but an insurance run in the top half proved to be the difference as Baltic scored twice in the bottom half.  Brandon Valley and Southwest Minnesota State grad

Team manager’s ninth-inning run lifts Rats to first win

Published by admin on Tue, 07/02/2024 - 3:27pm

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• #First win
• #Amateur baseballTom A. Savage Contributing writer BALTIC - The Valley Rats picked up their first win of the season in amateur baseball with a 7-6 win at the Baltic River Dawgs on Sunday afternoon. The Rats led 6-4 entering the ninth
• but an insurance run in the top half proved to be the difference as Baltic scored twice in the bottom half.  Brandon Valley and Southwest Minnesota State grad
• and Rats Team manager
• Jaxon Haase played right field for Valley on Sunday. He doubled off the wall in the top of the ninth and moved to third on a pop-up by Joe Lund. With two outs
• he scored on a passed ball
• pushing the lead to 7-4 and subsequently scoring the game winner. Jared Zerr
• who pitches in the club league at South Dakota State
• got the win on the mound for the Rats. The 2023 Brandon Valley grad went six innings
• giving up five hits with seven strikeouts and only three walks. The three walks stood out after the Rats gave up 17 in their last outing in a 21

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