NYM falls to BHV 3-1 in PRC action

By Chad Koenen

Publisher

The New York Mills Eagles were finally able to head outdoors for a game last week as the baseball team split a pair of Park Region Conference games against Otter Tail Central and Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale.

After defeating OTC by a score of 7-1 on Tuesday night, the Eagles came out on the short end of a 3-1 loss to the Raiders on Thursday.

This week the Eagles will travel to Parkers Prairie on Monday night, before traveling to Wadena-Deer Creek on Tuesday for another conference game against the Wolverines. 

On Thursday the Eagles will travel to Walker-Hackensack-Akeley for a non-conference game, before participating in a split doubleheader against Sebeka and Norman County East/Ulen-Hitterdal on Friday in Sebeka. 

Tuesday

Kolston Lofgren needed just 77 pitches to help the Eagles secure a 7-1 win over Otter Tail Central on the road on Tuesday night. Lofgren pitched all seven innings and gave up just three hits, struck out five hitters, didn’t give up a walk and surrendered just one run. 

The Eagles broke a scoreless tie in the top of the third inning when Slade Doll scored on a wild pitch and Bergen Roder scored on an error. NY Mills added another run in the top of the sixth inning on another two out error, before breaking the game open in the top of the seventh inning when they scored a pair of runs on bases loaded hit by pitches, an RBI single by Henry Oakes and a sacrifice fly by Everett Ruther to make the score 7-1.

Finn Wallgren led a balanced offensive attack for the Eagles as he went 2-3 with a run scored, while six batters all collected at least one hit in the game.

New York Mills vs. OTC

AB R H     BI

Bergen Roder 3 2 1 0

Evan Doll 2 1 1 0

Kolston Lofgren 3 1 0 1

Henry Oakes 3 0 1 1

Carson Thorsrud 0 1 0 0

Brock Ruther 3 0 0 1

Everett Ruther 3 0 1 1

Slade Doll 3 1 1 0

Eli Vaughan 2 0 0 0

Finn Wallgren 3 1 2 0

HITTING- 2B- 

PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-k)- Kolston Lofgren 7.0-3-1-1-0-5

Thursday

NY Mills came out on the short end of a 3-1 loss to the Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale Raiders on Thursday night 

After the Raiders scored on a fielder’s choice in the top of the second inning to make the score 1-0,
NY Mills answered with a RBI double by Henry Oakes that brought Kolston Lofgren across the plate to tie the game at 1-1 in the bottom of the third inning. Both teams would have their chances to get on the scoreboard again throughout the remainder of the game, but the difference was a two-run home run by Owen Weiher of BHV in the top of the fifth inning to give the Raiders a 3-1 lead, which they would not give up.

NY Mills pumped out six hits by six different hitters in the game with Oakes leading the charge with an RBI double. 

Bergen Roder took the loss on the mound as he went six innings and gave up eight hits, three earned runs, while walking one and striking out two. Brock Ruther pitched a scoreless seventh inning in relief. 

New York Mills vs. BHV

AB R H     BI

Bergen Roder 4 0 1 0

Evan Doll 3 0 0 0

Kolston Lofgren 4 1 1 0

Brock Ruther 2 0 1 0

Carlyle Tumberg 1 0 0 0

Henry Oakes 3 0 1 1

Everett Ruther 3 0 0 0

Slade Doll 3 0 0 0

Eli Vaughan 3 0 1 0

Finn Wallgren 3 0 1 0

HITTING- 2B- Henry Oakes

PITCHING (ip-h-r-er-bb-k)- Bergen Roder 6.0-8-3-3-1-2, Brock Ruther 1.0-0-0-0-0-1