The Crookston American Legion Post 20 Baseball team takes on the Fertile American Legion Post 238 baseball team in a league game at Jim Karn Field in Crookston. The game is on KROX Radio starting at 6:00 p.m.
FIRST INNING-
Fertile started the game with a Bryer Strem single. Strem stole second base after a strikeout. Kolby Hemmah and Easton Petry walked to load the bases. Drew Gullickson singled up the middle to score Strem for a 1-0 lead. Fertile had a baserunning blunder, and a player was out after being caught between third base and home for the second out of the inning. The next batter flew out to right field.
Crookston’s Parker Kelly singled to right field to start the bottom of the inning. After a flyout, Teagen Lubinski singled up the middle to score a run, and the game was tied at 1-1. Lubinski stole second before Gavyn Hlucny singled. Hlucny stole second base, and Crookston had runners at second and third base. Blake Melsa grounded out, and a run scored, and Hlucny scored on a passed ball to give Crookston a 3-1 lead.
SECOND INNING-
Brady Bjerk led things off in the top of the 2nd inning with a hit by pitch, but then the next two batters struck out. Bryer strem then singled with two outs to put two on, and Steven Sather delivered with an RBI double to cut the lead to 3-2. A strikeout then ended the inning, stranding the tying and go-ahead runs on base.
Crookston got things started in the bottom of the 2nd with a hit by pitch and a single by Greyson Ecker, putting two on with nobody out. After a strikeout, back-to-back wild pitches scored the run, making it 4-2. Kelly then delivered with an RBI single to extend the lead to 5-2, where a double play then ended the inning.
THIRD INNING –
Fertile got a two-out walk from Teegyn Johnson in the 3rd, but three groundouts ended the inning.
With one out in the home half of the 3rd inning, Gavin Hlucny reached second base on an error, but he was stranded there, as a groundout and flyout ended the inning, keeping the score at 5-2.
FOURTH INNING-
Fertile was retired in order in the top of the 4th inning on two groundouts and a strikeout.
Crookston got a two-out single from Tarek Siegle in the home half of the 4th, but the threat was ended quickly by a strikeout and a flyout, followed by Siegle getting caught stealing to end the inning.
FIFTH INNING-
SIXTH INNING-
SEVENTH INNING-
Crookston
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
| Fertile | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |||
| Crookston | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
OFFENSIVE LEADERS –
Crookston-
Fertile-
| Pitching | IP | H | R | ER | BB/HBP | K |
| Matt Contreras – Crox | 4.2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| Parker Kelly – Crox | ||||||
| Kolby Hemmah – Fertile | 4.0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 |