The Red Lake County Rebel Baseball team scored six runs in the first inning and cruised the rest of the way to beat the Blackduck Drakes 19-1 in five innings in a loser-out game in the Section 8A Baseball tournament played at Jim Karn Field in Crookston.
FIRST INNING
Red Lake County had a great start to the game, with Will Gieseke reaching on a bunt single, Ben Gullingsrud singled to center field, and Brock Seeger reaching on an infield single to load the bases with nobody out. A run scored on a wild pitch before Blake Audette reached on an error, and two more runs scored for a 3-0 lead. Colin Taggart walked before Keegan Schmitz crushed a fly ball to the right field warning track for a triple that scored two runs for a 5-0 lead. Blake Breiland walked, Brock Knott reached on an error, and another run scored for a 6-0 lead.
Blackduck answered in the bottom of the inning when Will Lien walked and Max Bahr singled. The next two batters were retired. Max Lundberg singled to score a run to bring Blackduck within a 6-1 deficit.
SECOND INNING
Red Lake County’s Gullingsrud led off the inning with a single before te next two batters were retired. Colin Taggart walked before the next batter was retired.
Blackduck was retired in 1-2-3 fashion on five pitches.
THIRD INNING
Red Lake County was retired in 1-2-3 fashion. Blackduck had a batter reach on an error and another reach on a fielder’s choice. With two outs, Jaydin Rockis singled, but the next batter struck out.
FOURTH INNING
Red Lake County added more runs in the fourth inning when Gieseke led off with a double, Gullingsrud singled, and Seeger doubled to score two runs. Seeger scored the Rebels ninth run of the game when he stole home for a 9-1 lead.
Blackduck was retired in 1-2-3 fashion, and Red Lake County took a 9-1 lead into the fifth inning.
FIFTH INNING
Red Lake County’s Breiland walked to lead off the fifth inning. Brock Knott blasted a line drive to the right-center field gap for a triple to score a run for a 10-1 lead. Ashtin Fredrickson singled to score a run. Gieseke was hit by a pitch, and Gullingsrud walked. A run scored on a wild pitch before Seeger hit a line drive to the right-center field gap for a double that scored two more runs for a 14-1 lead. Red Lake County had nine straight pinch-hitters the rest of the inning. Marley Benoit singled to score two runs, Cain Cardinal had a bases-loaded walk to score a run as a few of the highlights in the rest of the inning, and the Rebels took a 19-1 lead.
Boe Nelson came into pitch the bottom of the inning, and he retired all three batters he faced as Red Lake County won the game 19-1 in five innings.
Red Lake County improves to 15-6 on the year and will play Ada-Borup-West at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 4 at Jim Karn Field in Crookston. Blackduck ends their season with a 14-8 record.
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
| Red Lake County | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | – | – | 19 | 13 | 1 |
| Blackduck | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Pitching | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| Will Gieseke-RLC (WP) Boe Nelson – RLC |
4.0 1.0 |
3 0 |
1 0 |
1 0 |
1 0 |
1 2 |
| Ross Weigert – BD (LP) Jake Mistic – BD |
0.0 4.0 |
4 5 |
6 5 |
3 5 |
1 4 |
0 2 |
| Max Bahr – BD Will Dirkhising – BD Max Lundberg – BD |
0.0 0.1 0.2 |
2 2 0 |
4 4 0 |
4 4 0 |
2 3 0 |
0 1 2 |
Red Lake County leaders-
Ben Gullingsrud – 3 for 3, 3 runs, walk
Brock Seeger – 3 for 4, 4 rbi, 3 runs, 2 doubles
Will Gieseke – 2 for 3, 3 runs, double, hit by pitch
Blackduck leaders-
Max Lundberg – 1 for 2, rbi
Jaydin Rockis – 1 for 2
Max Bahr – 1 for 3
