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N.D. (NewsDakota.com)—-Freshman Kyle Leapaldt allowed only 1 run in 7 innings to lead Carrington past Central McLean in the opening round of the state tournament. The Cardinals defeated the Cougars 4-1, scoring 3 unearned runs in the bottom of the 5th inning. Leapaldt struggled in the first inning, allowing the only run of the game, and the bases loaded with nobody out, Leapaldt got Parker Heger to fly out to shallow left field, Justin Reinbold to strikeout, and Bo Weisenberger to hit a bouncer right back to the pitcher to escape any further damage. The Cougars couldn’t get anything going after that, with only 1 runner reaching 2nd base the rest of the game. Leapaldt struck out 5, didn’t allow any walks, but did hit 2 batters (didn’t hit a batter all season), improving to 4-0 on the year.

The Cardinals tied the game up 1-1 in the bottom of the 4th inning on a Leapaldt sacrifice fly out to right field that scored Braxton Hewitt from third base, who led the inning off being hit by pitch. An inning later the Cards took advantage of 2 Cougar errors and scored 3 unearned runs securing the 4-1 win. Jayden Rosenau led off the 5th inning, reaching on an error and later scored on an error by the right fielder, dropping a flyball off the bat of Connor Wendel. Lucas Geiszler followed with an RBI double scoring Wendel, and Hewitt followed with an RBI single scoring Geiszler from 2nd base. Leapaldt retired the final 8 batters he faced including perfect 6th and 7th innings to secure the 4-1 win. Carrington & also at www.newsdakota.com