{"id":28584,"date":"2025-07-01T03:40:32","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T03:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/bismarck-larks\/?p=28584"},"modified":"2025-07-01T03:40:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T03:40:32","slug":"hot-tots-hold-off-larks-late-surge-in-8-4-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/bismarck-larks\/hot-tots-hold-off-larks-late-surge-in-8-4-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot Tots Hold Off Larks Late Surge in 8-4 Win"},"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);\">Hot Tots Hold Off Larks Late Surge in 8-4 Win<\/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\">Monday, June 30, 2025<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Minot Hot Tots defeated the Bismarck Larks 8-4 in the final game of the regular season on Monday night.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Henry Allen stepped to the plate in the top of the first with a runner on first, and launched a pitch over the left field wall. It was Allen\u2019s ninth home run of the season, which leads the Northwoods League. \u201cIt feels good,\u201d said Allen. \u201cBut we\u2019re just halfway through the year, it doesn\u2019t mean anything right now. I\u2019m just trying to keep it up through the whole year.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Matt Toomey would come home to score after hitting a triple, and the Hot Tots would make their lead 4-0 with a run in the 3rd. Kahler Key got the start for the Hot Tots, and went five innings, allowing just one hit and no runs. \u201cHe\u2019s comfortable here,\u201d said Hot Tots manager Brian Lewis. Key had previously thrown seven innings, giving up just one run on two hits against the Larks at Municipal Ballpark. \u201cHe struggled with his command a little bit, gave up some walks, but he was able to work around it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Larks would battle back in the bottom of the 7th, bringing in three runs on three hits, a pair of walks, and a hit batter. However, Pavlos Piperakis would leave the bases loaded and the Hot Tots\u2019 lead was 7-3 after seven innings. Piperakis gave up one run in the 8th, and would hold the Larks off the board in the 9th inning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Hot Tots finish the first half of the season at 10-26, and the Larks are one game better, at 11-25. The Larks end the first half in fifth place in the Great Plains West Division, and the Hot Tots end the first half in sixth place. <\/span><\/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-28584","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>Hot Tots Hold Off Larks Late Surge in 8-4 Win - 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\/hot-tots-hold-off-larks-late-surge-in-8-4-win\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hot Tots Hold Off Larks Late Surge in 8-4 Win\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/bismarck-larks\/hot-tots-hold-off-larks-late-surge-in-8-4-win\/\" \/>\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=\"2025-07-01T03:40:32+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\/hot-tots-hold-off-larks-late-surge-in-8-4-win\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/bismarck-larks\/hot-tots-hold-off-larks-late-surge-in-8-4-win\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"John Bollinger\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/bismarck-larks\/#\/schema\/person\/c566d02b3983557ef7d0c59f38e36c63\"},\"headline\":\"Hot Tots Hold Off Larks Late Surge in 8-4 Win\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-01T03:40:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/bismarck-larks\/hot-tots-hold-off-larks-late-surge-in-8-4-win\/\"},\"wordCount\":1225,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/bismarck-larks\/#organization\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/bismarck-larks\/hot-tots-hold-off-larks-late-surge-in-8-4-win\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/bismarck-larks\/hot-tots-hold-off-larks-late-surge-in-8-4-win\/\",\"name\":\"Hot Tots Hold Off Larks Late Surge in 8-4 Win - 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