-1, R; Dashyl Bichler 1-2, RBI, R; Tristan Shrock 0-1, BB, R; Malaki Kukowski 0-2, BB, R.