Red Lake County takes down NCE-UH in 5 innings

The Red Lake County Rebel Baseball team only needed five innings to take care of business against the Norman County East/Ulen-Hitterdal Titans, winning by a score of 11-1 in a Wednesday matinee at L.E. Drechsel Field.

FIRST INNING-
NCE/Ulen-Hitterdal was retired in order to start the game by Red Lake County pitcher Colin Taggart, on two groundouts and a strikeout.
Red Lake County got things going in the bottom of the inning when the Rebels’ Gunnar Halverson got a one-out single, and the rest of the offense came with two outs. Kegan Schmitz, Colin Taggart and Riley Broden all recorded RBI singles in consecutive order, making it 3-0 Rebels. Then, Dawson Erickson delivered, driving in two to make it 5-0 Rebels. Cain Cardinal hit a bullet, but it was right at the first baseman to end the inning.

SECOND INNING-
The Titans did get a two-out walk from Asher Flaten in the second inning, but he was left stranded at first as the rest of the hitters in the inning went down quietly.
Red Lake County continued pushing the offensive in the second inning, This time, they capitalized on errors, as the Titans committed three in the inning. Schmitz continued his good day, driving in Halverson, who reached on the first of back-to-back errors, to make it 6-0 Rebels. The third error of the inning scored a run to make it 7-0, and Taggart would then deliver another RBI single, making it 8-0 Rebels at the end of the inning.

THIRD INNING –
NCE-UH would score their only run of the game in the 3rd inning; just like the Rebels a half inning prior, the Titans would capitalize on errors from the Rebel defense. Two errors from Riley Broden at third base allowed the Titans to score, cutting the lead to 8-1. Taggart would induced a popout to end the inning.
After two quick outs, Gunnar Halverson reached with a base hit. Then, Ben Gullingsrud delivered an RBI double the other way to get their 8-run lead back, ending the inning with a 9-1 advantage.

FOURTH INNING-
The Titans got their two only hits in the game in the 4th inning, with a leadoff hit by Eli Lampton, and after two outs, another single, this time by Caleb Klemetson. However, Hayden Haspel flew out to center field to end the inning with no runs across.
After a leadoff flyout, a single by Taggart and a double by Brock Knott put runners on second and third. They would each be driven in on separate RBI singles by Erickson and Cardinal, making it 11-1 Rebels at the end of the inning.

FIFTH INNING-
The Titans got a leadoff walk from Bridger Bjerke to start the 5th, but the next three batters would be retired in order to end the game, giving the Rebels an 11-1 win via run rule.

Red Lake County improves to 8-1 on the year and will participate in the Jim Karn Classic on Friday and Saturday in Crookston.