{"id":28780,"date":"2025-07-22T03:55:34","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T03:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/bismarck-larks\/?p=28780"},"modified":"2025-07-22T03:55:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T03:55:34","slug":"moondogs-play-small-ball-in-4-2-victory-over-larks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/bismarck-larks\/moondogs-play-small-ball-in-4-2-victory-over-larks\/","title":{"rendered":"Moondogs Play Small Ball in 4-2 Victory Over Larks"},"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);\">Moondogs Play Small Ball in 4-2 Victory Over Larks<\/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);\">by Evan Epstein<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p style=\"text-align: right\">July 21, 2025<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Mankato MoonDogs completed the sweep over the Bismarck Larks with a 4-2 win on Monday night.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The MoonDogs struck early. In the top of the second inning, Tony Lira hit a ground ball just over the third base bag, scoring Cannon Peery from second base. Brandon Vlcko would drive in the second run of the inning on a groundout to third base. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the bottom of the second inning, the Larks loaded the bases with no one out. Cristian Bernardini hit a ground ball to third base to drive in a run, and would be safe at first due to an error by Connor Cuff. However, Kingston Hangartner\u2019s ground ball to second base would turn into a double play as Bernardini ran out of the baseline trying to avoid the tag, and Adrian Beltre Jr. was able to get the out at first, as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">That was the only blemish on Evan Hughes\u2019 start for the MoonDogs, as Hughes went five innings, striking out seven batters, and allowing just one run on four hits. \u201cI wanted to focus on controlling my pitches,\u201d said Hughes. \u201cI didn\u2019t want to overthink it, and I tried to make them beat me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hughes\u2019 command was on full display as he gave up just one walk across his five innings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The MoonDogs tacked on a run in the 8th, and the Larks responded with a run of their own. However, the MoonDogs manufactured yet another run in the 9th inning, and would go on to win 4-2.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u201cBunts have been something we\u2019ve been emphasizing a lot down the stretch and sometimes you are going to have to find creative ways to win a baseball game,\u201d said MoonDogs manager Danny Kneeland. \u201cWe just didn\u2019t have it offensively most the game, so we had to get a little bit creative, and we stole five bases and had three or four sac bunts.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The MoonDogs remain atop the Great Plains West Division in the second half of the season, as they improved to 11-7. The MoonDogs have won five straight games, while the Larks have now lost five straight games.<\/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-28780","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>Moondogs Play Small Ball in 4-2 Victory Over Larks - 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\/moondogs-play-small-ball-in-4-2-victory-over-larks\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Moondogs Play Small Ball in 4-2 Victory Over Larks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/bismarck-larks\/moondogs-play-small-ball-in-4-2-victory-over-larks\/\" \/>\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=\"2025-07-22T03:55:34+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\/moondogs-play-small-ball-in-4-2-victory-over-larks\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/bismarck-larks\/moondogs-play-small-ball-in-4-2-victory-over-larks\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"John Bollinger\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/bismarck-larks\/#\/schema\/person\/c566d02b3983557ef7d0c59f38e36c63\"},\"headline\":\"Moondogs Play Small Ball in 4-2 Victory Over Larks\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-22T03:55:34+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/bismarck-larks\/moondogs-play-small-ball-in-4-2-victory-over-larks\/\"},\"wordCount\":1277,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/bismarck-larks\/#organization\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/bismarck-larks\/moondogs-play-small-ball-in-4-2-victory-over-larks\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/bismarck-larks\/moondogs-play-small-ball-in-4-2-victory-over-larks\/\",\"name\":\"Moondogs Play Small Ball in 4-2 Victory Over Larks - 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