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14U Otters Earn Split in Moorhead

By Kevin Pearson, 07/13/21, 7:30AM CDT

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The Fergus Falls 14U baseball team got a great opportunity on Monday to play on legendary Bucky Burgau Field on the campus of Concordia College.  They came away with a split as the Otters won Game 1 9-6 and the host team won Game 2 10-7.  

In Game 1, the Otters fell behind three times, but they were able to come back each time.  They scored five runs in the last two frames to seal the 9-6 victory.  The Otters outhit the Spuds 8-4.  Levi King was the sole Otter hitter to have multiple hits as he went 2-4 with one RBI.  Henry Bethel, Alex Ellison, Brock Scheuerman, Jack Ratz, Andrew Klinnert, and Logan Larson each had one hit.  Bethel, Ellison, Scheuerman, Ratz, Klinnert, and Larson also drove in a run for the Otters.

Isaac Ellison started on the mound for the Otters.  He battled through four innings of work.  Let down by some control issues, Isaac did a great job of battling and competing through his outing.  His final pitching line was 3R, 2H, 7BB, and 6SO.  Bethel was next on the mound as he pitched the 5th inning.  His line was 3R, 1H, 2BB, and 1SO.  Isaac Ellison pitched the last two innings to earn the win as the Otters rallied to support him.  His pitching line was 0R, 1H, 1BB, and 1SO.  

Game 2 was shortened because of darkness, mainly because of the 11 combined runs scored in the first inning.  Unfortunately for the Otters, they only scored 3.  Finding themselves down 8-3 after one inning, the Otters scored one in the second.  Moorhead plated 2 more runs in the 3rd, and the Otters finished the scoring with three in their last plate appearance.   

Fergus could only come up with four hits in the nightcap.  Ratz led them at the plate with two hits.  Bethel (3B) and Carston Fronning each had a hit as well.  Bethel (2), Fronning (2), Scheuerman, Klinnert, and Ratz each drove in runs for the Otters. 

Isaac Iverson started and finished on the mound for the Otters.  He settled down after the 8 run first to pitch three complete innings. He had some control issues and there were some errors behind him as well, but it was great to see him finish what he started.  His line was 10R (7 earned), 3H, 5BB, 3SO, 2HBP. 

Our pitchers battled hard tonight, but we need to get better at getting ahead in the count, and getting that lead runner out.  Too many times, the lead-off man got on base, and they usually came around to score.

The Otters will now wait to find out their seed for the District Tournament which will be played this weekend.