{"id":28927,"date":"2025-08-10T15:58:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T15:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/bismarck-larks\/?p=28927"},"modified":"2025-08-10T15:58:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T15:58:14","slug":"stingers-hold-on-for-2-1-win-over-larks-in-series-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/bismarck-larks\/stingers-hold-on-for-2-1-win-over-larks-in-series-finale\/","title":{"rendered":"Stingers Hold On for 2-1 Win Over Larks in Series Finale"},"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);\">Stingers Hold On for 2-1 Win Over Larks in Series Finale<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:24;line-height:var(--awb-typography1-line-height);\">by Evan Epstein<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p style=\"text-align: right\">August 9, 2025<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Willmar Stingers ended their 2025 Northwoods League season on a high note with a 2-1 win over the Larks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Stingers scored their two runs the same way. The long ball. Cody Nitowitz would go deep to right field in the 3rd, and Brock Larsen would go yard to right center field in the 5th inning. It was Larsen\u2019s second home run of the series.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the 6th inning, Thomas Larsen struggled on the mound for the Stingers, hitting two batters, and walking two batters, giving the Larks a run. With one out and the bases loaded, the Larks made a base-running blunder on a wild pitch. Tyler Bunting, the runner on third base, did not go home, but Grant Ross and Ben Patton did, which resulted in an out at second. Knight then struck out to end the threat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ethan Stade got the start for the Stingers, and Stade was brilliant. He went three scoreless innings, striking out eight batters. Yes, you read that right. Eight strikeouts in three innings. \u201cI was probably the most confident I\u2019ve ever been,\u201d said Stade. \u201cI knew the fastball was going to play well, and I attacked with the fastball, and setup with the changeup and slider.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt was good to see them compete,\u201d said Stingers manager Nate Johnson. \u201cPlayoffs weren\u2019t in the picture for us, but it was just good to come out and see them play good baseball.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With the win, the Stingers finish the season at 38-33, and the Larks finish the season at 18-54.<\/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-28927","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) - 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