Isaac Jenc toed the rubber for the Otters and pitched 4 strong innings, only giving up 4 hits and striking out 3. The Spuds got on the board by scoring one in the bottom of the first. The Otters responded by tying up the game in the top of the second. In that inning Gus Proudfoot walked, advanced to second on a wild pitch and took third on a groundout by Kai Ebert and scored on a passed ball. The Spuds tacked 2 more runs in the bottom of the fourth but the Otters cut the lead to 2-3 on Hayden Heruth’s inside the park home run moon shot over the left-fielder’s head. The Spuds added 2 in the bottom of the fifth to make the score 2-5 but the Otters responded again with Jenc reaching on an error and coming around to score on Dexter Felstul’s double to make it 3-5. The Spuds gave themselves some breathing room by scoring 4 in the bottom of the 6th. The Otters showed their resiliency by scoring 5 in the top of the 7th. In that inning, Ebert and Beau Schlosser singled to start the inning and Cade Johnson walked. With the bases loaded, Weston Younberg walked, scoring Ebert. Jenc singled in Schlosser. Felstul cleared the bases with a double to make the score 8-9 after the top of the 7th. The Otters were unable to get any closer but played an excellent all-around game.

Hitting leaders for the game were Felstul with 2 hits (2 2b’s and 4 RBI’s), Jence, Chase Johnston, Heruth (HR), Ebert, Schlosser and Johnson all with one hit.

The Otters travel to Detroit Lakes on Wednesday for a doubleheader with the 12u Lakers.