Night to forget; Bandits run ruled in regionals
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Garden City, Kan (westernkansasnews.com)-You might think Garden City would have a considerable advantage in the 14-and-under, Babe Ruth Midwest regional baseball tournament. After all, their commute to Lightner Stadium was nothing more than a late-evening jog. Unfortunately mileage didn’t mean much as North Dakota run ruled the Bandits 16-3 in five innings on Saturday night.
North Dakota jumped out to an 8-0 lead before Finney County even knew what him them. Starting pitcher Nick Laureles couldn’t find the strike zone in his inning of work. The righty was yanked after he allowed seven runs (six earned) on three hits; he threw 60 pitches.
Unfortunately the guys behind Laureles didn’t help the cause. Travis Brunson’s team committed six errors.
The loss drops Garden City into an elimination game Sunday at 3 pm vs. Oskaloosa.
NORTH DAKOTA (16) AT FINNEY (3) NORTH DAKOTA AB R H BI FINNEY AB R H BI Noah Cieklinski 4 1 0 0 Gabe Otero 3 0 0 0 Luke Lamoine 3 3 1 0 Griffin Brewer 2 1 1 0 Nick Lund 3 4 3 4 Eric Heiman 1 1 0 0 Rakeem Wright 3 3 2 1 Raymond Urrutia 2 0 0 0 Wyatt Eagleson 4 2 2 4 Alex Ortega 2 0 0 0 Daniel Pierce 2 1 0 0 Aric Rawland 2 1 0 0 Kaden Landa 3 0 1 0 Steven Herrada 1 0 0 0 Reed Turner 4 0 1 0 AJ Ortega 0 0 0 0 Jacu Tannahill 2 2 1 0 Nick Laureles 2 0 1 1 Jeffrey Acker 2 0 0 0 TOTALS 28 16 11 9 TOTALS 17 3 2 1 NORTH DAKOTA 356 200 -- 16 FINNEY 012 00x -- 3 LOB--NORTH DAKOTA 7, FINNEY 5. ERR--Wyatt Eagleson (2), Nick Laureles (2), Eric Heiman, Aric Rawland, Steven Herrada (2). 2B--Nick Lund (2). 3B--Nick Laureles. HR--Nick Lund. HBP--Daniel Pierce, Aric Rawland, AJ Ortega. SACB--Luke Lamoine. SB--Jacu Tannahill, Rakeem Wright (2), Raymond Urrutia. NORTH DAKOTA IP H R ER BB SO HR Wyatt Eagleson (W) 2.00 2 3 3 3 4 0 Reed Turner 3.00 0 0 0 1 1 0 FINNEY Nick Laureles (L) 1.33 3 7 6 6 1 1 Steven Herrada 1.00 3 7 3 2 1 0 Jeffrey Acker 2.67 5 2 1 0 3 0 PB--Aric Rawland (6). WP--Wyatt Eagleson. SO--Reed Turner, Daniel Pierce, Wyatt Eagleson, Noah Cieklinski (2), Alex Ortega, Eric Heiman, Gabe Otero, Jeffrey Acker, Raymond Urrutia. BB--Kaden Landa, Nick Lund, Luke Lamoine, Jacu Tannahill (2), Daniel Pierce, Rakeem Wright, Noah Cieklinski, Griffin Brewer, Eric Heiman (2), Raymond Urrutia.