Sox defeat Redbirds in third season battle

On Friday, July 17, the SNR Black Sox took on the Carrington Redbirds in a heated rivalry game. The first two matchups went to the Black Sox, including a dominant performance with 16 runs in the exhibition game when they faced off in New Rockford. This time it was no different as the Black Sox dominated all game long.

In the first and second innings, both teams were at a standstill as neither was able to get the edge over the other. In the third inning is when the Black Sox struck first, as Kaden Jensen started it off with a run.

The Sox went into the fourth inning with both the lead and the confidence to continue their success. They tallied three more runs by Colter Solderholm, Caden Price and Jensen once again with his second run of the game.

In the fifth inning, the success continued with runs by Nick Presnell and Koven Walford. The sixth inning was no different with two more runs by Alex Harrison and Nathan Holzwarth. At the bottom of the sixth Carrington was finally able to have some success with two late runs.

In the seventh and final inning Harrison put the game to bed as he scored his second run. A flawless final effort on defense by the Sox led to no more runs by Carrington and the end of the series between these two rivals. The final score was 9-2 in favor of the locals.

With the win, the Black Sox improved to 9-3 in district play.

Independent League

Baseball

Friday, July 17

SNR @ Carrington

SNR 0 0 1 3 2 2 1 - 9 8 0

CAR 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 2 1 3

New Rockford: Nick Berglund (1 strikeout), Kaden Jensen (2 strikeouts), Johnny Grann (2 strikeouts)

Carrington: Ethan Buskness (6 strikeouts), Austin Trelstad (2 strikeouts)

SNR Runs: Kaden Jensen 2, Alex Harrison 2, Nathan Holzwarth, Nick Presnell, Colter Solderholm, Koven Walford, Caden Price

RBI: Alex Harrison 2, Nathan Holzwarth, Kaden Jensen, Nick Presnell, Koven Walford

SB: Koby Duda, Alex Harrison, Nathan Holzwarth, Kaden Jensen 2, Colter Solderholm