{"id":24838,"date":"2025-06-07T16:56:34","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T16:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/minot-hot-tots\/?p=24838"},"modified":"2025-06-07T16:56:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T16:56:34","slug":"hot-tots-fall-in-extras-against-willmar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/minot-hot-tots\/hot-tots-fall-in-extras-against-willmar\/","title":{"rendered":"HOT TOTS FALL IN EXTRAS AGAINST WILLMAR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The baseball was so good on Friday night that fans were treated to an extra inning. Despite a loss, the Minot Hot Tots had plenty to look back on positively in an 11-8, ten-inning defeat to the Willmar Stingers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Minot struck up the offense right away, getting RBI hits from Cole Meyer and Henry Allen to go up 3-2 after the second inning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Willmar always found a way to get back at the Hot Tots, scoring on a fielder\u2019s choice to tie the game in the third and then plating four runs in the fourth to take the lead, 7-4.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Neither starting pitcher made it out of the fourth inning. Hunter Possehl went a full three innings for Willmar in his season debut giving up four runs on ten hits while striking out three. Braden Booth, facing the Stingers for a second time this season, gave the Tots 3.1 IP in which five earned runs scored.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The bullpens on both sides did a solid job of keeping the bats quieter in the middle-to-late innings, but it would be the Hot Tots shaking things up in the bottom of the sixth. Down 7-4, the inning began with a hit by pitch and walk, putting two runners on with nobody out. Max Ortega would hit a double to the right field corner, scoring one run. Immediately following a pitching change, Christian Stratis flew out to center, but it was deep enough to tag the lead-runner, Allen, from third. Allen would score but the relay throw got away and Ortega stepped on home to tie the game at 7-7.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Moving ahead to the ninth, Willmar would creep back into the lead with heads-up baserunning. Liam Bushey led off the inning with a single, his fifth hit of a 5-for-5 game. Minot made a pitching change to closer Kevin Schoneboom after the fact and the Stingers went to pinch-runner Kobe Eikmeier. Eikmeier was able to steal second base during the next at-bat and was moved to third on a sacrifice fly. The next batter, Carter Bailey, did the same, flying out to center, but Eikmeier tagged up and scored the go-ahead run.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Minot worked quickly in the late comeback effort, getting a clutch pinch-hit single from Charlie Kalbrener with one out. Kalbrener advanced to second on a wild pitch and would soon score on another Allen RBI single.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The game went to extras and the Stingers pulled way ahead with three runs in the top of the tenth. 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