Laufer pitches Hettinger into title game

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BISMARCK — Pitcher Ben Laufer gave up just four hits and put the Hettinger baseball team just one win away from the Class B state tournament.

The Black Devils scored runs in the second and third innings to get past Washburn-Wilton-Center-Stanton 2-1 on Tuesday in the Region 8 tournament semifinals.

Chad Mosbrucker and Caleb Larson each went 2-for-3 for Hettinger.

Sam Goos had an RBI single in the second for the Cardinals.

Hettinger plays for the title at 4:30 p.m. today against the winner of a loser-out game between WWCS and Shiloh Christian.

Hettinger 2, Washburn-Wilton-Center-Stanton 1

WWCS 010 000 0 — 1 4 2

Hettinger 011 000 x — 2 7 1

Evan Eberle and Wendlion Berger; Ben Laufer and Caleb Larson. W–Laufer. L–Eberle. HR–None.

Highlights: WWCS, Sam Goos hit, RBI. H, Larson 2-for-3; Chad Mosbrucker 2-for-3.

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