{"id":2484,"date":"2026-05-13T21:44:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T02:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/baltic\/?p=2484"},"modified":"2026-05-14T11:00:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T16:00:36","slug":"baltic-baseball-earns-two-wins-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigsiouxmedia.com\/baltic\/2026\/05\/13\/baltic-baseball-earns-two-wins-at-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Baltic Baseball Earns Two Wins at Home"},"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 picked up two wins at home on Wednesday, May 13th.\u00a0 They hosted both Howard and Elkton\/Lake Benton.<\/p>\n<h3>Baltic 11, Howard 4<\/h3>\n<p>Two big innings led to the win for Baltic over Howard.\u00a0 Each team scored two runs in the second inning for a 2-2 tie.\u00a0 Howard picked up another run in the top of the third, but Baltic responded with four runs in their half of the inning for a 6-3 lead.\u00a0 Baltic added five more runs in the bottom of the fifth to extend the lead to 11-3.\u00a0 Howard scored their final run in the top of the sixth.<\/p>\n<p>Elias Oakley finished with three hits, one a double, and two RBIs.\u00a0 Jackson Goehring had two hits.\u00a0 Mikey Grunewaldt added a single with two RBIs.\u00a0 Laken Kortemeyer, Alex Hockenberry, and Zach Helgeson all had one hit and one RBI each.\u00a0 Bordy Hansen also had a single.\u00a0 Kortemeyer pitched seven innings and allowed four runs, all unearned, on three hits and two walks with six strikeouts.<\/p>\n<h3>Baltic 11, Elkton\/Lake Benton 8<\/h3>\n<p>More big innings helped Baltic come from behind to beat Elkton\/Lake Benton.\u00a0 Elkton\/Lake Benton scored six times in the top of the first inning.\u00a0 Baltic picked up four runs in the bottom of the inning for a 6-4 score after one inning of play.\u00a0 Baltic tied the game with two runs in the bottom of the third.\u00a0 Elkton\/Lake Benton regained the lead, 7-6 with a run in the top of the fourth.\u00a0 Baltic, however, took the lead for good with a five-run bottom of the fourth to take an 11-7 lead.\u00a0 Elkton\/Lake Benton was only able to score just one more run in the top of the sixth.<\/p>\n<p>Helgeson had two hits and two RBIs.\u00a0 Oakley finished with two singles.\u00a0 Hockenberry added a hit with two RBIs.\u00a0 Goehring and Grunewaldt both had a hit and an RBI.\u00a0 Aaron Nordbye had a single.\u00a0 Cale Roach pitched 2\/3 of an inning and allowed six earned runs on two hits and four walks with one strikeout.\u00a0 Oakley tossed 5 1\/3 innings and allowed two runs, one earned, on four hits and three walks while recording 13 strikeouts.\u00a0 Nordbye pitched one inning and had one walk with two strikeouts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Baltic high school baseball team picked up two wins at home on Wednesday, May 13th.\u00a0 They hosted both Howard and Elkton\/Lake Benton. 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