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HETTINGER, N.D. — The Hettinger-Scranton (1-0, 1-0) baseball team had their home opener against Heart River (0-1, 0-2) and were able to pull off a rally for a 4-3 win. The game was also the first regional game for the Class B, Region 8 season, held on Thursday, April 21.
The cold weather reflected the bats in the early stages of the game. Night Hawks’ junior pitcher Devin Greff showed a strong presence on the mound, delivering nine strikeouts and only allowing two hits and four walks in the first four innings.
However, the Cougars were able to take advantage of two of those walks with a timely smashed ball by junior Austin Buckman that garnered him two RBIs and reaching all four bases. Buckman was on a 2-1 count when he was given the greenlight by head coach Kurt Silbernagel and sent thier runners home.
Before Heart River could celebrate the lead, the Night Hawks offense was starting to click.
Hettinger-Scranton put themselves in a comfortable situation in the fifth inning, with runners occupying each base and with no outs. The inning closed with the score tied 3-3. With Heart River unable to respond, Night Hawks' single run in the sixth was enough of a lead to win them the game.
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Cougars’ senior pitcher Tarence Dillinger held the mound for all seven innings retiring six batters and threw 63 strikes out of 96 pitches.
Boxscore:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
HR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
HS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | X | 4 | 9 | 3 |
Pitching -
HS: Devin Greff 4 IP 2 H 3 R 3 ER 4 BB 9 SO, Tanner Blackwell 1 IP 0 H 0 R 0 ER 0 BB 0 SO, Oscar Perkins 1 IP 1 H 0 R 0 ER 0 BB 0 SO ; HR: Tarrene Dillinger 6 IP 9 H 4 R 2 ER 1 BB 6 SO
