SPUD BASEBALL

Moorhead Defeats Bemidji 4-3 to Advance in playoffs

Tyler Larson hit a 3-rum homer and Cole Honl hit a solo homer to provide the scoring and Kyle Kraemer came in to pitch relief and gained the win on the mound. The Spuds will play in the double elimination playoffs starting Saturday, June 5 in St. Cloud against St Michael-Albertville at Noon. The Spuds will play again at 3pm Saturday and if they advance the next Tuesday.

Spud Baseball Stays hot - defeat Detroit Lakes 12-1

Brooks Miller tossed a 3-hitter as Moorhead cruised past Detroit Lakes 12-1 in six innings. The Spuds were led by Aaron Ostlund's 2-for-3 performance including a homerun and driving in 4 RBI's, Lucas Henry 2-for-4 also with 4 RBI's and a homerun and Chance Bitzer 3-for-3 and 2 RBI's. The Spuds have now won 12 of 13 and are 15-4 on the season. Check out the stats on the baseball page.

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Moorhead	3	2	0	3	4	0	12	15	1
Detroit Lakes	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1

Miller and Bitzer. Lindquist, Manning (3), Fonderick (4), MacLeod (4) and Labat. W–Miller L–Lindquist. HR–MHD: Ostlund (2), Henry (3).

Baseball Team Rallies to defeat east grand forks 14-13 In the First game of doubleheader at matson field, Follow with second rally to win nitecap 8-7
in bottom of 7th

The Spuds rallied from a 11-6 deficit scoring 7 runs in the bottom of the 6th inning taking a 13-11 lead. The Greenwave from East Grand Forks mounted their own comeback and tied the game 13-13 after the top of the 7th inning. Chance Bitzer got on base to lead off the bottom of the 7th and Tyler Larson sacrifice bunted him to second base. Lucas Henry then ripped a double down the left field line to score Bitzer giving the Spuds a 14-13 win. Moorhead is now 11-3 on the year.

Baseball Defeats Fargo North 9-3, 7-3 for sweep

Tyler Larson had a no-hitter into the 6th inning of the second game of the double header against Fargo North. Larson ended up with a one hitter striking out 12 and having 9 walks as the Spuds completed the sweep over the Spartans Saturday afternoon.

Lucas Henry threw a complete game and Braden Rahman had two homeruns leading the Spuds to a 9-3 first game win over Fargo North Saturday afternoon at Fargo North High School Field. Henry got out of a jam in the fifth inning striking out two as the Spartans had runners in scoring position. Kyle Kraemer also stole home as the catcher threw the ball back to the pitcher.

Rahman Braden Rahman connects on his first homerun of the game against Fargo North.

Spuds Top Breckenridge 7-2

Kyle Kraemer got the call to pitch Friday against Breckenridge and delivered a complete game allowing only five hits and two runs. Braden Rahman had a homerun and had two RBI's.

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Spuds Defeat Thief River Falls 16-1

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Moorhead	7	3	0	2	4				16	15	0
TRF	0	0	1	0	0				1	4	3

Schoenborn and Bitzer. Wightman, Cervantes (5) and Johnson. W–Schoenborn (1-0). L–Wightman. HR–none.

Spuds Split with alexandria

Braden Rahman went 4-for-5 in game 1 while Chance Bitzer and Dylan Deavy went 2-for-4 with a homerun each in helping the Spuds win the first game. The Spuds have a 3-3 season record and will next playWest Fargo in the Moorhead Tournament starting Friday, April 30 at 7:30pm. In game two Alexandria's Josh Hirsch threw a one hit shut out with only Tyler Larson getting a hit for the Spuds.

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Moorhead	3	1	2	2	0	2	2		12	15	3
Alexandria	0	2	1	3	2	2	0		10	16	1

Miller, Henry (5) and Henry and Bitzer. Nelson, Larson (4), Carlson (6) and Bettermer. W–Henry (2-1). L–Carlson. HR–M, Bitzer (1), Deavy (2). A, Leuschke, Giroux.

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Moorhead	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	1
Alexandria	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		2	6	0

Larson, Deavy (6) and Bitzer. Hirsh and Betterman. W–Hirsh (1-1). L–Larson (0-2).

Lumberjacks Defeat Spuds In Home Opener 12-9

It was a great day outside for Spring baseball but the Lumberjackets spoiled the beautiful day by scoring five runs breaking a 7-7 tie. Tyler Larson went 3-for-3 from the plate, scored three runs and drove in two. Aaron Ostlund also had two hits for the Spuds (2-2). The Spuds will travel to Alexandria on April 24 for a noon double header.

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Bemidji	0	5	2	0	5	0	0	12	8	2
Moorhead	4	0	3	0	0	0	2	9	10	4

Rutledge, Schneider (6) and Leif. Deavy, Henry (4) and Bitzer. W–Rutledge. L–Henry (1-1).

Baseball Splits With Sauk Rapids & Sartell

Sauk Rapids started fast with 8 runs in the first three innings and held on for a 9-5 win over Moorhead. Then the Spuds rebounded with a 10-5 win over Sartell. Dylan Deavy, Macklin Carlsrud and Lucas Henry hit homeruns for the Spuds in the game against Sauk Rapids. Kyle Kraemer hit a single, double and homerun against Sartell. Brooks Miller picked up the win on the mound, Aaron Osltlund homered and Braden Rahman was 2-for-5. Moorhead is now 2-1 on the season.

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Moorhead	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	5	7	0
Sauk Rapids	3	2	3	0	1	0	x	9	6	1

Larson, Schoenborn (2), Blaser (7) and Carlsrud. Kroger, Nesser (6), and Bjork. W - Kroger (1-0) L - Larson (0-1) HR - M. Deavy (1), Carlsrud (1), Henry (1). SR - Kroger (1).

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Moorhead	1	0	3	0	0	4	2	10	10	3
Sartell	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	5	10	3

Miller, Deavy (6) and Bitzer. Schmitz, Krippner (5) and Omann. W - Miller (1-0) L - Schmitz (0-1) HR - M. Ostlund (2), Kraemer (1).

Baseball Wins Opener Over Chaska 7-3 At MetroDome

It took an extra inning but the Moorhead Spuds got a 7-3 win to open the season in dramatic fashion at the MetroDome in Minneapolis. Lucas Henry pitched a complete game and went 2-for-3 from the plate. Aaron Ostlund and Tyler Larson both went 2-for-4 as the Spuds tied the game in the seventh inning and then went on to score four more to seal the win in the first extra inning.

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Moorhead	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	7	9	1
Chaska	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	9	3

Henry and Carlsrud. Thompson, Bornmann (8), Swenson (8) and Sickler. W–Henry (1-0). L–Bornmann (0-1).

Blues-Golds-Spuds Youth Baseball Clinic - March 27 - 28

Saturday and Sunday the Moorhead Baseball Teams put on a Youth Clinic which was attended by just under 60 kids. Players got to learn skills in fielding, hitting, base running, throwing and pitching with 5 hours of instruction over the two days. Head Coaches from the teams plus players spent time with each youth player better developing skills to help them improve.