{"id":25024,"date":"2025-06-21T15:14:38","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T15:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/minot-hot-tots\/?p=25024"},"modified":"2025-06-21T15:14:38","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T15:14:38","slug":"tots-start-strong-but-fall-in-the-end-against-rox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/minot-hot-tots\/tots-start-strong-but-fall-in-the-end-against-rox\/","title":{"rendered":"TOTS START STRONG BUT FALL IN THE END AGAINST ROX"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Minot Hot Tots scored early in Friday\u2019s game against the St. Cloud Rox, but it wasn\u2019t sustained, dropping game two of the series 7-3.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hitting in the top of the first, St. Cloud manufactured the first run. Leadoff batter Tanner Recchio bunted his way on base and was moved to second on a hit by pitch. A throwing error by Hot Tot pitcher Braden Booth advanced Recchio to third and he would later score on a groundout on a groundout by Josh Dykhoff.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">St. Cloud\u2019s 1-0 lead would not last long as the Hot Tot got their first four batters on base safely. Jacob Pearl reached on an error and was quickly brought across home by a Christian Stratis double. After a Bryson Webb bunt single, Matt Toomey picked up his 12th RBI on a single to center, giving the Tots the lead at 2-1.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">From there, both teams were held scoreless until the fifth. Rox starter JD Dobis got comfortable on the mound, going four innings with one earned run and six strikeouts. For Minot, Booth was sent out to complete a fifth inning of work but got caught up in another Rox power-hitting display.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nolan Geislinger began the fifth inning with his first home run of the season, tying the game at two runs apiece. With one out and following a Brady Ballinger double, the Northwoods League leader in home runs, Dominic Smaldino, crushed one over the left field fence to reclaim the lead, 4-2.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With Dobis now out of the game, Minot had to play from behind against the Rox bullpen, regarded as the best in Northwoods League baseball. The Hot Tots main issue was a high number of strikeouts. St. Cloud\u2019s relievers went wild, sitting down 11 Hot Tots in the final five innings of the game.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As St. Cloud extended their lead, Minot couldn\u2019t keep pace. A ninth-inning home run by Brady Ballinger was the final nail, giving the Rox a 7-3 advantage. The Hot Tots were blanked in the bottom of the ninth by Eric Lin and the game went final.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Game three of the series will take place Saturday evening on Native American Heritage Night at Corbett Field. 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