Oakes, ND (NewsDakota.com) – A pop up to Michael Hoistad ended the game for Oakes as they capped off a 11-6 victory over the Lisbon, the first in a couple years. As Hoistad caught it the Oakes benched poured onto the field with jubilation, celebrating their biggest victory of the year and capping off a 4-4 start to the season.

Lisbon would strike first in the first inning scoring a run off of a single then a double to give themselves a 1-0 lead through one inning of play as they would put the Tornadoes down 1-2-3. Oakes would come back in the bottom of the 2nd as they’d score 5 runs on 3 hits with 2 outs. Lisbon would respond with a run of their own in the 3rd to cut the lead to 5-2 through 3.

Oakes would not be denied as they would score 2 more runs in the 4th to bring the lead back to 5 after a Hoistad 2 rbi double, his second of the game. Lisbon’s best offensive inning in the 5th as they’d score 3 runs off 5 hits to bring the deficit down to 2 runs as Oakes would hold the 7-5 lead. Oakes would then put the game away in the bottom of the 6th as they scored 4 runs off of 3 hits in the inning to take the 11-5 lead.

Lisbon would load the bases in the 7th and score a run off of of a couple errors but they’d leave them loaded as Oakes would finish the inning and win the game 11-6.

The winning pitcher was Michael Hoistad who went 6.1 IP giving up 10 hits, 2 walks, 6 runs of which 5 were earned while striking out 3. The losing pitcher would be Kashden Wadeson who went 2.2 IP giving up 3 hits, 3 walks, and 5 runs all of which were earned while striking out 2.

The Bank North Players of the Game were Hoistad and James Throener.

Next for Oakes is Fairmount on Monday June 24th in Fairmount.

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Total Run Time – 2:03