DICKINSON, ND – The Badlands Big Sticks (29-30 overall, 11-14 2nd half) finished the Railroad to Roosevelt Rivalry series in Dickinson, with many miscues leading the Bismarck Larks (28-31 overall, 12-13 2nd half) to victory on Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n
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After a clean 1st inning for both sides, the tide turned quickly in the top of the 2nd inning. The Larks placed three runs, starting with a sacrifice fly from Keegan Landis, scoring Kade Schneider, followed by a Blade Carver double, scoring Jesse Contreras and Clay Cook.<\/p>\n
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Drew Kleinheider led off the top of the 3rd inning with a solo home run to left field, which made the score 4-0.<\/p>\n
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In the bottom of the 3rd inning, Ryder Hernandez (Ohio State) walked to lead off the inning and later scored on a single by Blake Beheler (Blinn JC), making it 4-1.<\/p>\n
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The Larks collected a pair of runs in the top half of the 4th inning off a Carver double, plating Cook, and a stolen base from Ezra Farmer, drawing a throw to second and scoring Carver from third which made the score 6-1.<\/p>\n
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The production for the Larks continued, scratching two more runs in the top of the 5th off a Keegan Landis double that put Logan Murphy across along with a double play that scored Cook.<\/p>\n
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In the bottom of the 5th inning, Badlands strung together four straight base runners. Evan Mann (Odessa CC) started the inning off with a walk, which was followed by a Dylon Myrow (Nebraska) single, which led to Beheler\u2019s second RBI single that scored Mann.<\/p>\n
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After a Derek Martinez (Arkansas State) walk, Dakota Howard (Southeastern) placed another run with a sacrifice fly, scoring Myrow. Gavyn Schlotterback (Kansas) singled, and a misplayed ball in left scored Beheler.<\/p>\n
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Jace Jarrett (Dawson CC) then singled, capping the scoring off at four runs in the inning which were Badlands final runs of the game.<\/p>\n
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In the top of the 6th inning, Bismarck’s Kleinheider led off the inning with a solo home run. Landis then doubled, scoring Murphy and Cook. Trevor Goodwin and Kleinheider walked, scoring two more runs, placing both Landis and Carver. A rare dropped third strikeout tallied the final run of the inning, scoring Farmer and extending the lead to 14-5.<\/p>\n
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The final run came in the top of the 7th inning off a sacrifice fly, scoring Cook and leading to the final score of 15-5.<\/p>\n
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A change of scenery for the Big Sticks and Larks sees the home-and-home makes its way to Bismarck on Wednesday evening, with first pitch scheduled for 5:35 p.m. MST.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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