Enderlin-MV stuns LaMoure-L-M

Enderlin-Maple Valley knocked off the 2010 Class B Region 1 baseball champions not once, but twice in LaMoure on Thursday, sending the Eagles to the state Class B baseball tournament in Minot on June 3.

Eagles starting pitcher Dillan Anderson kept the LaMoure-Litchville-Marion Loboes off the scoreboard until the sixth inning in the first game of the best-of-three series. The Loboes’ Gaige Dunn smacked an RBI double in the bottom of the sixth, scoring Cole Gentzkow to cut the Eagles’ advantage to 2-1.

But Enderlin-Maple Valley answered back in the top of the seventh with its third run of the ballgame to win 3-1. Anderson notched the victory, while L-L-M’s Aaron Stemen shouldered the loss, striking out seven over all seven innings.

In the clincher, Eagles pitchers Karl Bartholomay and Taran Langland teamed up to shutout the Loboes 2-0, doubling the Loboes’ loss record (23-4) in one evening.

Bartholomay struck out three and walked none over 4 2/3, while Langland took the mound in the fifth to shut the door.

The Eagles scored a run in the fourth and added another in the sixth. Anderson smacked a double and recorded both of Enderlin-Maple Valley’s RBIs.

Zach Stemen went the distance on the hill for the Loboes, allowing five hits while striking out two and walking two.

Enderlin-Maple Valley 3, LaMoure-Litchville-Marion 1

E-MV 002 000 1 — 3 6 1

L-L-M 000 001 0 — 1 4 4

Dillan Anderson and Tanner Groth. Aaron Stemen and Cole Gentzkow. WP—Anderson. LP—A. Stemen.

Highlights: E-MV, Anderson, 7 IP, 8 strikeouts, 2 walks; Groth, 2-4, double; Dylan Wadeson, 1-3, 2 runs; Zach Lautt, 1-3, run, RBI; Tyler Smith, 1-3; Thomas Lindgren, 1-3. L-L-M, A. Stemen, 7 IP, 7 strikeouts, 4 walks; Brett Hample, 1-3; Gentzkow, 1-2, run; Gaige Dunn, 1-3, double, RBI; Russ Young, 1-3.

Enderlin-Maple Valley 2, LaMoure-Litchville-Marion 0

E-MV 000 101 0 — 2 5 1

L-L-M 000 000 0 — 0 5 1

Karl Bartholomay, Taran Langland (5) and Dillan Anderson. Zach Stemen and Cole Gentzkow. WP—Bartholomay. LP—Z. Stemen.

Highlights: E-MV, Bartholomay, 4 2/3 IP, 3 strikeouts, 0 walks; Tanner Groth, 2-3; Zach Lautt, 1-2; Anderson, 1-3, double, 2 RBIs; Thomas Lindgren, 1-2. L-L-M, Z. Stemen, 7 IP, 2 strikeouts, 2 walks, 1-3; Gentzkow, 1-3, double; Gaige Dunn, 1-3; A. Stemen, 1-3, double; Austin Smith 1-3.

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