Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
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Caden Price takes a swing at a pitch from Kidder County pitcher Blake Braun. Price singled to load the bases for Post #30.
Legion Post #30 finished up district play in New Rockford on July 7 with excitement, winning the game against Kidder County in a walk-off 4-3. With the win, NR-S clinched the #1 seed in the District 4 tournament, which starts on July 20 in Jamestown.
The Wolves started off by scoring two in the first inning against starting pitcher, Nick Berglund. The lead-off batter grounded out, Blake Pfaff singled, and the next batter struck out. With two outs, Jonah Harter doubled, scoring Pfaff. Harter stole third and scored on a bad pick-off attempt.
NR-S was able to score in the third on a sacrifice fly by Alex Harrison, after Connor Knatterud walked, Koven Walford walked, and Caden Price singled to load the bases.
Kidder County scored their final run in the top of the fourth, when Elijah Fallgatter reached on an error and advanced to third on the same error. He scored on a single by Mac Kramer.
The Sox answered in the same fashion with one in the bottom of the fourth. Johnny Grann reached on an error and advanced to third on the same error. Trevor Waldo came up big with a two-out single to score Grann.
The big blow came in the bottom of the seventh inning. Walford reached on a fielder's choice and Price singled. Harrison singled to score Walford and Price advanced to third. Berglund was intentionally walked to load the bases. With the infield playing in, Koby Duda singled over second base to score the winning run.
Blake Braun pitched a complete game in a losing effort for Kidder County. Harrison relieved Berglund in the sixth inning and earned the pitching win.
Region 4 Legion Baseball
NR-S 4, Kidder County 3
at New Rockford
Wednesday, July 7
Kidder Co 200 100 0 --- 3 5 2
NR-S 001 100 2 --- 4 9 2
Blake Braun and Blake Pfaff; Nick Berglund, Alex Harrison (6) and Koby Duda. W -- Harrison. L -- Braun.
Kidder Co: Braun 6.1 IP, 9 H, 4 R, 3 BB, 3 K, 1-2, BB; Harter 2-4, SB, RBI, R; B. Pfaff 1-4, R; Kramer 1-2, BB, RBI; Fallgatter 0-3, R.
NR-S: Berglund 5.1 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 BB, 7 K; Harrison 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 2-3, 2 RBI; Price 3-4, R; Duda 2-4, RBI; Waldo 1-3, RBI; Knatterud 1-2, BB, R; Walford 0-3, BB, R.
With all the pressure off, the Sox did not play well in the second game and lost 11-6. The Wolves built an early 11-1 lead, scoring in all innings except for the third. The Sox tried to mount a comeback in the bottom of fifth scoring five runs, but they fell short.
Luke Yri started on the mound for NR-S and took the loss. He was relieved by Haydon Meier and Johnny Grann. Winning pitcher Grant Pfaff pitched all five innings for the Wolves.
Kidder Co 11, NR-S 6
at New Rockford
Kidder Co 230 33 --- 11 10 2
NR-S 010 05 --- 6 3 3
Grant Pfaff and Jonah Harter, Luke Yri, Haydon Meier (2), Johnny Grann (5) and Hunter Jacobson, Luke Yri (3). W -- Pfaff. L -- Yri.
Kidder Co: G. Pfaff 5 IP, 3 H, 6 R, 3 BB, 5 K, 3-4, 2 RBI, 2 R; Braun 2-3, 2 RBI, R.
NR-S: Yri 1.1 IP, 3 H, 5 R, 3 BB, 2 K, 1-3, 2 RBI, R; Meier 2.2 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 4 BB, 6 K, 1-2, BB, R; Grann 1 IP, 1 H, 3 R, 3 BB, 0 K, 0-2, HBP, 2 R; Waldo 1-2, 2 RBI; Mudgett 0-1, HBP, R; Knatterud 0-1, BB, R.
