DICKINSON, ND – The Badlands Big Sticks (25-25 overall, 7-9 second half) started slow, falling down 8-0 through the first three innings to the Minnesota Mud Puppies (7-16 overall, 2-7 second half) on Sunday evening, leading to their first loss against Minnesota in franchise history.<\/p>\n
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A shutout last night immediately changed in the top of the 1st inning for the Mud Puppies with Landon Jasper starting the scoring with a two-run home run.<\/p>\n
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In the top of the 2nd inning, Minnesota\u2019s Aidan Perry singled to score Dayton Franke which was followed by an error. Jasper then added two more RBIs on a double that put the Mud Puppies up 6-0.<\/p>\n
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Both Spencer Pederson and Holden Peacock tallied an RBI single in the top of the 3rd inning, extending it to 8-0.<\/p>\n
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Badlands\u2019 Ryder Hernandez (Incarnate Word) got the scoring started in the bottom of the 4th inning, scoring Cougar Cooke (Arkansas State) and himself on a two-run home run to left field.<\/p>\n
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The Mud Puppies matched the Big Sticks two runs in the top of the 5th inning on back-to-back RBI singles by Carter Sintek and Brayden Kohls, making it 10-2<\/p>\n
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A leadoff single in the bottom of the 5th inning by Dylon Myrow (Nebraska) came around to score on an RBI groundout by Gavyn Schlotterback (Kansas).<\/p>\n
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Derek Martinez (Arkansas State) sent a solo home run in the bottom of the 6th inning to chip and put the score at 10-4.<\/p>\n
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A group effort by the Big Sticks\u2019 offense in the bottom of the 7th inning added two more runs on a pair of doubles from Blake Beheler (Blinn JC), scoring Crew Secrist (Texas A&M – Corpus Christi), and John Youens (Baylor) that made it 10-6<\/p>\n
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In the top of the 8th inning, a double by Larsen and Nolan Welke both scored one wrapping the scoring for the Mud Puppies at 12-6.<\/p>\n
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A lone run scored for Badlands in the bottom of the 9th by Evan Mann (Odessa CC) on a wild pitch led to the final at 12-7.<\/p>\n
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Badlands will look to regroup against the Wilmer Stingers in a four-game set starting Monday, with first pitch at 6:35 p.m. MST.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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