Kidder County splits at R8

Ryan Sand stifled Central Prairie with a two-hit shutout at the Region 8 baseball tournament on Monday in Steele.

Sand went the distance, walking two and striking out 15 batters to lift fourth-seeded Kidder County to a 7-0 win over No. 5-seed Central Prairie in opening-round action. The Pirates broke open a scoreless contest with a five-run fifth. They got two more in the seventh. Jayden Miller finished 2-for-3 with a triple and three runs batted in.

Central Prairie was led by Eric Knodel, who had a double and also took the loss on the hill.

Kidder County couldn’t carry its momentum into the next game, though, as top-seeded Washburn-Wilton-Center-Stanton blanked the Pirates 9-0 in the late game to advance to the next round.

Brett Schreiner went all seven innings for the win, while Tanner Kessel suffered the loss for the Pirates. Sand had a double.

A.J. Dale went 3-for-4 as Shiloh-Strasburg-Linton-Hazelton-Moffit-Braddock edged Hettinger-Mott-Regent-Scranton 9-8 to earn a spot against WWCS in the next round. They play at 6 p.m. today.

Chance Kurle got the win, while Kye Erickson took the loss on the mound.

Central Prairie and Hettinger-Mott-Regent-Scranton square off at 1 p.m. today in a loser’s out game. Kidder County meets the winner in another loser-out game scheduled for 3:30 p.m.

Kidder County 7, Central Prairie 0

CP 000 000 0 — 0 2 2

KC 000 502 x — 7 6 1

Eric Knodel and Brett Mayher. Ryan Sand and Ben Steinolfson.

W—Sand. L—Knodel.

Highlights: CP, Knodel 2B. KC, Jayden Miller 2-3, 3B, 3 RBIs, Sand 7 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 15 K, 2 BB, HB.

Shiloh-Strasburg-Linton-HMB 9,

Hettinger-Mott-Regent-Scranton 8

HMRS 002 030 2 — 8 8 5

SSL 220 103 x — 9 7 2

Kye Erickson, Ben Laufer (6) and Ben Pearson. Chance Kurle, Andrew Hartman (6), Travis Baumiller (7) and Matt Rask.

W—Baumiller. L —Laufer.

Highlights: HMRS, Chad Mosbrucker 2-4, 2 RBIs, Ben Laufer 2-4, 2B. SSL, A.J. Dale 3-4.

Washburn-Wilton-Center-Stanton 9,

Kidder County 0

KC 000 000 0 — 0 2 2

WWCS 007 011 x — 9 6 1

Tanner Kessel, Jayden Miller (4), Chase Wahl (6) and Ben Steinolfson. Brett Schreiner and Danny Henke.

W — Schreiner. L Kessel.

Highlights: KC, Ryan Sand 2B. WWCS, Connor Thompson 2-4, Danny Henke 2-2.

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