Fosston scored seven runs in the second inning and that proved to be enough as they beat the Red Lake County American Legion Baseball team 13-3 in six innings in a game played at Gilbertson Field in Roseau.
In the first inning, Red Lake County was retired in 1-2-3 fashion and Fosston started the bottom of the inning with a Cullen Norland single. Norland stole second base, advanced to third on a fly to right field, and scored on a Noah Mahlen ground out for a 1-0 lead.
Fosston opened the game up in the second inning with a six-run inning. The inning started with a Tommy Simonson walk, followed by a Carson Boushee single, and a Keegan Senger walk to load the bases with nobody out. Lance Balstad singled to score a run and after a strikeout, Cullen Norland walked to score a run for a 3-0 lead. Treydon Boushee walked to score a run and Noah Mahlen flew out to left field to score another run for a 5-0 lead. The next two runs scored when Cullen Norland stole home and Evan Chalich singled in a run for a 7-0 lead.
Red Lake County got on the board in the top of the third inning with a two-out rally. Andrew Johnson got things going with a walk, Peyton Fish followed with a single, and Eric Gieseke blasted a line drive to the left-centerfield gap to score two runs to get within a 7-2 deficit.
Red Lake County added another run in the top of the fifth inning when Johnson led off with a walk and advanced to second base on a wild pitch. After an out, Eric Gieseke doubled down the leftfield line to score Johnson to get within a 7-3 deficit.
In the bottom of the fifth inning, Fosston responded with three runs when Simonson, Carson Boushee, and Senger singled and one run scored. A few batters later Cullen Norland singled to score a run and Boushee scored on a wild pitch for a 10-3 lead.
Fosston started the bottom of the sixth inning with walks to Simonson and Brekken Levin. Zach Theis singled to score a run and after a groundout, Jacob Gutterud singled in two runs to give Fosston a 13-3 victory in six innings.
Red Lake County’s season comes to an end with a 5-9 record and they will host the District 9 Division II tournament starting on Thursday in Red Lake Falls. Fosston will play the winner of Crookston and Win-E-Mac at 4:00 p.m. and also advances to the District tournament.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | R | H | E | |
| Red Lake County | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| Fosston | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 1 |
| Pitching | IP | H | R | ER | K | BB |
| Bailey Hince – RLC | 4.2 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 7 |
| Pacey Struthers – RLC | 0.2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Aaron Norland – Fos | 6.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
FOR RED LAKE COUNTY –
Eric Gieseke – 2 for 3, 3 rbi’s, 2 doubles
Brady Leuthner – 2 for 3
Andrew Johnson – 1 for 2, 2 runs
FOR FOSSTON –
Cullen Norland – 2 for 3, 2 rbi, 2 runs
Carson Boushee – 2 for 3, 2 runs
Keegan Senger – 1 for 2, 2 runs, rbi
