DICKINSON, ND – The Badlands Big Sticks (10-10) trailed from the beginning and the Mankato MoonDogs (9-12) dominated with their unstoppable power source leading to a 17-6 score on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
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In the 2nd inning, three home runs by the Mankato MoonDogs began the surge. Kaleb Wilkey, and Evan Rolbiecki hit solo shots while Max Charles hit a two-run shot to start the scoring 4-0.<\/p>\n
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The MoonDogs piled it on in the 4th inning, scoring seven in multiple fashions. Charles sent his second home run over to start the action, then Rolbiecki scored on a wild pitch. A walk by Wilkey put across another to make it 7-0. Liam Ebbs smoked a double, clearing the bases and putting three more on the board which led to 11-0 lead.<\/p>\n
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The bottom of the 4th gave life to Badlands as a double by Alejandro Luderio (UCF) put the first run on the board. One batter later, John Youens (Baylor) hit a three-run home run to right, putting three on the board to make it 11-4.<\/p>\n
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A double play scored another run for MoonDogs in the top of 5th, but the Big Sticks responded with a solo home run by Jackson Ellison (Liberty) at 12-5 in the bottom of the 5th.<\/p>\n
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In the 7th inning, Cooper Rasmussen (FIU) sent one over the wall in right field, which would be the last run scored for the Big Sticks at 12-6.<\/p>\n
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Mankato stuck to it, and put four more in the top of the 8th inning on a hit by pitch, a sacrifice fly, and a two-run double by Drew McConnell. The MoonDogs tailed their 5th home run of the game in the 9th by Jack Mislan, finalizing the score at 17-6.<\/p>\n
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The Big Sticks look to reverse their fortunes with a road trip to Minnesota to play the Wilmar Stingers on Wednesday night, with first pitch scheduled for 5:35 p.m. MST.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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