{"id":2409,"date":"2026-04-21T20:37:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T01:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/baltic\/?p=2409"},"modified":"2026-04-21T22:05:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T03:05:38","slug":"baltic-baseball-cant-hold-early-lead-dakota-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/baltic\/2026\/04\/21\/baltic-baseball-cant-hold-early-lead-dakota-valley\/","title":{"rendered":"Baltic Baseball Can&#8217;t Hold Early Lead Dakota Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-247\" src=\"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/baltic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/BalticLogo-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/baltic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/BalticLogo-1.png 96w, https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/baltic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/BalticLogo-1-80x80.png 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/>The Baltic high school baseball team couldn&#8217;t hold an early lead and fell to Dakota Valley 15-5 on Monday, April 20th.<\/p>\n<p>Isaac Oakley had an RBI sacrifice fly in the top of the first inning to give Baltic a 1-0 lead.\u00a0 Brody Hansen had an RBI double, and Cale Roach drove home two with a single in the top of the second to put Baltic in front 4-0.\u00a0 Dakota Valley would tie the game, 4-4, with four runs in the bottom of the third.<\/p>\n<p>Baltic went back in front, 5-4, in the top of the fourth on an RBI ground out by Aaron Nordbye.\u00a0 The lead was unfortunately short-lived.\u00a0 Dakota Valley pushed seven runs across the plate in the bottom of the inning to go ahead 11-5.\u00a0 They would add four more runs in the bottom of the fifth to end the game on the 10-run rule.<\/p>\n<p>Hansen had a double with two RBIs.\u00a0 Cale Roach ended with a single and two RBIs.\u00a0 Elias Oakley and Jackson Goehring both had a single.\u00a0 I. 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