{"id":28336,"date":"2025-06-04T02:56:36","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T02:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/bismarck-larks\/?p=28336"},"modified":"2025-06-04T02:56:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T02:56:36","slug":"larks-bats-sputter-in-3-1-loss-to-hot-tots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/bismarck-larks\/larks-bats-sputter-in-3-1-loss-to-hot-tots\/","title":{"rendered":"Larks Bats Sputter in 3-1 Loss to Hot Tots"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1655.68px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:10px;\"><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:42;line-height:var(--awb-typography1-line-height);\"><b>Larks Bats Sputter in 3-1 Loss to Hot Tots<\/b><\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:20;--minFontSize:20;line-height:var(--awb-typography1-line-height);\"><b>by Evan Epstein<\/b><\/h4><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p style=\"text-align: right\">June 3, 2025<\/p>\n<p>The Larks offense was held to just one run for the second straight night at Bismarck Municipal Ballpark on Tuesday, as the Hot Tots picked up their first win of the season.<\/p>\n<p>That run came in the first inning. Ricardo Aponte smoked a triple into the gap in right field, and Jayder Raifstanger brought him in on a fly ball to left field. From then on, Kahler Key, the Hot Tots starting pitcher, was dominant. Key gave up just one more hit and held the Larks to that singular run through seven innings of work.<\/p>\n<p>The Hot Tots responded in the early innings with the long ball. Max Ortega led off the top of the second inning with a solo home run to left field. It was Ortega\u2019s first at bat of the season with the Hot Tots. The very next inning, Henry Allen would hit a bomb to center field to give the Hot Tots a 2-1 lead. Henry Allen\u2019s sacrifice fly would make the game 3-1, and the game would end by that score. The Larks were held to just three hits all night.<\/p>\n<p>With the loss, the Larks fall to 3-6, and the Hot Tots improve to 1-7. Game two of the 11-game Dakota Dust-Up Rivalry is set for June 4th. First pitch is at 6:35 p.m. at Bismarck Municipal Ballpark.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","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-28336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.5 (Yoast SEO v26.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Larks Bats Sputter in 3-1 Loss to Hot Tots - Bismarck Larks<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/bismarck-larks\/larks-bats-sputter-in-3-1-loss-to-hot-tots\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Larks Bats Sputter in 3-1 Loss to Hot Tots\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/bismarck-larks\/larks-bats-sputter-in-3-1-loss-to-hot-tots\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Bismarck Larks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bismarcklarks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-04T02:56:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"John Bollinger\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@bismarcklarks\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@bismarcklarks\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"John Bollinger\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/bismarck-larks\/larks-bats-sputter-in-3-1-loss-to-hot-tots\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/bismarck-larks\/larks-bats-sputter-in-3-1-loss-to-hot-tots\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"John Bollinger\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/bismarck-larks\/#\/schema\/person\/c566d02b3983557ef7d0c59f38e36c63\"},\"headline\":\"Larks Bats Sputter in 3-1 Loss to Hot Tots\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-04T02:56:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/bismarck-larks\/larks-bats-sputter-in-3-1-loss-to-hot-tots\/\"},\"wordCount\":1146,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/bismarck-larks\/#organization\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/bismarck-larks\/larks-bats-sputter-in-3-1-loss-to-hot-tots\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/bismarck-larks\/larks-bats-sputter-in-3-1-loss-to-hot-tots\/\",\"name\":\"Larks Bats Sputter in 3-1 Loss to Hot Tots - 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