Baltic scored in every inning, including nine runs in the seventh, in a 14-3 over Colton on Thursday, June 16th in Colton.
Both teams scored in the first inning. Baltic scored on an RBI sacrifice fly, while Colton tied the game on an error in the bottom of the inning. The two teams each scored a run in the second inning as well. Aiden Heitkamp had an RBI ground out for Colton. The game was tied 2-2 after two innings of play.
Baltic got a single run in the top of the third and one more in the top of the fourth for a 4-2 lead. After Baltic was held scoreless in the top of the fifth, Lawson Louiseu drove home a run with an RBI fielder’s choice. Baltic pushed the lead to 5-3 with a run in the top of the sixth. They blew the game open with nine runs in the top of the seventh.
Heitkamp finished a hit and an RBI. Cole Focken had two hits, and Joshua Lieseth had a double. Noah Haynes and Barrett Althoff both had a single, while Louiseu added an RBI. Kaden Egger pitched 4 1/3 innings and allowed four earned runs on six hits with six strikeouts. Riley Carlson pitched two innings and allowed three earned runs on thee hits and six walks with three strikeouts. Nathan Madison pitched 2/3 of an inning and allowed six runs, all unearned, on three hits and two walks with a strikeout.