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After the Larks went on the road to Minnesota, Bismarck returned to its home faithful to start a four-game set against the Mankato MoonDogs. In a game that would see 30 combined runs between the two teams, Bismarck would fall to Mankato. The final score was 17-13.<\/span><\/p>\n The MoonDogs were rolling early. An RBI single from catcher Brendan Hord (Evansville) made it 1-0 in the first. Then, the MoonDogs put up six in the second to make it a 7-0.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The Larks would finally get on the board in the fourth. Connor Milton (Illinois) collected his first RBIs of the summer on a two-RBI single to make it 7-3.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The MoonDogs and Larks would trade blows in the sixth, scoring two times each. Then, in the seventh, after a three-run inning for Mankato to make it 12-5, Luke Hammond (Xavier) hit a three-run homer for his first as a Lark to cap off a six-run bottom of the seventh and pull the Larks within one.<\/span><\/p>\n After Mankato put up another in the top half to make it 13-11, Sam Bieser (Illinois Springfield) hit a towing two-run homer to the deepest part of the ballpark to tie the game at 13 all. The Bieser homer would go down as the <\/span>Fetzer Electric Play of the Game<\/b>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n However, the MoonDogs scored four times in the ninth, and that\u2019s all they would need to defeat the Larks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Although Justin Goldstein (Middle Tennessee State) picked up the loss out of the bullpen, he threw the <\/span>Metro Area Fastest Pitch of the Game<\/b>. The Larks will be up bright and early tomorrow for the first of a double-header here at Bismarck Municipal Ballpark. First pitch is at 9:05 a.m. CT for the Energy Education Day Game. <\/span>Bring the kids and play hooky from work for a relaxing morning at the ballpark.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" After the Larks went on the road to Minnesota, Bismarck returned to its home faithful to start a four-game set […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n