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Defending Class AA 35 and Over Champs Edge Riverdogs, 5-4

By Craig Olson, 06/27/21, 11:00PM CDT

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The Defending Class AA 35 and over 2020 State Champions, the Becker Buzzards, handed the Fergus Falls Riverdogs a 5-4 defeat on Sunday.

Becker took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first, however, Fergus Falls got one back in the bottom of the inning.  Eric Anderson singled, moved to second on a Chris Wiederich sacrifice bunt and scored on a base hit by Matt Larson.

Becker increased their lead to 4-0 with a pair of third inning runs and pushed the lead to 5-0 by adding another in the top of the fourth.

Fergus Falls made a sixth inning rally, scoring three times to trim the lead to 5-4.  A pair of two-out singles from Anderson and Wiederich got things going.  Both runners scored on a triple by Larson and a base hit by Jake Axel scored Larson.

Leading hitters were Larson (3-3, 3B, 2 RBI, R), Wiederich (2-2, R, SAC) and Anderson (2-3, 2R).