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CITY, ND (NewsDakota.com)- Wet field conditions made for a change in the schedules as instead of traveling to Grafton Thursday night, Valley City Post 60 legion baseball teams stayed home and played host to Grafton. 2 good baseball games took place at Charlie Brown Memorial baseball field between the two teams, with Grafton coming out on top in each games. Grafton won the first game 6-4 and won the second one 8-7.
Game 1 VC lost 6-4, region game
A quick 1-2-3 top of the first and then a run in the bottom of first put Post 60 ahead 1-0 after the first inning. Grafton would come back with a run in the 2nd and 3 in the 4th for a 4-1 lead. VC and Grafton would trade runs their next times at bat. Grafton would put up 1 more run in the 6th while VC put up 2 runs of their own in the 6th. That would be all the scoring that would happen, as VC would load the bases in the bottom of the 7th but couldn’t get any runs in and end the game with a score of 6-4 in favor of Grafton.
Dalton Ondracek got the start on the mound pitching the first 3 innings. He would give up 5 runs(4 earned) on 3 hits while walking 7 and striking out 2. Dawson Dietrich would come in relief and pitch the final 4 innings giving up 1 unearned run on 2 hits while walking 1 and striking out 1. Ondracek would be the one that hung with the loss.
At the plate VC out hit Grafton 9 to 5. Jesse Johnson, Reese Huschka and Devin Anderson would lead the way wit 2 hits each for Post 60
Coaches Comments:
“Our boys probably played their best baseball of this summer tonight, and yet everyone knows there are still many spots to improve on and get better.” “We still have to execute better at certain times and situations.” “Our pitchers threw the ball well. They helped keep us in the game and gave us a chance to win. We got into a couple sticking situations and our guys were able to work out of it and minimize the damage”
Game 2 VC lost 8-7, non region game
Back and forth start of the game where each team would take a lead would leave the game tied 7-7 after the 4th inning. No scoring would happen till the tope of 8th where Grafton would put a run up and hold off any VC threat in the bottom for the 8-7 win.
Sam Jenson took to the pitching mound for Post 60 and would throw a strong 6.1 innings giving up 8 runs(1 earned) on 7 hits while walking 5 and striking out 3.
Ondracek and Jenson would lead the way at the plate with 2 hits a piece.
Coaches Comment:
“Once again we came out and competed well against a good Grafton team. We got down early and worked are way back to tie it up there in the middle innings.”
“Sam was once again a gamer for us. He was effective with his pitches and helped keep things close for us.”
With the 2 losses Post 60 record now sits at 3-9, with a 1-5 region record
Next Action for VC is a week of games at home. Monday play host to fellow region team Devils Lake, Tuesday VC will host the Fargo Expos and June 25 and 26 will be the Leevers Classic in VC.
