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Perham Legion Team Wins 2 of 3 Weekend Games

By Craig Olson, 06/29/25, 11:30PM CDT

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On Saturday the Perham Buzz hosted Bemidji in an American Legion Baseball contest.  The visitors posted a 4-1 victory.  Sunday saw Perham hand Aitkin an 8-1 setback early in the day and hold off a fierce late inning rally to defeat Ashby by a score of 15-13.

 

Trailing 1-0 to Bemidji in the fourth inning, Perham scored the tying run on an error.  Bemidji took a 2-1 lead with a run in the fifth and then secured the win with a pair of seventh inning runs.  Bradyn Anderson and Alex Blume each collected two hits for Perham, with Blume stealing two bases.  Gage Aanenson scored the lone run for the Buzz and went 1-for-3 at the plate.  Drew Ellingson was also 1-for-3.  Teagen Schmelz (4.2IP, 2R, 3H, 1K, 4BB) took the loss on the mound.

Perham had 13 hits in their win over Aitkin with Blume (3-4, HR, 3RBI, 2R, 2SB), Carsen Zeise (2-4, 3B, 2RBI, R), Schmelz (2-2, R, SB) and Jayden Schrupp (1-3 RBI) leading the way.  Bradyn Anderson (3IP, 4H, 3K, 2BB) earned the win for the Buzz.  Blume (2IP, 0R, 1H, 3K, 0BB) started for the Buzz and Zeise tossed one inning of shutout ball, allowing one hit and striking out one batter.

In the win over Ashby, Perham collected a total of 12 hits and 11 walks, and led by six runs in the fourth inning.  Ashby scored 7 runs without the benefit of a hit in the bottom of the fourth to take a 10-9 lead.  The Buzz commited four errors in the inning.  Perham regained the lead in the fifth on a RBI single by Seth Urbach (2-5, RBI, 3R, SB) and a two-run homer by Blume (2-2, 2B, HR, 2RBI, 2R), giving them a 12-10 advantage.  Perham incrased their lead to 14-10 with a pair of runs in the top of the sixth, but Ashby came up with 3 in the bottom of the frame, cutting the Perham lead to 14-13.  The Buzz added an insurance run in the top of the seventh.  Schrupp (2-4, 2B, 2RBI, R), Zeise (1-1, HBP, BB, RBI, R), Ellingson (1-3, RBI, R), Marcus Olson (2BB, 2SB, 2R) and Tate Zacharias (1-1, 2SB, 2BB, RBI, 3R) also contributed to the victory.  Schrupp (3IP, 6H, 3R, 2K, 0BB) was the wining pitcher.

Perham will travel to Bemidji for their next game on Tuesday.