{"id":25193,"date":"2025-07-06T01:09:33","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T01:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/minot-hot-tots\/?p=25193"},"modified":"2025-07-06T01:09:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T01:09:33","slug":"bats-stay-hot-as-tots-beat-larks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/minot-hot-tots\/bats-stay-hot-as-tots-beat-larks\/","title":{"rendered":"BATS STAY HOT AS TOTS BEAT LARKS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After scoring one run in the series-opener, the Minot Hot Tots have found the formula to scoring now. In back-to-back games, the Hot Tots have scored ten or more. They would put up 14 in Saturday\u2019s win over the Larks, 14-5.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Hot Tots were scoring from the start. A sacrifice fly by Max Ortega and a double by Christian Stratis brought in one run each. Up 2-0 after one inning, the Hot Tots picked up another score with a Matt Toomey RBI in the second inning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bismarck would get the offense going in the third inning against Minot\u2019s starter Trent Harris. Harris was taken out after allowing five runs on five Lark hits, all with one out. Bismarck took the lead 5-3, but only kept it for a short time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the bottom of the third, Minot recorded three hits and were helped around the bases by four walks by Bismarck pitching. In the end, five runs scored for the Hot Tots to go back in front, 8-5.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Starting in the fourth, Minot\u2019s bullpen would do their part in sustaining the lead. In his Corbett Field debut, Cade Dickinson pitched 3.2 innings out of the pen, allowing just three hits and zero runs. Jackson Duncan went two scoreless innings, getting the help of an inning-ending double play to escape a jam.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">All the while, Minot kept adding on. In the seventh inning, TJ Stottlemyre hit a three-run home run over the left field fence, his first of the season. Two more runs were scored in the eighth inning on a Rowan Felsch triple. That play would make the score 14-5 Hot Tots.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pavlos Piperakis breezed through the ninth inning to bring about the final.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The final matchup of the four-game series will take place in Bismarck tomorrow afternoon. The Hot Tots are just one win away from taking the season series from the Larks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">TJ Stottlemyre drove in three runs and scored three himself while playing a solid third base. 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