{"id":2423,"date":"2026-04-27T23:35:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T04:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/baltic\/?p=2423"},"modified":"2026-04-28T07:49:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T12:49:20","slug":"baltic-baseball-forces-extra-innings-and-beats-mccook-central","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/baltic\/2026\/04\/27\/baltic-baseball-forces-extra-innings-and-beats-mccook-central\/","title":{"rendered":"Baltic Baseball Forces Extra Innings and Beats McCook Central"},"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 waited until the bottom of the seventh to score their first run of the game, but it was enough to send the game to extra innings where Baltic was able to walk-off McCook Central 2-1 on Friday, April 24th.<\/p>\n<p>Neither team scored through the first four innings of play.\u00a0 McCook Central took the lead with a two-out, RBI double in the top of the fifth.\u00a0 The score remained 1-0 until the bottom of the seventh.\u00a0 Isaac Oakley reached on an error to start the inning and was able to advance to third with one out.\u00a0 Laken Kortemeyer brought him home with a single to tie the game 1-1.\u00a0 In the bottom of the eighth inning, Elias Oakley reached base with a one-out single.\u00a0 Zach Helgeson was hit by a pitch with two outs to advance E. 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