In game 1, Brody Krein started on the mound and pitched 3 solid innings while only giving up 3 hits and striking out 4. Josh Horgen closed the door on DGF by pitching the last two innings and striking out 5. In the bottom of the first, the Otters wasted no time jumping on the board as Caleb Fronning led off with an inside the park home run. Nolan Felstul and Kadyn Zender both followed with singles and came around to score. In the bottom of the third, it was more of the same as Benett Thielke doubled and came around to score on Fronning’s second home run of the game. For those fans at home, if you haven’t seen Fronning run around the bases, it is a sight to see. Come on out on Tuesday night to watch the Otters take on Breckenridge at 5:30 at Grotto Park. After Fronning clubbed his second home run, Felstul singled and came around to score. Hitting leaders for the Otters in game 1 were Fronning with 2 home runs, Felstul with 2 singles, Zender with a single, Josh Horgen with a single, Jacob Jenc with a single, John Abrahams with a triple and Thielke with a double.

In game 2, Felstul started on the bump and threw 3 shutout innings while only giving up one hit. Fronning came in for the last two innings to slam the door with 4 strikeouts. In the first, Felstul walked and came around to score and Jenc did the same in the second. The Otters put the game away in the third with Fronning singling and scoring on Felstul’s double and Krein tripling and scoring Felstul. Krein came around to score on a passed ball. Hitting leaders for the Otters in game 2 were Fronning with a single, Felstul with a double, Krein with a triple, Zender with a single, and Abrahams with a single.

“I am proud of the way these young players rebounded after a tough outing with West Fargo last week,” said Coach Chad Felstul. “The Otters cleaned up the mistakes made last week and played a solid all-around game with every player contributing,” added Felstul.

The Otters have a tune-up with Breckenridge on Tuesday at home before going to Fargo for a tournament next weekend.