The Beresford/Alcester-Hudson 16U Black Sox traveled to Sioux Falls to play the Sioux Falls Chargers 16U on Thursday, July 13th. The Chargers stopped a late rally for a 5-3 victory.
Sioux Falls took the lead in the opening innings and never trailed in the game. They scored one run in the bottom of the first and then two more in the bottom of the second. Ethan Bovill had an RBI ground out for BAH in the top of the third to make the score 3-1. Sioux Falls got the run back in the bottom of the inning to lead 4-1. Espyn Klungseth had a two-run single in the top of the sixth inning to cut the lead to 4-3, but Sioux Falls added an insurance run in the bottom of the inning.
Klungseth finished with two hits and two RBIs. Kasen Voss also had two hits. Tommy Walth, Jax Fickbohm, Evan Brown, and Evan Haak all had one hit each. Bovill finished with an RBI. Voss pitched 5 1/3 innings and allowed five runs, four earned, on four hits and four walks with six strikeouts. Walth pitched 2/3 of an inning and allowed a hit and two walks with one strikeout.
