The Otters tallied 13 hits with Ethan Gronwold leading the way going 3-4 at the plate.  Logan Larson, Leighton Buckmeier, and Colin Becker each had two hits and Kellen Stenstrom and Will Gronwold each added hits in the game. 

The Otters sent 4 different pitchers to the mound with Riston Albert getting the start and going 4 innings, only yielding 2 runs, walking 4 and striking out 6 Crookston Pirates in the quality start.  Bo Bring took the relief opportunity and went 2 1/3, allowing 3 runs on 2 hits, and striking out 2.  Carston Fronning added 2/3 of an inning of work allowing 3 hits, 2 runs, and 1 walk and Jack Horgen earned the victory, going 1 inning, giving up one run, on 1 hit and striking out 2.

“All in all it was a solid team effort,” said Fergus Falls Head Coach Shane Thielke.  “A lot of guys contributed in the win tonight and I was proud of our guys.  Some things didn’t go our way in the 7th inning and we could have easily thrown in the towel, but we stayed the course, guys stayed positive and in the end we were able to get a win.  It was great to see our offense come alive and put some runs on the board and our pitching was able to close it out in the end.  This sets the table for a really fun stretch of baseball over the next 2 weeks.”